Browse: July 2007

Sun Valley Adaptive Sports (SVAS) and Atkinsons’ summer kids camp teamed up to tackle Titus Lake, a three-mile round-trip climb just below Galena Summit.

Some folks take their wine very seriously. Very, very seriously. Sometimes, even more seriously than the high rollers at the Sun Valley Wine Auction. They belong to an ultra-exclusive, secret society of elitists that gather in Sun Valley every July. (And, no, we're not talking about Allen & Co.)

Introducing -- the fraternal order of the WAW, also known as the WhoopAssWinos, a group of individuals largely based in Seattle and Sun Valley, who gather together for one thing and one thing only: to worship the good grape.

In addition to attending various festivities of the Sun Valley Center for the Arts Wine Auction, this group wines and dines and wines some more before, during, and long after the wine picnic.

Sounds pretty easy, doesn't it? Ultra-exclusive and elitist? My whoopass.

Then again, to be a member WAW, candidates must meet the following stringent criteria:

• Members will have effervescent personalities with a keen sense of humor.
• All members will vow to consume copious quantities of fine wine and vow to never abstain for a period of more than one month. To remain a member in good standing, spouses or significant others are allowed to drink twice as much if his or her partner is unable or unwilling to consume the appropriate amount.

Warning! Do not go the Wood River Animal Shelter unless you want to return home with a dog or a cat (or both).

Wood River Valley residents are generally active and fit – and so are their minds, if they’ve discovered chess. A game of strategy and intellect, chess is challenging and fun and, it doesn’t matter if you’re 5 or 105, a marathoner or a couch potato, you can still play.

Hailey residents, Amanda and Janice Moulton, wanted to raise awareness about global warming. So, they decided to “Bake a Better World.”

Nothing gets a party going like opening a magnum of champagne with a saber.

Did you know that this nation uses 18 billion disposable diapers each year?

It’s no small potatoes.

Glass artist, Dale Chihuly, has shown his work just about everywhere - - from Tacoma, Washington (his home town) to Venice, Italy and Jerusalem, Israel.

The memorial service for local fashionista and coffee queen, Millie Wiggins, wasn’t your typical gathering. Then again, Millie Wiggins wasn’t your typical resident of Sun Valley.