Calendar for July 28, thru
August 3, 1999

Hot Topics at the Environmental Resource Center in Ketchum from 12:15-1:15 p.m. Topic: TBA.

Taj Mahal in concert at River Run Lodge in Ketchum begins at 6:30 p.m. Tickets: $19 for members of the Sun Valley Center for the Arts and Humanities, $21/non-member. Details: 726-9491.

Butterflies And Bugs With Ann Christensen meet at the Environmental Resource Center in Ketchum. For all ages. Fee: $5 members/ $8 non-members. 6:30-8 p.m.

Sun Valley Coed Soccer League, games at Atkinson Park, Ketchum, and at South Valley Sports Complex in Hailey. In Ketchum: At 5:30 p.m., White (Wania) vs. Lime (Moniz). At 7 p.m., Red (Fryberger) vs. Cobalt (Feldman). In Hailey: at 5:30 p.m., Pink (Johnson) vs. Blue (Allsop). At 7 p.m., Yellow (Kearns) vs. Green (Bulcher).

Wood River BMX racing night at the track west of Hailey. Registration 5:30-6:30 p.m. Details: 726-8411.

Ray Nelson Invitational Little League Baseball Tournament the 28th edition of the Wood River tourney has 16 teams in the 11-12 year-old "Majors" and 13 teams in the 9-10 "Minors." Tonight’s games at 5:15 p.m. and 7 p.m. at Nelson Field and WRHS field in Hailey, and O’Donnell Park in Bellevue.

Edgar M. Bronfman Chamber Music Sun Valley Summer Symphony ’99 series on the Esplanade at the Sun Valley resort begins at 6:30 p.m. Details: 622-5607.

Christmas In July Santa Claus will be at the Blaine County Aquatic Center in Hailey from 10:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m. Details: 788-2144.

Salmon Recovery: A Geological Perspective/Sun Valley classes sponsored by Sawtooth Science Institute today and Friday, July 30. Details: 788-9686.

Music Out Of The Box performance by flutist Erika Lynt at 2 p.m. in the Presbyterian Church of the Big Wood in Ketchum. Free.

Hemingway’s Picnic At The Park at the Forest Service Park in Ketchum from 6-9 p.m.

Ketchum Women’s Softball Tournament the city tournament wraps up with games starting at 5:15 p.m. at Atkinson Park, Ketchum.

Bike Maintentance & Trailside Repair at 6 p.m. at Formula Sports in Ketchum. Details: 726-3194.

Sun Valley Men’s Adult Baseball League game matching Lefty’s River Dogs and Coors Light Cobras at 5:30 p.m. at Founders Field, Hailey.

Lefty’s F.C. Men’s Soccer Practice at 6 p.m. Tuesdays & Thursdays at Atkinson Park, Ketchum. Details: 726-2554.

Bald Mountain Rugby Club practices at 5:30 p.m. at the Sun Valley soccer field. Newcomers are welcome.

"The Last Flapper" performed by Company of Fools at 8 p.m. at the Mint in Hailey. Tickets: $12. Details: 788-1051.

Bike Tuning Seminar from 7-9 p.m. at Ski Tek in Ketchum. Also Tuesday nights. Call John at 726-7503.

"Language Lessons" author Mary Claire Griffin will read from her new book at 8 p.m. in Chapter One Bookstore of Ketchum.

"Night Mother" Pulitzer prize-winning play performed by Laughing Stock Theater Co. at 8 p.m. in The Community School Theater in Sun Valley through Sunday, August 1. Tickets at Chapter One Bookstore, Ketchum. Details: 726-3576.

Blaine County Senior Citizens Center noon meal, fish with tartar sauce and french fries, baked beans, pineapple and cream cheese salad, and lemon ice-box pie. At the Senior Center, 721 Third Ave. S., Hailey, 788-3468.

Art In The Park preview party under the tent at the Forest Service Park in Ketchum from 6-9 p.m. Tickets: $15. Details: 726-8118.

Raku: Glazing and Firing today through Aug. 1, with Jim Romberg at Boulder Mountain Clayworks. Details: 726-4484.

"The Last Flapper" performed by Company of Fools at 8 p.m. at the Mint in Hailey. Tickets: $12. Details: 788-1051.

Ketch’em Alive Tonight! In downtown Ketchum from 6-10 p.m. Live entertainment, street performers and shopping.

"Night Mother" Pulitzer prize-winning play starring Kathy Wygle and Patsy Wygle. At The Community School theater in Sun Valley nightly at 8 p.m. through Sunday, August 1. Tickets at Chapter One Bookstore, Ketchum. Details: 726-3576.

Bald Mountain Kennel Club All-
Breed Fun Match at Bellevue City Park. Conformation entries taken 8:30 a.m. and judging at 10:30 a.m. Agility (obstacle course) fun run follows the "Best in Match" judging. Everyone welcome. Dogs must be on leash. Kathy 788-3248.

Adult Tennis Clinic at the Della View Courts in Hailey. Fee: $20. Details: 788-2144.

Art In The Park art auction, music, dancers and book signing at Forest Service Park in Ketchum from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. today and Sunday, August 1. Details:726-8118.

Magic Valley Speedway NASCAR racing at 7 p.m. at the track located near Twin Falls Airport, south of Twin Falls. Admission $9 adults, $4 kids. Details: (208) 734-3700.

"Night Mother" Pulitzer prize-winning play starring Kathy Wygle and Patsy Wygle. At The Community School theater in Sun Valley at 8 p.m.

"The Last Flapper" performed by Company of Fools at 8 p.m. at the Mint in Hailey. Tickets: $12. Details: 788-1051.

Sun Valley Ice Show with Olympic gold medalist Ekaterina Gordeeva begins at dusk at Sun Valley Resort. Details: 622-2231.

Sun Valley Summer Symphony free open air tented concert featuring works by Beethoven and Dvorak at 6:30 p.m. in the Symphony Tent near Sun Valley Lodge. Music director is Alasdair Neale.

Nature Photography Workshop with nature photographer Todd Kaplan, today through Wednesday, August 4. Backcountry study program. Details: 788-5049.

"The Last Flapper" performed by Company of Fools at 8 p.m. at the Mint in Hailey. Tickets: $12. Details: 788-1051.

Wood River Gun Club south of Bellevue is now open Sundays 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Singles, handicap and doubles.

"Night Mother" Pulitzer prize-winning play starring Kathy Wygle and Patsy Wygle. Final performance at The Community School theater in Sun Valley at 8 p.m.

Summer Teen Blast at Calvary Bible Church in Hailey from 6:30-10:30 p.m. today through Wednesday, August 4. Food, fun and fellowship. Details: 726-5124 or 788-9174.

Sun Valley Summer Symphony free open air tented concert featuring works by Mozart and Korngold at 6:30 p.m. in the Symphony Tent near Sun Valley Lodge. Music director is Alasdair Neale.

Free Mountain Bike Group Ride and technical training, meet 6 p.m. Mondays at Ski Tek in Ketchum.

Ultimate Frisbee League Play games at 7 p.m. at Atkinson Park in Ketchum. Practices are Wednesdays and Fridays at the same time and location.

Introduction To Modeling sponsored by the Footlight Dance Studio at the Sun Valley Athletic Club from 5-6:45 p.m. on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays through August 13. Details: 726-3664.

Wood River BMX practice night at the track west of Hailey. From 6-8 p.m.

Tea Time from 3-5 p.m. at the Heritage & Ski Museum in Forest Service Park in Ketchum. Details: 726-8118.

Bald Mountain Rugby Club practices at 5:30 p.m. at the Sun Valley soccer field. Newcomers are welcome.

Bird Walks at the ERC from 6:30-8 p.m. All ages and abilities welcome. Fee: $5 members/ $8 non-members. Details: 726-4333. Tuesday Evenings through August.

Pet Photo Contest applications for centennial calendar are now being accepted. Deadline: August 9. $10/photo. Applications available at local stores and restaurants. Sponsored by Animal Shelter of Wood River Valley.

Galena Lodge Wildflower Walks from the Galena Lodge north of Ketchum. Identify as many as 50 wildflowers. 6 p.m. Reservations: 726-4010. Thursdays beginning July 1.

BCFC Running Club meets at Blaine County Fitness Center, 21 E. Maple in Hailey, at 6 p.m. All levels welcome. Free. Details: 788-2124. Mondays and Wednesdays.

Monday Night Fly Casting Clinics offered by Silver Creek Outfitters each Monday from 6-7 p.m., from June 21-Sept. 20, at the Bigwood Golf Course pond north of Ketchum. Free to the public. Park in the golf course parking lot. Details: 726-5282.

Self-Help Meetings for Alcoholics Anonymous (24-hr. phone: 726-4650), Alanon, Cocaine Anonymous, Co-dependents Anonymous, Cross Addiction, Narcotics Anonymous, Overeaters Anonymous and Sexaholics Anonymous in Ketchum, Hailey and Bellevue. Call the Sun Club, Ketchum, for days and times: 726-7710. Daily.

Old City Hall Museum on Bellevue’s Main Street is now open for the season. Noon-4 p.m. Details: 788-4311. Daily.

Allotment Gardens If you enjoy fresh veggies and flowers, but don’t have a place to garden, the Sawtooth Community Garden Project has 26 raised beds for rent at a nominal fee for the season. Details: 726-9358. Summer.

Family History Library Genealogical research facilities, including an 80-disk CD-ROM collection of family genealogical data, located at 711 S. River Street in Hailey are open to the public. Details: 788-9810. Daily.

After School Youth Council Circles Support groups to make new friends, explore ideas and feelings and learn essential communication and listening skills for high school teens. Details: Lea Flocchini at 788-2880, Cameron Cooper at 726-6016 or Julie Caldwell at 725-2071.

Hailey Library Story Hour for pre-school children at 3:30 p.m. with "Grandma" Dorothy Babin followed by a Reading Rainbow video and small craft. Thursdays Details: 788-2036.

Wagon Days Queen/Princess entry form and fees are now being collected at Sun Valley/Ketchum Chamber of Commerce for the contest. Details: 800-634-3347, ext. 2104. Daily through August 27.

Summer Reading at the Hailey Public Library from 1:30-2:30 p.m. Free. Through July 29. Thursdays.

Men’s Bible Study from 7-8 a.m. at Wilson Bates Appliances in Ketchum. Details: 788-2084. Thursdays.

Hailey’s Farmer’s Market from 4-7 p.m. at Main Street and Croy through October 14. Contact: Mark Cook at 788-3917. Thursdays.

Super Supper Dining Room Free dinners for locals, a joint project by Wood River Valley religious organizations. At St. Charles Church Parish Hall. To help out, call Margie Hill at 788-9363. 5:30-6:30 p.m., Thursdays & Mondays.

Hiking Buddies with Animal Shelter of Wood River Valley at Adam’s Gulch trailhead from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Thursdays.

Animal Shelter Dogs & Puppies will attend Ketchum Alive Events from 6-9 p.m. Fridays.

Master Gardeners Answer Questions from 1-4 p.m. at the Blaine County Extension office at 117 No. River St. in Hailey. Plant or insect samples can be dropped off at the office 1-5 p.m. Mon.-Fri. and gardeners will respond by phone. Through August 30. Details: 788-5585. Mondays.

Domestic Violence Women’s Group A support group sponsored by Advocates for Survivors of Domestic Violence and led by Kathleen Battersby. At the Hailey-Croy Street Exchange Building, Suite M, Hailey. Call 788-4191 or 788-6070 for more info. Free. 7 p.m., Tuesdays

Advocates Children’s Group for kids 0-12 who have witnessed domestic violence in their homes. 7 p.m. at Head Start in Hailey. Tuesdays

Jimmie Limes All-Cities Band Rehearsal at the American Legion Hall in Ketchum. All interested persons welcome. Details: 726-3810. 7 p.m. Mondays.

"Ernest Hemingway In Idaho" exhibit at Community Library in Ketchum through July 31. Daily.

Children First parent advocacy group for children with special needs. Details: Reggie Swindle at 788-3034 or Gwen Smith at 726-8016. Every second Tuesday.

Youth Discovery Days at the ERC in Ketchum. Two classes offered: "A World in our Hands" & "Get the Connections". Fee. Details: 726-4333. Wednesdays in July.

Hiking Group with Christian women’s group leaves from the Church of the Big Wood at 10 a.m. Tuesdays. Also at 10:30 a.m. following the Church of the Big Wood worship service on Sundays.

"Hemingway In The Autumn" a film by local filmmaker David Butterfield at 5 p.m. at the Sawtooth Club in Ketchum. Daily from July 17-August 1.

Poetry Contest sponsored by the New York Poetry Alliance and open to everyone. $1,000 cash prize to winner. Send poem 21 lines or less to: New York Poetry Alliance, Box 1588, New York, NY 10116-1588. Daily through August 23.

Blaine County Senior Center 721 Third Ave. S., Hailey, hosts exercise classes, card and indoor walking clubs, weekly blood pressure tests and noon meals on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Details: 788-3468.

Art In The Park from 10 a.m.-noon at Hop Porter Park in Hailey. Outdoor art activities for kids ages 4-6. Details: 788-2117. Thursdays until August 12.

Bring It To The Barn The Community School is now collecting donations for annual garage sale at Sagewillow Campus Barn in Elkhorn from 9 a.m.-noon. Details: 622-3561. Wednesdays & Saturdays.

Ketchum City Council special meetings to discuss city budget for 1999-00 will meet at noon in Ketchum City Hall Today and Thursday.

Sun Valley City Council will meet at noon in the council chambers to discuss adoption of preliminary budget and the Cottonwood Condominium short plat application. Thursday.

Blaine County Transportation Committee will meet at 7:45 a.m. in Ketchum City Hall to discuss proposed Highway 75 improvements. Thursday.

Ketchum City Council will meet at 6 p.m. in Ketchum City Hall. Monday.

The Greatest Show on Earth, August 4 presented by Sun Valley Summer Symphony. Cocktails and Gala Benefit dinner on the Sun Valley Esplanade at 5:45 p.m. prior to show. Details: 725-0481.

Annual Tour and Steak Fry, August 4 of the Wood River Resource Conservation and Development Council. Tour begins 1:30 p.m. from Niagara Springs State Park south of Wendell. Steak fry 6 p.m. at Niagara Springs, cost $9. 934-4149.

Back School, August 4 from 5-7 p.m. at the Sun Valley Spine Institute in Ketchum. Also on September 1, October 6 and November 3. Fee. Details: 726-5860.

Washington Basin/Washington Peak Hike, August 4 with Idaho Conservation League’s summer hiking series. Details: 726-7485.

"The Last Flapper," August 5-7 performed by Company of Fools at 8 p.m. at the Mint in Hailey. Tickets: $12. Details: 788-1051.

"Vincent," August 5 performed by Jim Jarrett at 8 p.m. in the Community School Theater in Sun Valley. Details: 725-5241.

Photographs of "Cuba" by Concha Navarro, August 6 at the ERC gallery in Ketchum from 5-9 p.m.

19th annual John Harker Memorial Golf Tournament, Aug. 6-8 raising money for the Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation. Rounds of golf at Sun Valley and Elkhorn golf courses, plus social activities. Call 726-4129 to sign up. Field is limited.

Northern Rockies Folk Festival, August 6-7 at 4 p.m. in Hop Porter Park in Hailey. Details: 788-2700.

Gallery Walk, August 6 sponsored by Sun Valley Gallery Association from 5-9 p.m. in Ketchum. Details: 726-4950.

Stoneware Techniques, August 6-8 with Elmer Taylor at Boulder Mountain Clayworks. Fee. Details: 726-4484.

Ketchum Skate Park Skateboard Contest, August 7 registration 10:30-12 at the Ketchum park located at Warm Springs and Saddle Rds., and the contest at 1 p.m. Helmets required. $10 entry.

Magic Lake Open Golf Scramble, August 7 celebrating the 20th anniversary of West Magic Recreation Club. Sign up 9-9:30 a.m. at West Shore Golf Course at West Magic Reservoir, team drawing $10. All players welcome. Annual auction 5 p.m. Monthly meeting is Sunday, Aug. 8. 487-1202 or 487-3636.

Farm Day, August 7 at the ERC in Ketchum. Opportunity to learn about farming in Idaho. Meets at 8 a.m. at ERC. 726-4333 to register.

Twin Falls Triathlon and Dierkes Lake Mile Swim, August 7 individual and team competition on the 23.4-mile Twin Falls course. Distances are 1-mile open water lake swim, 17.1-mile bike race and 5.25-mile run. Entry forms at The Elephant’s Perch in Ketchum.

Ibex Pass, August 7 hike with Idaho Conservation League. Details: 726-7485.

White Knob Challenge, August 7 15th annual mountain bike race on a 19-mile course at Mackay. Registration 5-7 p.m. Friday, August 6 and Saturday from 8-12.

Bill Janss Community Center Celebrity Golf Tournament, August 8-9 dinner/auction and entertainment at the Harris’ August 8 at 6:30 p.m., and the tournament is August 9 at 2 p.m. at The Valley Club.

Central Idaho’s Gray Wolves, August 8-12 with Wolf Biologist Curt Mack. Backcountry study program. Details: 788-5049.

Children’s Pre-Concert Festival, August 9 with the Summer Symphony at 10 a.m. under the tent on the Sun Valley Esplanade in Sun Valley. Details: 726-8525.

Mining In Central Idaho-Sun Valley, August 10-13 Sponsered by Sawtooth Science Institute. Details: 788-9686.

"The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse," August 12-21 at the Liberty Theater in Hailey. Details: 788-6520.

Sun Valley Arts and Crafts Festival, August 13-15 outdoor festival with cash prize to Best of Show. Details: 726-9491.

Annual Tour Of Homes, August 14 six distinguished homes in the Gimlet area. Tour leaves from Ketchum Community Library at 11 a.m. Tickets: $40/person or $75/sponsor, available at Community Library, Gold Mine Thrift Shop and Chapter One Bookstore in Ketchum. Details: 726-3493.

Mountain Goats of the Whiteclouds, August 14-18 with Cathy Baer of the Sawtooth Wildlife Council. Backcountry study program. Details: 788-5049.

"Competitive Struggle," August 18 author R.G. Robertson will give a lecture and read from his new book at 7 p.m. at the Community Library in Ketchum.

Hot Topics, August 25 monthly forum at the ERC from 12:15-1:15. Topic:TBA.

Sun Valley Gallery Association Walk, September 3 from 5-9 p.m.

Ketchum Wagon Days, September 3-6 Old West entertainment and family events. Details: 726-3423.

Riverdance The Show, September 14-19 at the Morrison Center in Boise. Details: (888)-255-2200.

7^th Annual Thousand Springs Festival, September 25-26 at the Nature Conservancy in Hagerman Valley from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. both days. Juried art show. Details: 536-6797.

Sun Valley Jazz Jamboree, October 13-17 Ragtime, jazz and swing in the Wood River Valley. Details: 726-3423.