Consider the following:
- "The Wood River Valley as it is revered and remembered and celebrated is gone."
Van Gordon Sauter, former president of CBS News and part-time Ketchum resident.
- "In 1982, the cumulative net value of all properties in Blaine County was $912.5 million. By 2006 those same properties were worth $11.72 billion."
Statistic quoted in "Real Estate: Changing the landscape of the Wood River Valley."
- "I did a lot of guiding for Hemingway—he loved to kill things—I didn't know there were people who just like to kill things, but there are."
Idahoan Clayton Stewart, 89.
Intrigued? The above quotes are a glimpse into the contents of the newest issue of the Sun Valley Guide magazine, which will be released this week.
Discover former CBS News and FOX News president and Ketchum resident Van Gordon Sauter's forthright views on the plight of the Wood River Valley. Follow Idaho Mountain Express Assistant Editor Greg Stahl on an investigative journey into the real state of the valley's real estate and celebrate the 70th birthday of Sun Valley Resort with stories from the early days.
Also behind the colorful cover of the Sun Valley Guide magazine—now entering its 23rd year of publication—is the second installment of the popular Sun Valley Guides series, which explores the real lives and real views of the people who live here. In this issue, meet old-timers Alice and Andy Scherthanner, environmental activists Janet Kellam and Andy Munter and horsewoman and fireman, respectively, Melanie and Jeff Nevins.
For all the ski and history buffs out there, Sun Valley ski instructor Greg Moore presents the first ever, definitive history of the names of Bald Mountain's ski runs. Did the squirrel really fly? Who is Sigi? And exactly how far out is Farout?
And there's more. Trek through the White Clouds with backcountry ranger Ed Cannady, congratulate the Atkinson family as they enter their sixth decade in business, learn how to telemark ski in tandem and discover the Nordic world of Muffy Ritz's VAMPS.
To get your copy of the Sun Valley Guide magazine, call 726-8060.
Longtime local Marylou Simpson graces the cover of the Winter 2007 issue of the Sun Valley Guide magazine. Simpson, wife of Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation founder Jack Simpson, is featured in a story celebrating the 70th birthday of Sun Valley Resort.
Photo by Penny Converse; colorized by Vickey Hanson
