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Broncs and bulls to strut their stuff

B y D E L L A S E N T I L L E SExpress Staff Writer

Cowboys and cowgirls, both professional and amateur, better get ready: Hailey’s Days of the Old West Rodeo is back in busi-ness this Fourth of July. The Hailey rodeo is a must-see for locals and tourists alike. It boasts a number of events that include bull riding, bareback rid-ing, calf roping, steer wrestling and barrel racing. This year, there will also be special events such as hometown bull riding for locals and mini bull riding for the younger folks. Donny Lan-dis from Gooding will provide additional entertainment as this year’s rodeo clown. This year, the rodeo was named best rodeo in the Inter-mountain Professional Rodeo Association. The honor is be-stowed by rodeo contestants from 54 rodeos in the Intermountain

West, which includes states as far south as Arizona and as far north as Washington. Days of the Old West has won this designa-tion for four consecutive years.

“We are a bit surprised that we got it this many years in a row,” said Bill Bobbitt, president of the Sawtooth Rangers Riding Club, which sponsors the Hailey rodeo.

Bobbitt said the rodeo is so popular that the Sawtooth Rang-ers receive requests for ticket res-ervations as early as May. “We get a lot of return visitors, including people from as far east as Florida,” Bobbit said. Last year the rodeo had be-tween 300 and 400 contestants, and over the three-day affair, between 8,000 and 9,000 people came to watch. Contestants com-pete for prize money totaling as much as $40,000. Bobbitt said that though he likes every event, bull riding is his favorite. “It’s just a thrilling thing to watch,” he said. “The animals are so big. They can get so agitated they’ll even go after the audience.” Catch the bulls and their rid-ers June 2, 3 and 4 at the Hailey Rodeo Grounds. Pre-rodeo enter-tainment begins at 6:30 p.m.Della Sentilles: [email protected]

One of the West’s best rodeos comes to Hailey

The Days of the Old West Rodeo features would-be cowboys and bronc-busters of all sizes. An audience favorite is the mutton-busting event, where aspiring cowboys test their mettle with smaller critters.

Express photos by David N. Seelig

It takes a little something extra to stay on a bull when it’s in full kick. At the Hailey Days of the Old West Rodeo, you’ll see all kinds of cowboys.

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Hailey’s Days of the Old West Rodeo takes place July 2, 3, & 4 at the Hailey Rodeo Grounds, just off Main Street across from the Hailey post office. Tickets can be purchased at any Atkinsons’ Market or at the gate. Tickets are $15 for reserved seating, $10 for general admission, and $5 for children ages 2-12. Shows start at 7:30 p.m. For details, call 309-4235.

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Hailey Fire Department to light the sky with fi reworks

B y D E L L A S E N T I L L E SExpress Staff Writer

No Fourth of July celebration is complete without fi reworks. But with this year’s sluggish economy and the rising costs of fi reworks, getting a show off the ground hasn’t been an easy task for the city of Hailey. According to the Associated Press, the price of commercial fi reworks shot up last summer due to an explosion in the Chi-nese port of Sanshui. The ex-plosion destroyed 20 fi reworks warehouses and forced Chinese offi cials to shut down fi reworks shipments because of safety concerns. American vendors purchase 80 percent of their professional and 98 percent of their consumer fi reworks from China. The fi re in Sanshui left only the small port of Beihai open. Chinese offi -cials also heavily regulated that port in the wake of the Sanshui debacle. “That just sent the prices soar-ing,” said Hailey Fire Chief Mike Chapman. Chapman said last year that the local fi reworks display in-volved 1,800 rockets, most of which had widths between eight and 10 inches. This year, how-ever, Chapman said there are going to be few, if any, eight- to 10-inch rockets because they are so expensive. The plan instead is to send up around 1,000 rockets, most with a six-inch width.

“We’re hoping to have some leftover eight- to 10-inch shells from last year, but it doesn’t look like we’ll have many,” Chapman said. “The show is mostly going to be six-inch mortars, which is still good. You just have to group them together for a bigger effect.” The Associated Press stated that the average aerial display lasts about 15 minutes and costs $10,000. Larger cities spend about $100,000 for bigger shows. Chap-man said the cost of the Hailey show is somewhere between $20,000 and $22,000. In the past, a private donor funded the Hailey fi reworks show. Now, a fund comprised of voluntary contributions fi nances the show. Elite Pyrotechnics, a profes-sional fi reworks team out of Rex-

burg, will set off the rockets from Wood River High School’s foot-ball fi eld. The good news, Chapman said, is that it should be easier for viewers to get closer to the action this year because of the smaller rockets. “If we don’t use eight- to 10-inch shells, there is a chance we will decrease the safety radius and let people closer to the foot-ball fi eld,” Chapman said. He did ask that people walk to the high school rather than drive to prevent street congestion. He also asked that people refrain from lighting fi reworks in the school’s parking lot, as they can damage surrounding property. The show will began shortly after sunset, sometime around 10 p.m. The fi reworks can be seen throughout the city of Hailey.Della Sentilles: [email protected]

Show promises about 1,000 explosions

Hailey Fire Department: Steer clear of illegal fireworks

While it may be legal to purchase fireworks of any shape and size in Idaho, it is still illegal to light fireworks or other explosives that travel higher than 20 feet. Hailey Fire Chief Mike Chapman said the Fire Department would be hard at work on and around the Fourth of July regulating the Hailey fireworks show as well as illegal fireworks. “We’ll be out in full force, and we’ll confiscate them,” Chapman said. “If the quantity is large enough and dangerous enough, we’ll call the police.”Violators can be fined up to $300 and/or face six months in jail. People can ignite small fireworks, though Chapman said they should be careful of dry terrain as fires can easily start from the explosion of fireworks.

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Hailey shows a little old-time spirit for parade

B y T O N Y E V A N SExpress Staff Writer

The Hailey Chamber of Com-merce and the city of Hailey are teaming up to make this year’s Independence Day one to remember. Main Street will be closed from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. for music, dancing, parading and a bike race. Participants should look to the skies at 12:10 p.m. when the Idaho Air National Guard will deploy two A-10 Warthog fi ghter jets over the city to signal the start of the Fourth of July Parade. By then viewers had better have seats staked out along Main Street. If the kids are restless, take them to the Blaine County Recreation District’s Children’s Carnival on the grass at Galena and Main streets. The carnival opens at 9 a.m. and will feature an infl atable obstacle course, climb-ing wall and a “bouncy house.” Before the parade begins, the Black Jack Ketchum Shootout Gang will likely start some trou-ble on Main Street at about 11:30 a.m. They always do. “I hear that somebody’s going to try to rob The Mint,” said Hai-ley Chamber of Commerce Exec-utive Director Jim Spinelli. “I’m not sure why. I don’t think there is any money in there anymore.” Grand marshals for this year’s parade on Main Street are state Sen. Clint Stennett and his wife, Michelle. The parade will last about an hour, featuring the Wood River High School Marching Band, the Soldier Mountain All Star Cheer-leaders, a parade of miniature dachshunds, and the Wood River Greeks, otherwise known as the Dubunakis family, sheepherders since the turn of the 20th century.

Smokey Bear will be on hand to celebrate his 65th birthday, and though “Elbie’s Crazy Car” had not signed up by press time, the incredible bouncing machine is expected to drive down Main Street during the parade, which is of course the only legal op-portunity to drive the old, noisy thing. “Somebody fi red up that smoky machine the other day and we heard it all over town,” Spinelli said. Carbonate Street will be closed between River and Main streets for a bandstand featuring emcee Gary Stivers and Hailey Chamber board member Jan Super. The Cosmic Beans will per-form before and after the parade, playing something for everyone. The second annual Hailey Cri-terium Bike Race will commence immediately after the parade with bikers speeding at 30-35 miles per hour on a four-corner course through town. “We are all getting the feeling the Fourth of July celebration is going to be as big, or bigger, than last year,” said Spinelli, who ex-pects at least 3,500 people to hit town. Fireworks will begin at dusk, between 9:30 and 10 p.m. on the east side of town. People can keep up with events by tuning in to KSKI radio at 97.5 FM. The Fourth of July parade in Hailey is sponsored by the Hai-ley Chamber of Commerce, Cox Communications, Zions Bank and Sun Valley Title. No water fi ghts or spray-ing of water is allowed. Nor is throwing any objects from the fl oats, such as candy, T-shirts or merchandise. For more information call the Hailey chamber at 788-3484.Tony Evans: [email protected]

Flyover, bike race and floats are all part of the show

Express photo by Willy Cook

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Stennetts riding high after upbeat prognosis

B y J A S O N K A U F F M A NExpress Staff Writer

State Sen. Clint Stennett will be riding high in both a literal and emotional sense this Fourth of July. The Wood River Valley’s rep-resentative in the Idaho Senate since 1994 and his wife, Michelle Stennett, will serve as grand marshals for Hailey’s upcom-ing Fourth of July Parade on Saturday. From their lofty van-tage point in a horse-drawn car-riage, the Stennetts will wave to thousands of parade participants parked along the sunny Main Street route. That the longtime senator will be able to serve in this capacity at all is cause for celebration. Near-ly a year and a half ago, Stennett was diagnosed with a dangerous form of brain cancer. Since then, intense rounds of radiation and chemotherapy have left him feeling fatigued and unable to complete his duties as District 25 senator. In Janu-ary, Stennett announced that he would take time off as Senate leader of the Idaho Democrats to rest up from the treatment. For-mer Sun Valley Mayor Jon Thor-son stood in for the ailing senator during the recent legislative ses-sion, the second longest in Idaho history. During a recent interview with the Idaho Mountain Ex-press, Stennett seemed more than ready to put the past behind

him and begin looking forward to the coming July Fourth celebra-tions. Only several weeks ago, he received encouraging news from his doctors.

Based on a recent brain scan, physicians determined that Sten-nett’s tumor is no longer spread-ing and, even better, is actually inactive. “It looks like it’s on the run,” he happily reported. Stennett said he’s excited to serve alongside his wife as grand marshal of the parade. “It’s a great parade,” he said. Stennett’s history with the Fourth of July celebrations in Hailey goes back quite a ways. Sometime in the early 1980s—it may have been 1982 or 1983, he can’t remember for sure—the na-tive Idahoan decided it was high time to give bull riding a try. For years, Hailey’s Days of the Old West Rodeo has offered would-be rodeo stars a try at this rough activity. The hometown bull-riding contest gives ama-teurs the chance to try to make it the full eight seconds. Given his chance, Stennett grabbed on tight and made it. While that may have been Stennett’s fi rst real rodeo, it’s

not as if he’s never been around cattle and horses. He grew up on a ranch south of the Wood River Valley near the town of Eden. He said he’s always been a “cowboy at heart.” He still owns two horses that he rides on back-country trails. For the past year and a half, Stennett’s illness has kept him from his trail-riding passion. He hopes to return to the saddle as soon as possible, perhaps this summer or fall. Stennett’s horses are now at his mother’s home in Buhl. He usually keeps them at the Sagebrush Arena in Hailey during the summer. Until the senator’s strength returns, the Stennetts will be go-ing on hikes in the backcountry, they say. The fi rst time the two spoke together was at a Basque dinner in Hailey. They were married in 1996. Stennett is also looking for-ward to a speedy return to the Idaho Senate. He anticipates re-turning to the state Capitol in time for the next legislative ses-sion, which begins in January. “I’m anxious to go back,” he said. “I missed it a lot.” Stennett said it’s still too early to say whether his cancer is actu-ally in remission. Stennett’s wife of 13 years, Mi-chelle, said the outpouring of sup-port they’ve seen from within the valley and around the state has meant a lot throughout the ordeal.

Senator will serve as grand marshal for July Fourth parade in Hailey


Idaho State Sen. Clint Stennett, D-Ketchum, and his wife, Michelle Stennett, stand in the backyard of their west Ketchum home last week. The Stennetts will serve as grand marshals for Hailey’s Fourth of July Parade on Saturday.

“I’m anxious to go back. I missed it a lot.”

Sen. Clint Stennett

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“It has never wavered,” she said. Michelle said the support of Idaho sena-tors—both from the majority Republican Party and the minority Democratic Par-ty—also remained strong. “We got calls all the time,” she said. She said Idaho Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter also made regular calls to the Stennett household.

For several more months at least, Sen. Stennett will continue his chemotherapy treatments. He’s been traveling to the Uni-versity of California San Francisco Medi-cal Center once a month for his care. Throughout the treatments, Sen. Sten-nett only came down with a cold once, de-spite the impacts on his immune system. “For him, the radiation was the hard-est,” Michelle said. She said they’ve learned some impor-tant life lessons throughout the very try-ing, year-and-a-half ordeal. “You’re truly in the moment,” she said. “You’re grateful for every day.” Jason Kauffman: [email protected]

STENNETSenator will continue

chemotherapy treatments for several months

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“You’re truly in the moment. You’re grateful for every day.”

Michelle Stennett


Sen. Clint Stennett rides one of his horses in last year’s Forth of July Parade in Hailey.

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“Now that we have the gift of time, I really hope to re-connect with my longtime local friends and enjoy the local nature, food and go to as many local events as I can. We live in a great place.”

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“Spin the arrow and pick a direction. You have water and lakes to the north, and fishing to the west. Go hiking east out Copper Basin or visit history south towards the Craters or get on a mountain bike and go any direction.”

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Hear live music to celebrate Independence Day

B y S A B I N A D A N A P L A S S EExpress Staff Writer

Celebrating Independence Day with live music is a July Fourth weekend necessity. This weekend and throughout the week, en-joy concert, events and gatherings with valley musicians and touring bands and renowned singers.

Live music begins this evening at the Back Al-

ley Party at the Wicked Spud in Hailey with the valley’s own Up A Creek, with proceeds to benefi t Hailey Fire (works) and Ice (rink) as well as the Blaine County Museum. The show starts at 5:30 p.m. Tonight in Ketchum, enjoy music by Fred Crabtree at 6 p.m. at Papa Hemi’s Hideaway, and at 9:30 p.m. stop by the Casino for karaoke with MC Spice Train. The 12th annual Advocates fundraising gala, ‘An Evening in Marrakesh,’ will take place Thursday, July 2. With a $150 ticket, patrons will enjoy hors d’oeuvres, a sit-down dinner and wine, silent and live auction as well as live music by 3 Leg Torso. In addition there will be a raffl e with tickets for $25 each or fi ve for $100. The event will take place at Sun Valley’s Limelight Room at 5:30 p.m. For details call 788-4191. Enjoy the talents and charm of siren Molly Venter and Friends at Ketchum Plaza Music Nights from 6-8 p.m. on Thursday the free show takes place across from Atkinsons’ Market. In addition, the Sun Valley Brewery in Hailey will feature New York City’s Sister-Monk at 8 p.m. If in Stanley, enjoy Headwaters at the Bridge Street Grill from 7-9:30 p.m. and The Damphools release party through Satur-day, July 4, at the Kasino Club every evening at 9 p.m. The festivities kick off in Ketchum on Fri-day, July 3, with a Tony Furtado concert with the Kim Stocking Band at the Clarion Inn on the Rustic Moose Deck. The show starts at 6:30 p.m. and Furtado takes the stage at 8 p.m. Tickets are $11. Furtado will feature songs from his new CD “Deep Water,” which he said is a snapshot of all the music he creates. “I am excited to play,” Furtado said. “Peo-ple need a good Fourth of July.” The Sun Valley Pavilion will feature a grand show with Utah State University’s Grammy Award-winning singer Maureen McGovern and the American Festival Chorus and Orchestra on Friday, July 3, at 7 p.m., with tickets at $55, $45 and $35. For details call 622-2135.

Free shows in Ketchum on Friday, July 3, will take place with Hickory Blue at Papa He-mi’s Hideaway from 6:30-9:30 p.m., and during Gallery Walk, a Courtyard Beach Party will take place with Hawaiian music from 6-8 p.m. In addition, Zou 75 in Hailey will feature Club Zou from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m., and in Stanley, Red-fi sh Lake Lodge will feature Headwaters from 6-9 p.m. Enjoy a Saturday Fourth of July celebra-tion beginning in Hailey with the valley’s Cosmic Beans playing before and after the pa-rade. Ketchum celebrations will include The Damphools opening for Dallas Alice for the annual Fourth on Fourth party. Papa Hemi’s Hideaway will feature the Cow Says Mooo, from 6:30-9:30 p.m., and Slow Children Play-ing will play for a Fairfi eld celebration with fi reworks at 8 p.m. Fresh off of singing the national anthem at the rodeo in Hailey, Jeremiah James will play The Mint in Hailey on Saturday, July 4. Matt Hopper and the Roman Candles will open for the Jeremiah James Gang. The show starts at 10 p.m. and tickets are $10. James plays mostly in Idaho throughout the summer from Boise to Stanley and Sun Valley to McCall. “If you like to drink and stomp your feet to Idaho country music, the Jeremiah James Gang is a good time,” James said. “Our last record, ‘Idaho Cowboy,’ was a best seller in Idaho last summer.” Other music for the weekend will include Eric Herman, presented by Make-A-Wish Foundation in Ketchum’s Rotary Park on Sun-day, July 5, from 3-4:30 p.m. The show is ben-efi t for two valley children with life-threaten-ing medical conditions. Tickets are $5 kids, $10 adults and $20 families. Also, at Rotary Park from 6-8 p.m. will be John Northrup’s Jazz Rangers for free Jazz in the Park. Music from Stanley at Redfi sh Lake Lodge will feature James Dean Kindle and the East Oregon Playboys with Thomas Paul on Sun-day, July 5, from 4-8 p.m. In addition, the Ca-sino in Ketchum will have dancing and DJ Lo-comotive at 9:30 p.m. For brunch-time music Sunday, head to Galena Lodge for Bruce Innes on the deck from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. or listen to Leana Leach at the Sun Valley Lodge Dining Room from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Other live music for the week includes a benefi t with soloist James Martin singing gos-pel music at St. Thomas Episcopal Church on Monday, July 6, at 7:30 p.m. with a suggested donation of $20. And for those still in town, don’t miss Albino at Ketch’em Alive on Tues-day, July 7, from 7-9 p.m.

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For the third year in a row, Ketchum will go bigger and bet-ter, this time starting its annual 4th on Fourth Celebration a day early to get residents and visitors rocking as soon as the holiday weekend begins. Produced by the Sun Valley-Ketchum Chamber & Visitors Bureau, the two-day event will kick off on Friday, July 3, with an opening concert on the deck of the Rustic Moose, adjacent to the Clarion Inn on Main Street in Ketchum. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and lo-cal favorites The Kim Stocking Band will take the stage at 6:30 p.m., setting the mood for yet an-other weekend of live music and street parties. Starting at 8 p.m., the main act of the night, Tony Furtado, will let loose with his blend of rock, coun-try, folk and pop. Furtado’s music should attract fans of Tom Petty, Bruce Springsteen, The Band, and Creedence Clearwater Revival. Tickets are $10 and are avail-able at Ketchum Dry Goods, 511 Sun Valley Rd. “We are really excited to bring back this event for the third year, and love the fact that we were able to extend it to Friday night and bring Tony Furtado back to the valley,” said Stefany Mahoney, spokeswoman for the chamber. The festivities continue on

Saturday, with a children’s car-nival taking place from 4-7 p.m. on Fourth Street and Ketchum Town Plaza, across from Atkin-sons’ Market. The carnival will take advan-tage of the Fourth Street Heritage Corridor, the fi rst two phases of

which were completed in 2007 and 2008. As part of the project, wide pedestrian pathways, art-work and benches stretch from Walnut Avenue across Main Street to Washington Avenue. With games, prizes and a bouncy house, the carnival will

provide the perfect diversion for kids while parents can enjoy live music from The Damphools, an-other popular local band. They will play from 4:30-6:30 p.m. More foot stomping is sure to follow, as Dallas Alice takes the stage at 7 p.m. The Lousiville,

Ky.-based band blends country and rock ’n’ roll that will once again have people dancing in the middle of Fourth Street. Saturday’s concert is free, and food and drinks will be available from vendors.Jon Duval: [email protected]

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Kentucky-based Dallas Alice is set to take the main stage—and the streets—by storm when they turn on the microphones for Ketchum’s Fourth on Fourth celebration.


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Wednesday, July 1

Crisis Hotline Annual Safe and Sane Fireworks Sale Fundraiser. Receive 50 percent tax deduction on purchase. Between Sturtevants and Farmers’ Market, Main St., Hailey. All Day.

Casino, Karaoke with MC Spice Train, free. Ketchum. 9:30 p.m.

Thursday, July 2

First Thursdays in Hailey, beginning 10 a.m.

Hailey Artists’ Market, with live music, 2:30-6:30 p.m. Details 788-8614.

12th annual Advocates gala, ‘An Evening in Marrakesh’, hors d’oeuvres, sit-down dinner and wine, silent and live auction, live music by 3 Leg Torso. Raffle tickets $25 each or 5 for $100. Sun Valley’s Limelight Room, 5:30 p.m. $150 per person or $2,500 VIP table of 10. Details 788-4191.

Galena Lodge Thursday Night Wagon Ride BBQs, Galena Lodge, Hwy 75 N. of Ketchum, 6 p.m. $37.50. Details 726-4010.

Ketchum Plaza Music Nights, Molly Venter and Friends, Ketchum Town Plaza, 460 Fourth St., across From Atkinsons’ Market, 6-8 p.m., free. Details 726-3423.

Sturtevants Thursday Night Mountain Bike Rides, Adams Gulch. Meet at trail-head or designated parking lot, 6 p.m.

Hailey Days of the Old West Rodeo, family night, free admission for kids under 12. Tickets available at Atkinsons’ Market or at the gate. Pre-rodeo queen competition and mutton bustin’ at 7 p.m. Hailey Rodeo Grounds, 7:30 p.m. $15 reserved seating and $10 gen-eral admission. Details 309-4235.

Bridge Street Grill, Headwaters, 7-9:30 p.m., Stanley.

Sun Valley Brewery, live music with SisterMonk from New York City. Hailey, 8 p.m.

The Damphools CD release party weekend, through July 4, “Damn the Hard Times,” Kasino Club, Stanley. 9 p.m.

Crisis Hotline annual Safe and Sane Fireworks Sale Fundraiser. Receive 50 percent tax deduction on purchase. Between Sturtevants and Farmers’ Market, Main St., Hailey. All Day.

Friday, July 3

Ketchum Fourth of July Weekend Antique Show, nexStage Theatre, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., free. Details 720-5547.

Hailey Antiques Market, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Roberta McKercher Park and Hailey Armory.

Hailey Main Street Antique and Art Show, 9 a.m.-8:30 p.m. Lot north of McDonald’s.

Ninth annual Merry Birthday America Event at Rebecca’s, antiques, textiles, quilts, furniture and more, 313 N. Second, Bellevue. 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Details 788-2747.

Ketchum Art & Antique Show, Forest Service Park, 180 E. First St., Ketchum. 10 a.m. - 6 p.m., free. Details (303) 570-9763.

Grand Opening of Mellow Mutts Pet Supplies, treats for people and furry friends, 10th Street Center, Ketchum. 3-6 p.m. Details 928-7040.

Sue Dumke Images, fine art pho-tography and jewelry through July 18. Large-format metal Buddha im-ages and pure love jewels new charm collection. SFP Studio, Les Saisons Building, Ketchum. 5-8 p.m.

Sun Valley Gallery Association Gallery Walks. Enjoy a walk about town as galleries open their doors, host artists and serve wine. Ketchum, 5-8 p.m. Details 726-4950, svgalleries.org.

Sun Valley Center for the Arts presents ‘The Container Show’, through Aug. 1 and Aug. 7 through Sept. 5, Second Ave. and Fourth St., Ketchum, 5-8 p.m. Details 726-9491.

Tony Furtado, doors 5:30 p.m. Kim Stocking Band 6:30 p.m. and Tony Furtado 8 p.m. Clarion Inn on the Rustic Moose Deck, Ketchum, $11. Tickets available Ketchum Dry Goods or visitsunvalley.com/meetings.

Courtyard Beach Party, Wear Aloha garb and listen to authentic Hawaiian music by Earl and Alice Mullins playing acoustic guitar and flute. 360 East Ave. in The Courtyard, 6-8 p.m. Details 726-5512.

Redfish Lake Lodge, Headwaters, 6-9 p.m. Stanley.

Papa Hemi’s Hideaway, live music with Hickory Blue. Ketchum, 6:30-9:30 p.m.

Utah State University’s Maureen McGovern and the American Festival Chorus and Orchestra, Grammy Award-winner McGovern directed by Craig Jessop will present ‘An American Tribute.’ SV Music Pavillion, Sun Valley, 7 p.m. $55, $45 and $35. Details 622-2135.

Hailey Days of the Old West Rodeo, Tickets available at Atkinsons’ Market and at the gate. Pre-rodeo queen compe-tition and mutton bustin’ at 7 p.m., Hailey Rodeo Grounds, 7:30 p.m. $15 reserved seating, $10 general admission, and $5 kids 12 and under. Details 309-4235.

Club Zou, Dancing and DJ. Must be 21 or above. No cover. Zou 75, Hailey, 10 p.m. - 1 a.m.


Voci Ingenium, a showcase of the valley’s talented kids and adults. Wicked Spud, Hailey. Details 788-2496.

Saturday, July 4

Fourth of July annual Pancake Breakfast, Boy and Cub Scouts com-munity event and fundraiser. Pancakes, eggs, sausage, fruit, juice and coffee. Wood River Grange, S. Third St., Hailey. $7 adult, $5 under 12, $20 family of four. 7-10:30 a.m. Details 720-1069.


Hailey Antiques Market, 9 a.m.-6 p.m., Roberta McKercher Park and Hailey Armory.


Silver Creek Natural History Walks, Silver Creek Preserve Visitors Center, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Details 788-7910.

Ninth annual Merry Birthday America Event at Rebecca’s, antiques, textiles, quilts, furniture and more. 313 N. Second, Bellevue. 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Details 788-2747.

Artist chat with Julie Speidel at Gail Severn Gallery, opening reception Friday, July 3, 5-8 p.m. Ketchum, 10 a.m. Details 726-5079.

Hailey Days of the Old West Fourth of July Parade, 10 a.m. Children’s Carnival, 11:30 a.m. Black Jack Ketchum Shootout Gang in front of the Mint. 12 p.m. Parade on Main St. with Clint and Michelle Stennett as grand marshals. Cosmic Beans perform before and after parade and fireworks at dusk. Hailey, 10 a.m. Details 788-3484.

Ketchum Art & Antique Show, Forest Service Park, 180 E. First St., Ketchum 10 a.m. - 6 p.m., free. Details (303) 570-9763.

Fourth of July Bike Criterium, fol-lows carnival and parade in Hailey, downtown. 1 p.m. Details 788-2117.

Fourth of July Ice Cream Social at The Center, Hailey, free ice cream, cake and lemonade with ‘Idaho’s Fences’ exhibition. The Center, Second and Pine Sts. 1- 3 p.m. Details 726-9491.

Ochi Gallery artist reception ‘In Search of the Miraculous’, through Aug. 31, featuring artists Erin Rachel Hudak, Lothar Osterburg, Chad Person, Alyssa Pheobus and Gordon Stevenson. Ochi, 119 Lewis St., Ketchum Light Industrial Center, 3-6 p.m. Details 726-8746.

Fourth on Fourth Celebration, Dallas Alice in concert, children’s carnival, 4-7 p.m., food and fun. Opening band The Damphools, 4:30-6:30 p.m. Headliner Dallas Alice, 7 p.m., Ketchum Town Plaza, 460 Fourth St. E., across From Atkinsons’ Market, Ketchum. Details 726-3423.

Independence Day in Stanley, community potluck, free music and fireworks over the Sawtooths. Kids parade 6 p.m. and potluck 7 p.m., City Park, Stanley. Details (208) 774-2286.

Papa Hemi’s Hideaway, live music by Cow Says Mooo. Ketchum, 6:30-9:30 p.m.

Company of Fools presents ‘110 in the Shade’, Pay What You Feel. Liberty Theatre, 110 N. Main St., Hailey, 7 p.m. Details 788-6520.

Hailey Days of the Old West Rodeo, Tickets available at Atkinsons’ Market and at the gate. Pre-rodeo queen compe-tition and mutton bustin’ at 7 p.m., Hailey Rodeo Grounds, 7:30 p.m. $15 reserved seating, $10 general admission, and $5 kids 12 and under. Details 309-4235.

Fairfield Fourth of July, live music with Slow Children Playing fol-lowed by fireworks. Fairfield City Park, 8 p.m. Details 764-2086.

Sun Valley Summer Ice Shows, at dusk with dessert buffet on Lodge Terrace featuring Meryl Davis and Charlie White, 2009 U.S. champions and 2007 U.S. silver medalists and Ryan Bradley, 2007 silver medalist. Fireworks after show. Sun Valley Outdoor Ice Rink, 9:45 p.m. $62 with dessert buffet, $32, $47 and $52. Details 622-2135.

The Mint, Jeremiah James with Matt Hopper and the Roman Candles, $10, 10 p.m. Hailey.

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Sunday, July 5

Ketchum Fourth of July Weekend Antique Show, nexStage Theatre, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., free. Details: 720-5547.

Hailey Antiques Market, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Roberta McKercher Park and Hailey Armory.


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Ketchum Art & Antique Show, Forest Service Park, 180 E. First St. , Ketchum. 10 a.m. - 6 p.m., free. Details (303) 570-9763.

‘Freedom From Your Relationship with Food,’ talk and book sign-ing with author Myra Lewin. Chapter One Books, Ketchum. 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Galena Lodge, Bruce Innes, Hwy 75 N. of Ketchum, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. Details 726-4010.

Company of Fools presents ‘110 in the Shade’, Educator Night. Liberty Theatre, 110 N. Main St., Hailey, 2 p.m. Details 788-6520.

Make-A-Wish Foundation presents Eric Herman, outdoor concert to benefit two local children with life-threatening medical conditions. Tickets available at Chapter One Books in Hailey and Tater Tots in Hailey. Ketchum Rotary Park, Warm Springs Rd. and Saddle Rd., Ketchum, 3-4:30 p.m. $5 kids, $10 adults and $20 families. Details 721-0528.

Redfish Lake Lodge, Music from Stanley presents James Dean Kindle and the East Oregon Playboys with Thomas Paul, Stanley. 4 p.m. - 8 p.m.

Sunday Evening Jazz in the Park, John Northrup’s Jazz Rangers. Rotary Park, Ketchum. 6-8 p.m., free. Details 726-3423.

Casino, Dance and DJ with DJ Locomotive, free. Ketchum, 9:30 p.m.

Monday, July 6



Connecting You to Your Voice Act II Class, ages 55 and over. Liberty Theatre, 110 N. Main St., Hailey. 1-3 p.m. Details 788-6520.

Sun Valley Center for the Arts pres-ents ‘The Rural Vernacular’, multi-discplinary exhibition through Aug. 8. Sun Valley Center for the Arts, 191 Fifth St. E., Ketchum. 2 p.m. Details 726-9491.

Ninth annual Harriman Tea, BCRD, 3 p.m. Details 788-2117.

Backcountry Bistro, The Damphools, 7-9 p.m. Stanley.

Soloist James Martin, gospel music benefit for the Barry Keller Fund for Performing Arts in Idaho. St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Ketchum. 7:30 p.m. $20 suggested donation.

Sawtooth Club, live music by Piers Lamb Project, Ketchum, 9-11 p.m.

Tuesday, July 7

Ketchum Artists Market, Ketchum Town Plaza, 460 Fourth St. E., across from Atkinsons’ Market, Ketchum. 12-6 p.m. Details 788-8614.

Acting Your Way In Act II Class, ages 55 and over. Liberty Theatre, 110 N. Main St., Hailey. 1-3 p.m. Details 788-6520.

Ketchum Farmers’ Market, Fourth St. Corridor, Ketchum. 2:30-6 p.m. Details 788-1366.

Film screening ‘Life as a House’, for celebration of Community Library’s 30th annual Tour of Homes. Community Library, 415 N. Spruce Ave, Ketchum, 6 p.m. Details 726-3493.

Company of Fools presents ‘Steel Magnolias,’ Pay What You Feel. Liberty Theatre, 110 N. Main St., Hailey. 7 p.m. Details 788-6520.

Ketch’em Alive, Albino, Forest Service Park, 180 E, First St., Ketchum, 7-9 p.m. Free.

“Central Idaho Wilderness History” through July 8, Dr. Kevin Marsh talk on Sawtooths and Frank Church. Activities 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Stanley. Details 788-9686.

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The 2009 Sun Valley Summer Ice Shows star world-class and Olym-pic skaters every Saturday through Sept. 5, at the Sun Valley Outdoor Ice Rink. This year Sun Valley will feature a new dessert buffet at the show, which begins at dusk. The dessert buffet and ice show is $62 per person. Reserved bleacher seating for the ice show only is $32, $47 and $52 per person. Seating at the Sun Room Terrace for the ice show only is $52. To purchase ice show and dessert buffet tickets, call the Sun Valley recreation center at 622-2135 or (888) 622-2108 or visit seats.sunvalley.com.

• Saturday, July 4Meryl Davis and Charlie White are 2009 U.S. Champions and 2007 U.S. silver medal-ists. They will be joined by Ryan Bradley, 2007 silver medalist. Fireworks after show.

• Saturday, July 11Brian Boitano, Olympic gold medalist, two-time world and four-time U.S. champion, and 2009 U.S. gold medalist Alyssa Czisney.

• Saturday, July 18Johnny Weir, three-time U.S. champion and world bronze medalist.

• Saturday, July 25Marie-France Dubreuil and Patrice Lauzon, two-time world sil-ver medalists and five-time Canadian champions.

• Saturday, August 1Jeremy Abbott, 2009 U.S. champion.

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Fourth of July celebration set for Cathedral Pines

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A historic church camp in the Smoky Moun-tains reaches the age of 90 this summer, and Baptist Church offi cials plan to celebrate that birthday the weekend of July Fourth. Cathedral Pines, some 14 miles north of Ket-chum just off state Highway 75, dates its founding to 1919 when the Rev. Will Shanks, a Baptist pastor in Buhl, established the camp as a site for young church members to get together. Now, some 90 years later, Cathedral Pines continues to serve as a summer camp and year-around convention center. Outdoor activities at Cathedral Pines include fi shing, swimming, hiking and cross-country skiing. Owned and operated by the Idaho Baptist Con-vention of American Baptist Churches, the camp will feature an open house on July 4 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event will feature camp tours, live mu-sic, presentations about the camp’s history and a barbecue. A $8 donation is suggested for the barbecue and camp offi cials are asking for advance reservations so that they know how much food to prepare. Res-ervations can be made at cathedralpines.org or by calling 726-5007. Those needing lodging or recre-ational vehicle space are requested to contact camp manager Dave Wilcox, either at the above telephone number or at [email protected]. Campers are expected to start gathering at Ca-thedral Pines on July 3. “The facilities are great and with its view of Boulder Mountain it’s probably one of the prettiest sites in the valley,” Wilcox said. The camp is available for rental and has been used in the past by educational groups, church groups, outdoor organizations, theater groups and families. “We’re looking forward to serving the people of the Wood River Valley and elsewhere in the future,”

Wilcox said. “We hope people will come up and take a look and let us be of service.”

Historic Camp Cathedral Pines offi cials issued a press release giving a brief description of the camp’s history. Shanks is credited as the founder because of his “dream to establish a permanent site for a summer camp for the young people of the church.” Shanks was part of a group of about a dozen peo-ple who fi rst visited the camp area in 1919. Accord-ing to the press release, “it took them two days to get there in Model T Fords.” The original campsite was at what is now Easley Campground just below Easley Hot Springs. With permission from the U.S. Forest Service, the camp was later moved south to its present location. “Camping in those days was a pioneering ad-venture,” the press release states. “Tents and all supplies had to be brought in by the old Model Ts or open touring cars. It was necessary to build a bridge across the river, and the fi rst bridge was transported to the site by an oxen team belonging to a nearby logging company.” The camp was originally called Baptists Sum-mer Assembly, but was changed to Cathedral Pines, a name suggested through a contest entry by a Je-rome woman identifi ed as Shirley Bentzinger. Permanent cabins were built in the 1930s and larger dormitory structures were added later. Cathedral Pines now has a dining facility called Sawtooth Grill that can accommodate 200 people. The facility also has bathrooms, showers and a sep-arate meeting and sleeping area. The Cathedral Pines chapel, near the Big Wood River and facing Mt. Boulder, was completed and dedicated in 1992. Worship services, weddings and group meetings are held there. Camp offi cials recommend that reservations to use Cathedral Pines be made several months in advance. Terry Smith: [email protected]

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Cathedral Pines Camp manager David Wilcox is ready for his camp’s 90th summer this year.

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There are many ways to cel-ebrate our nation’s Independence Day. For those with a yen for the high and remote, the roadless backcountry gracing the many mountain ranges surrounding the valley may be the best spot to take in the holiday weekend. Offi cials with Sawtooth Na-tional Forest and the Sawtooth National Recreation Area are predicting patchy recreational access to the some of the highest elevations in their areas. Out-door enthusiasts should keep in mind that the use of fi reworks is prohibited on all public lands in the Wood River and Sawtooth valleys. That shouldn’t matter, though. With the above-average rainfall the valley received in June, hik-ers, mountain bikers and other backcountry recreationists can expect a rare explosion of wild-fl ower color along local trails. But the rain has also created a rare muddy situation on local trails, said Joe Miczulski, recre-ation and winter sports special-ist with the Ketchum Ranger Dis-trict. This July 4, there’s no way of predicting which trails will be the best trails to be on, Miczulski said. “It really depends on where you go and what aspect you’re on,” he said. Forest offi cials are asking hik-ers, bikers and other trail users to turn around if mud is cling-ing to their shoes or tires to help protect the trails. Miczulski said they’ve already seen numerous instances of trail damage. “We’re defi nitely going to have mud in a lot of places,” he said. He said snow may also be a problem on the higher trails. Northwest of Ketchum, the Norton Lakes and Prairie Lake areas in the easternmost por-tions of the Smoky Mountains may provide mostly snow-free hiking. “Everything is still weather dependent,” he said. Of the two, the Norton Lakes hike is the more strenuous, but provides those who arrive with excellent alpine scenery. Prai-rie Lake, on the other hand, is perhaps the Ketchum Ranger District’s most elevation-lacking hike. The Norton Lakes area is ac-cessed by way of the Baker Creek Road, while Prairie Lake is best sought from the trailhead at the

end of Prairie Creek Road. For the car crowd, the drive to 7,896-foot Trail Creek Sum-mit will be a perfect excursion into cool upper-elevation forests this July 4. To access Trail Creek Summit, at 8,716-feet where the Boulder Mountains to the north meet the Pioneer Mountains to the south, drive northeast from Ketchum on Sun Valley Road un-til it turns into Trail Creek Road. The summit is about 12 miles be-yond Ketchum.

Of course, excellent close-to-home opportunities exist along Greenhorn Gulch, Adam’s Gulch, Fox Creek and Oregon Gulch. For additional information on recreational opportunities on the Ketchum Ranger District call 622-5371. For those with a little more time on their hands, the Saw-tooth National Recreation Area will also be a good bet. Water lovers may want to con-sider any one of the eastern Saw-tooth Mountains’ glacier-carved lakes near the Sawtooth Valley fl oor. Crowds will likely be sig-nifi cant, but people shouldn’t have a problem fi nding their own personal patch of sand at Alturas Lake, Pettit Lake, Yellowbelly Lake, Redfi sh Lake, Little Red-fi sh Lake or Stanley Lake. Many lower and mid-elevation hikes in the SNRA’s Sawtooth and White Cloud mountains will also be completely or mostly free of snow, but you may want to double check with the Stanley Ranger Station to be sure. The ranger station can be reached at (208) 774-3000. Good bets on the SNRA include the eight-mile roundtrip hike from Redfi sh Lake to the Bench Lakes, which are just inside the Sawtooth Wilderness. Other Sawtooth Wilderness hikes that should be available include the fl at, four-mile out-and-back hike to Hell Roaring Lake and the six-mile out-and-back jaunt up lovely Alpine Creek, which begins from the trailhead just above Alturas Lake. Jason Kauffman: [email protected]

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Antiques and vintage arts and crafts dealers converge on the Wood River Valley every Fourth of July weekend. This year there will be shows from Bellevue to Ketchum for every taste and ev-ery budget. Bill Summers will fi ll the next-Stage Theatre on Main Street in Ketchum with original Ameri-can and European paintings, Stickley furniture, fi ne silver and World War I- era watches. That’s only a small sampling of the intimate Summers shows, which include textiles, Western Americana and vintage fl y-fi sh-ing gear. “The economy has changed, but we have a very faithful clien-tele in the valley,” says Summers, whose show will run Friday through Monday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Rebecca Prohorenko will host the ninth annual “Merry Birth-day America” antiques show Friday through Monday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on the bike path at 313 N. Second Ave. in Bellevue. The show will feature the “prac-tical and the marvelous,” Proho-

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“My specialty is ‘chick stuff,’” says Prohorenko, an antique dealer who has appeared on the Antiques Road Show television show. Wally Johnson from Mon-roe Washington will sell “guy stuff,” including saddles, fi shing gear, guns and vintage tools. “Quilts have been my special-ty for 40 years,” Prohorenko says. “They have been an incredible venue for creativity for Ameri-can women.” For the 30th year in a row, Mary Vidano and Cynthia Brooks will return to the Wood River Valley bringing more than 100 booths and the free services of a professional appraiser to Forest Service Park in Ketchum.

Their MC Presents show will run Friday through Sunday and feature estate, pawn and sunken-treasure jewelry, mission and old hickory furniture, and Jimmy Buffet’s personal bar. Vidano says the most remark-able treasure in this rather large, outdoor show will be a Civil War-era “great star” Union fl ag. “Our dealers are all special-ists in their fi elds,” Vidano says. In the next town up the road, the Hailey Antiques Market, now in its 16th year, will bring vintage signage, glassware and pottery, estate jewelry, arts and crafts, furniture, saddlery and other cowboy stuff to Roberta McKercher Park and inside the Hailey Armory. The market will be open Friday through Sunday, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m, closing at 4 p.m. Sunday. Allee Marsters, founder and promoter of the market, says, “We will have everything from the ordinary to the extraordi-nary,” including an early 1900s wooden carousel. Local cheerleaders will serve hot dogs and other items at the market to raise money for new uniforms.Tony Evans: [email protected]

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With apologies to long-ago news-paper colleagues who became suc-cessful novelists and screenwrit-ers, my tastes have always run more for non-fi ction history, which can make the pulse race as fast as any suspense thriller.

Since the July 4 holiday week-end begins early and probably ends late for so many families, how about making the weekend count for more than picnic foods and fi reworks by throwing in a good book? All the bookstores and the city libraries in the valley have excel-lent stocks to choose from. Waiting for my attention are two excellent books on President Franklin Delano Roosevelt—Jon Meacham’s “Franklin and Win-ston: An Intimate Portrait Of an Epic Friendship” between FDR and Winston Churchill, and “The Defi ning Moment, FDR’s Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope” by Jonathan Alter. (A third book at my bedside is about another president—“American

Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House,” also by the superb-ly accomplished Meacham. Perhaps because I lived through all of FDR’s years, these books have a natural attraction, with vividly rekindled tales that stir my own memories and nos-talgia about the iconic FDR and his stirring, fl amboyant ways. However, there are other reasons these books make fi ne reading—especially for generations born long after FDR’s death. Few presidencies were as rich in heroics as Roosevelt's, a man who couldn’t walk a step with-out being assisted and spent his White House years in a wheel-chair. The anecdotes and papers covered in the books pull back the curtains on dramas that few Americans heard or knew about, and for students, they’re verita-ble encyclopedias of information for American history courses. Finally, although FDR’s cri-ses—a nation in total economic collapse, heartbreaking jobless-ness and a world war—were far more perilous than the eerily similar economic calamities, unemployment and Iraq and Af-ghanistan wars facing President Obama, the FDR books shed light on the travails men in the Oval Offi ce endure in peacetime and wartime. If celebrating July 4 is good for your patriotism, use the holiday to also read a good book as well. It’ll be good for your mind.

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Mom and Pop and the kids may like the explosive colors and the booming blasts of Fourth of July fi reworks. However, one member of the family most likely doesn’t—the family bow-wow. Dogs seem especially sensitive to—and frightened by—fi reworks. Just before the Fourth of July every year, veterinarians and other animal experts remind dog owners they should protect family pets against fi reworks noise that can create behavior problems. Amy Sloper, assistant man-ager of the Animal Shelter of the Wood River Valley, has a basic list of do’s and don’t’s for dog own-ers on the Fourth of July. • Don’t take dogs to fi reworks displays. Bangs and booms of explosions can panic animals whose hearing is sensitive to loud noise. • If the family is attending a fi re-works display, leave the dog in the house, not outside and unat-tended in the yard. Some dogs will run away if they hear distant fi reworks.• Make sure the family dog has

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CARRIER, Okla. — Gary Cai-mano can easily fi ll the canvas of night sky with his palette of ex-ploding lights. Setting it to music is a chal-lenge that’s kept his enthusiasm high for 35 years. “People love fi reworks. They’re mesmerized by it, and then you give them an emotional sensory experience with music, and you interpret things and give them drama on a giant stage. It just moves them,” said Caimano, director of mar-keting and choreographer of shows for Western Enterprises Inc. in Carrier. “I look at every single shell as though it were a dramatic per-sona,” he said. “I get excited be-cause I think of the audience, the people who are going to witness this. On that day, they want a show to represent their freedom. They deserve the best show I can give them.” Western, which makes most of its own pyrotechnics, puts on more than 600 fi reworks shows annually in Oklahoma and sur-rounding states. Clients have included Tinker Air Force Base; Bricktown; the RedHawks; Riv-erwind Casino; and the munici-palities of Oklahoma City, Moore and Norman. Most of the shows are held around July 4. Caimano spends weeks choreographing those per-

formances well before the holiday so Western’s employees have time to set up, secure permits and han-dle numerous other concerns. “It’s a six-month operation to get the Fourth of July up and running,” he said. “And as soon as that ends, you’re doing Labor Day and then Christmas and New Year’s Eve shows. It’s constant.” Caimano grew up in one of the nation’s original fi reworks fami-lies, Zambelli Internationale in Pennsylvania. When he was 5 years old, Caimano’s father died in a manufacturing explosion; his mother forbade Caimano from working in the industry. But after studying theater and earning his master’s degree in literature, he came back. “I have an inherent love to see-ing something perform to music,” he said. “And it wasn’t something that was done back in the ‘70s. Fireworks shows were simple and noisy and beautiful, but it was a different genre back then.” That changed when he orches-trated the country’s fi rst “pyro-musical” in 1974 in Veterans Sta-dium in Philadelphia. The response was phenom-enal, he said, and opened the way to decades of artistry. He’s been an Oklahoman since 1998 and now lives in Enid near Western’s headquarters. Cai-mano deals with programmed shows while Chief Executive James V. Burnett handles all the live symphonies. Caimano gave

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NEW YORK— The recession has forced the cancellation of fi reworks displays in a number of places around the country like Blue Springs, Missouri, and Mesa, Arizona. But many of the biggest and best-known displays will be nearly as spectacular as ever. “Some larger displays have been trimmed a bit but noth-ing that will have a major im-pact on the industry,” said Julie Heckman, executive director of the American Pyrotechnics Association. The timing of the holiday, on a Saturday, has actually “helped the fi reworks industry” in some places, said M. Philip Butler, spokesman for Grucci, the famous fi reworks company. “Whenever it’s a Saturday Fourth of July, we will have as much as a 50 percent increase in demand.” Grucci shows this year in-clude displays in Dallas, Omaha, Nebraska, Hawaii and Portland, Maine, along with Station Ca-sinos in Las Vegas and the Bor-gata Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Butler said “the most popu-lar shell is still the happy face.” And fi reworks choreographed to music — often patriotic medleys, sometimes performed live — also remain popular, usually with ra-dio simulcasts. Patterns and shapes like stars, fi sh, hearts and cubes are becom-ing more prevalent, Heckman said. “The real challenge is mak-ing letters appear in the sky,” she said. “It’s really diffi cult to get an aerial shell to break so it looks like an M and not a W.” Grucci’s fi reworks at the Hick-am Air Force Base and Pearl Har-bor in Hawaii are scheduled to send up the letters “USA” while the national anthem is played. Heckman issues an annual list of “must-see” fi reworks shows, but she says your local display may be just as much fun. “The low-level show, which you’re not going to see in a big city skyline, can be prettier,” she said. “And a lot of the fun of it is just the com-munity involvement, hanging out and tailgating and waiting for that fi rst burst.” What Heckman calls “star-spangled spectaculars” will take place as usual in New York City, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Washington and Boston, which is known for its famous Fourth of July Boston Pops concert, this year featuring Neil Diamond. But here are a dozen more fi reworks displays recommended by the American Pyrotechnics Associa-tion, including a few scheduled for July 3: ADDISON, Texas: This Dal-las suburb has a population of just 14,000 but tens of thousands of spectators turn out for the Ka-boom Town fi reworks held here each July 3. BRANSON, Missouri: An-other July 3 event, this display at Branson Landing in Historic Downtown Branson on Lake Taneycomo is surrounded by

fountains and choreographed to an outdoor concert. CHICAGO: Chicago’s annual July 3 event on the lakefront is considered “one of the boldest, brightest, and biggest patriotic fi reworks spectaculars of its kind,” Heckman said. The city’s Taste of Chicago event, June 26-July 5, is at the same location. Be prepared for massive crowds. COLUMBUS, Ohio: The event known as “Red, White & BOOM!” is held July 3 near Veteran’s Me-morial in downtown Columbus. It’s one of the largest in the Mid-west after Chicago’s, with a pa-rade and 400,000 folks attending. MOUNT RUSHMORE, South Dakota: This national monument hosts a glorious pyrotechnic dis-play on July 3 that attracts 20,000 to 30,000 people. Offi cials say if you’re planning to attend, be pre-pared to park anywhere from 1 to 3 miles (2 to 5 kilometers) away, and don’t be in a hurry to leave as it can take an hour or more to clear roadways after the show. STONE MOUNTAIN, Geor-gia: This park near Atlanta will host big fi reworks shows three nights in a row, July 3, 4 and 5. The display will be combined with a laser light show at the base of the mountain. You have to pay to park your car but the shows are free. CHARLOTTE, North Caro-lina: Five Charlotte radio sta-tions will host viewing parties and will simulcast music for Uptown Charlotte’s “Red, White and Boom” display July Fourth, a 20-minute computer-designed “pyro-musical.” FALMOUTH, Massachusetts: July Fourth fi reworks on Cape Cod will honor Falmouth native Katharine Lee Bates, who was born 150 years ago and wrote the words to “America the Beauti-ful.” The song will lead off a mu-sical accompaniment to the pyro-technics. Twitter updates on the fi reworks are planned. LAS VEGAS: This one-of-a-kind city is the location for a one-of-a-kind Fourth of July cel-ebration, with integrated, simul-taneous fi reworks at nine Station Casinos, including Green Val-ley Ranch, Red Rock Resort, and Aliante Station, with a separate fi reworks show at Mandalay Bay. NASHVILLE: This is the 25th year for Nashville’s “Let Free-dom Sing” July Fourth fi reworks on the riverfront, choreographed to live music by the Nashville Symphony. Pyrotechnics will in-clude shells breaking 800 feet (244 meters) above the river, low-level fi reworks from 10 spots along the shore, and fi reworks that erupt from the surface of the Cumber-land River. OAHU, Hawaii: Fireworks will light up the skies July Fourth with a tribute to the U.S. military at Hickam Air Force Base and Pearl Harbor. SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Ne-vada: The “Lights on the Lake” July Fourth fi reworks event can be seen from the beach, from boats on the lake and from the surrounding Sierra Nevada mountains.

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LUNCH IS SERVED!11 a.m. daily

Happy hour 4-6 daily:$1 Off Drafts • $2 domestics • $3 well drinks

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JULY 3,4,5Show hours 9:00 to 7:00 everyday

“Come Shop on Setup Day - July 2nd”Early birds welcome • Located at 730 N. Main Street, Hailey

Just north of McDonald’s

Shabby Chic , Primitives, Furniture, Cowboy Stuff, Glassware, Crocks, Jewelry, Vintage Clothes, Folk Art, 50 + Dealers - Something for Every Collector!!

Hailey’s Main Street Antique Show


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