Community Campus Hailey

The Advocates for Survivors of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault is offering another session of Skills for Success.  The Skills for Success Program provides survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault with job and life skills training that supports their efforts to find and keep successful employment.  The program is open to women looking to improve their current employment and/or those having difficulty obtaining employment. 

A meeting will be held for women interested in finding out more about Skills for Success on Tuesday, January 10^th, 2:00pm at the Community Campus, room 211 in Hailey.

Program Manager, Susan Fierman, will present detailed information about the program, how to enroll, requirements, classes, and the benefits of participating. For more information, please contact Program Manager, Susan Fierman, at 788-4191 or susan@theadvocatesorg.org. 

About The Advocates for Survivors of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault
Founded in 1991 and led by Executive Director Tricia Swartling, The Advocates is a 501 (c) 3 nonprofit with the mission to prevent domestic violence and sexual assault in our communities through education, shelter and supportive services. The Advocates provides more than 30 free, essential services in English and Spanish, 24 hours a day, including a staffed shelter, crisis intervention, safety planning, support groups, and legal assistance.  Vital funding support is realized through the Annual Fund drive, The Attic Store, The Annual Gala Auction, and public and private foundation grants. For more information, call us at 208-788-4191 or www.theadvocatesorg.org. 

Prepare your family and your wallet for the holiday season! 

Join Lyle Hanson,  U of I Personal Finance Extension Educator for a FREE workshop on Monday, November 14th from 4 - 5:30 pm at The Community Campus.  Look at your basic personal finances, learn about budegting and tracking expenses, find :hidden" spending leaks, and create the ability to save money for emergencies.

Part of the ongoing Education Workshops offered by The Hunger Coalition to community members, this collaborative effort with the University of Idaho is designed to help you save money and create a workable family budget.  With the holiday season fast approaching, couldn't you use a little extra cash?  Join Lyle Hanson this afternoon at The Community Campus and learn how!

Call Hallie Reikowsky at 788-0121 for more information or meet at The Minnie Moore Room at 4pm.  Spanish translation is available.

June 13-15  "DANCE IN THE MOUNTAINS" - Footlight Dance Centre presents its summer dance intensive for Intermediate and Advanced dancers, Ages 12-adult. Classes held all day in Ballet, Modern, Jazz, Hip Hop, and Pilates.  Guest Teacher: Chanel DaSilva, Trey McIntrye Project, Boise. Hilarie Neely, Director 578-5462 info. Held at the Community Campus Studio, Hailey.

July 11-15  "DANCEcamp" Session #1 - Footlight Dance Centre presents its 5 day camp for students entering 2-4th grade in Sept. 9:00-2:30pm each day with activities including: Ballet, Hip Hop, Tap, Creative, Dance History, Choreography, Craft Activities, Dance Videos.  Contact Hilarie Neely, Director 578-5462 At the Community Campus Studio, Hailey.

July 18-22 "Cecchetti Ballet Elite Camp" - Footlight Dance Centre presents a workshop in the Cecchetti Ballet Method. Students 8 years and older with more than 2 years ballet experience. Classes in Level 1, 2, 3, 4 of Cecchetti available.  Call Hilarie Neely, Director 578-5462. At the Community Campus Studio, Hailey.

July 25-29 "DANCEcamp" Session #2 - Footlight Dance Centre presents its 5 day camp for students entering 2-4th grade in Sept. 9:00-2:30pm each day with activities including: Ballet, Hip Hop, Tap, Creative, Dance History, Choreography, Craft Activities, Dance Videos.  Contact Hilarie Neely, Director 578-5462. At the Community Campus Studio, Hailey.

August 15-19 "AUGUST DANCE REFRESHER" - Footlight Dance Centre presents a week workshop to get ready for fall classes. For Middle School and High School, Intermediate and Advanced dancers. Classes in Ballet, Pointe, Pilates Conditioning, Modern, Hip Hop. Jaime Moore, guest teacher/Hip Hop. Call 578-5462, Hilarie Neely, Director. At the Community Campus Studio, Hailey.

Programs for 2nd grade through Adults will be happening at the Footlight Studio in Hailey, Community Campus.

June 13-15  "DANCE IN THE MOUNTAINS" - Footlight Dance Centre presents its summer dance intensive for Intermediate and Advanced dancers, Ages 12-adult. Classes held all day in Ballet, Modern, Jazz, Hip Hop, and Pilates.  Guest Teacher: Chanel DaSilva, Trey McIntrye Project, Boise. Hilarie Neely, Director 578-5462 info. Held at the Community Campus Studio, Hailey.

July 11-15  "DANCEcamp" Session #1 - Footlight Dance Centre presents its 5 day camp for students entering 2-4th grade in Sept. 9:00-2:30pm each day with activities including: Ballet, Hip Hop, Tap, Creative, Dance History, Choreography, Craft Activities, Dance Videos.  Contact Hilarie Neely, Director 578-5462 At the Community Campus Studio, Hailey.

 July 18-22 "Cecchetti Ballet Elite Camp" - Footlight Dance Centre presents a workshop in the Cecchetti Ballet Method. Students 8 years and older with more than 2 years ballet experience. Classes in Level 1, 2, 3, 4 of Cecchetti available.  Call Hilarie Neely, Director 578-5462. At the Community Campus Studio, Hailey.

 July 25-29 "DANCEcamp" Session #2 - Footlight Dance Centre presents its 5 day camp for students entering 2-4th grade in Sept. 9:00-2:30pm each day with activities including: Ballet, Hip Hop, Tap, Creative, Dance History, Choreography, Craft Activities, Dance Videos.  Contact Hilarie Neely, Director 578-5462. At the Community Campus Studio, Hailey.

 August 15-19 "AUGUST DANCE REFRESHER" - Footlight Dance Centre presents a week workshop to get ready for fall classes. For Middle School and High School, Intermediate and Advanced dancers. Classes in Ballet, Pointe, Pilates Conditioning, Modern, Hip Hop. Jaime Moore, guest teacher/Hip Hop. Call 578-5462, Hilarie Neely, Director. At the Community Campus Studio, Hailey.

Invent and submit a proposal for art!

For any artists of the valley who aren't yet sure how to spend this winter, the deadline is approaching to submit a proposal to the College of Southern Idaho for a sculpture, painting, mural, or other work of your choice including a description of your concept, sketches of your idea, and proposed implementation of your project. For CSI's 25th anniversary in Blaine county, the overlying theme of reinvention is encouraged, and the proposed public art piece should embody the spirit of lifelong learning and portray a sense of community. The goal is to display a piece that represents knowledge and togetherness, and to inspire those that view it.

The prize for the winning artist is $1,000.00, to be given once the artwork is completed and installed at the Community Campus, headquarters  to CSI's Blaine county campus here in Hailey, ID. There is not a separate budget for project expenses.

Proposals must be received at CSI's Hailey campus no later than December 1. The artwork should be up and ready for viewing by February 1, 2011!

For more info or to submit a proposal, contact Hillary at 788-2033 or go to www.csi.edu/blaine.

Laura Sluder of Blue Sage Farm has offered to provide wagon rides at the Folklife Fair next Saturday as a part of the 14th annual Trailing of the Sheep Festival.  The rides will cost $5.00 and will start at Roberta McKercher Park and travel to the Championship Sheepdog Trials at Quigley Canyon Ranch and back.  To stay and enjoy the Trials, there is a $2.00 admission charge.

There are also 10 new children's fiber classes during the Fiberfest at the Folklife Fair this year.  They include storytelling, drop spindle, cordage making, felted snakes and worms, Kool-aid dyeing, finger knitted jewelry, weaving and other arts & crafts.  Some of the classes have a small fee to cover materials and instructors.  Most classes last about 30 minutes.

The Fiber Fest also includes demonstrations with wool - the entire arduous process will be demonstrated during the Folklife Fair between 10 am - 11:00 am.  Each step including shearing, skirting, washing, carding dyeing and spinning will be shared by expert fiber professionals and ladies from the Magic Valley Fiber Guild.

A spinning competition (like a spinning be) is schedule for 1:00 - 1:30 pm

Stage events include the Oinkari Basque dacers, Latino X peruvian musicians and dancers, the Polish Highlands and the Boise Highlanders, pipers and drummers.

The weekend is filled with great food, fun activities and events for the entire family!

For more details, please check www.trailing of the sheep.org

Radio host and producer Ira Glass kicks off this fall’s Sun Valley Center for the Arts Lecture Series with his unique brand of laid back storytelling on Saturday evening, September 25 at the Community Campus in Hailey.

With his nasal voice and quirky point of view, Glass upends the traditional image of an all-knowing baritone radio broadcaster (it comes as no surprise that Glass was an early supporter of comedian David Sedaris, with whom he shares a certain vocal quality and sense of irony). Each week on his amazingly successful radio show, This American Life, Glass presents mostly true stories of everyday people centered around a different theme each time. Popular episodes have examined summer camp, babies who were switched at birth, what it’s like to attend America’s top party school and two days in the life of a rest stop on the New York State Thruway.

“The stories Glass chooses remind me how important, curious and funny daily life can be,” says Britt Udesen, The Center’s Director of Education & Humanities. “The show has also taught me a great deal about important national events and crises by making them human and comprehensible. While he is best known for presenting quirky shows, the most memorable shows for me have been about Katrina, the economy and the war in Iraq.”

Glass started in public radio in 1978 as an intern at National Public Radio’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. Over the next 17 years, he worked on nearly every NPR news show and did nearly every production job: tape-cutter, desk assistant, newscast writer, editor, producer, reporter and substitute host.

In 1995, Glass premiered This American Life on station WBEZ in Chicago. The program was quickly picked up for national distribution by Public Radio International and today is heard on 500 radio stations by about 1.7 million listeners each week. It is often the most popular podcast in America (www.thisamericanlife.org/podcast), with more than half a million people downloading each episode. Under Glass’s direction, the show has won the highest honors of broadcasting and journalistic excellence, including several Peabody and duPont-Columbia awards.

“Glass and crew have won our loyalty via a certain alchemy of subject, point of view and tone that can turn the mundane into the magnetic,” James Rainey wrote in the Los Angeles Times when Ira Glass appeared on stage there earlier this year. In person, Glass is every bit as witty and warm as he is as a disembodied radio voice, as he details the process of putting together a radio program, plays clips and tells the stories behind the stories (including some that can’t be told on air).

Glass’s appearance is the first in the Sun Valley Center for the Arts 2010–2011 Lecture Series, which brings provocative and important speakers to the Wood River Valley. The rest of the lectures in the series are: water advocate Maude Barlow on Nov. 4; Neil deGrasse Tyson, director of New York’s Hayden Planetarium, on Nov. 17; award-winning investigative journalist Eric Schlosser on Feb. 24; and Ari Fleischer, former press secretary for President George W. Bush, on Mar. 10.

Series tickets are $120 for Sun Valley Center for the Arts members and $170 for non-members. The Center is also offering a special Editor’s Series Ticket for $500, which helps defray the cost of the series and includes preferred seating for all five lectures, plus an invitation to a private reception with Ira Glass and more.

Individual tickets for the Ira Glass lecture are $25 for Sun Valley Center for the Arts members and $35 for nonmembers. The talk will be held on Saturday, September 25, at 6:30 pm (note all lectures this season will start at this time in response to community preference) in the Community Campus auditorium in Hailey.

Tickets are on sale now to members and will be available to non-members on September 15. To purchase series or individual tickets for Ira Glass or any other lecture, visit www.sunvalleycenter.org, call 208.726.9491 ex 10 or stop by The Center in Ketchum.

If you aren’t a member of the Sun Valley Center for the Arts, please consider joining now. In addition to the opportunity to buy tickets at a discount, you’ll support year-round arts programs for everyone in our community.

The Center lecture series is sponsored in part by the Castellano-Wood family. Media sponsor for Ira Glass is Boise State Public Radio.

By John Pluntze

Avid dancers here in the Wood River Valley and/or fans of FOX's hit series, "So You Think You Can Dance," may want to pay particular attention to this: A one-week intensive workshop featuring jazz, hip-hop and modern dance, "Dance In the Mountains," begins today (and runs thru Friday) at the Community Campus Studio in Hailey, open to Intermediate and Advanced dancers age 12-adult.

Guest teachers will be Jaime Moore (from Boise) and Dantzel Cherry (from Pocatello). Registration for the classes is available by contacting Footlight Dance Centre ( www.footlightdancecentre.com ) Workshop DIrector, and part-time Community School dance teacher, Hilarie Neely at: 578-5462/ hneely@communityschool.org .

Moore is the director/choreographer for Boise's Hot Shot Dancers (for the Boise Burn football team), and also teaches at various studios throughout the Boise area (including the Harris Studios), as well as at Boise State University. Moore often travels on weekends throughout the U.S. to judge competitions for the Spotlight Dance Events during the year, and prior to moving to Boise, she perfomed with the Denver Nuggets, the Colorado Contemporary Dance Company, and the Damsels Dance Revue. Moore teaches all styles of dance, but specializes in jazz. hip-hop and lyrical.

Cherry has been dancing her entire life, and began teaching seven years ago for Studio One and Dance Factory there in Pocatello. She has choreographed for the Eagle Rock Junior High Dance Team, and performs regularly with the Danson Company at ISU. A certified Pilates mat instructor, Cherry studied summers at Edge Performing Arts Center (in Los Angeles), and will teach ballet, ballet variations, jazz and pilates during this one-week "Dance In the Mountains" workshop at Hailey's Community Campus Studio.

This is a rare opportunity for Valley dancers to study with two very talented visiting instructors. This week's dance workshop will culminate this coming Friday (June 18th) with an informal free showing held at the Community Campus Studio (from 5:15-6 p.m.) of the dance moves learned during this week's workshop; the showing is free and the general public is welcome to attend.
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Questions or comments regarding this "Harmonic Convergence" (local music scene-oriented) column can be sent to John at: WriteStuffIdaho@gmail.com . And to read any of John's previous "HC" columns -- which include raves on local faves Paul Tillotson, Bruce Innes, Bart Budwig, Ethan Tucker, Molly Venter, FourStroke Bus and Cow Says Mooo -- simply type "Music Rules" (and also "John Pluntze") into the SVO search engine here.

Calling all kids, adults and families- Summer is here!  Come celebrate the newest BCRD addition: BCRD SportScape. Located across from the Community Campus in Hailey the BCRD SportScape combines the fun of the BCRD Aquatic Center, the extremely popular BCRD Pump Track and new BCRD Sand Volleyball into one exciting sports experience.

Help us celebrate the Grand Opening of the BCRD SportScape with a party Sunday, June 13

^th at 11 am.  Swim free for the day, and enjoy some demos at both the Pump Track and Sand Volleyball courts.  A terrific lunch from KBs will be available for purchase AND all your friends will be there.

For all in one fun make sure you purchase your season pass for the Aquatic Center and take advantage of swim lessons, lap swim, open swim, the wading pool, the playground, Log Roller, Pool Climbing Wall, Pool Basketball, Aquarobics, kayak practice, enjoy a meal, or host a party or corporate event.  Join your friends and neighbors for the fun and challenge of the continuous loop of turns and berms at the Pump Track.  And don’t forget to hit the Volleyball Courts while there.  You can’t help but have a great time.

The BCRD SportScape is the place for affordable, accessible, and diverse play this summer right in your own backyard!   With all the new and free recreation opportunities surrounding the BCRD Aquatic Center, be sure to purchase a BCRD Aquatic Center Season Pass so you can have a summer to remember!  We can’t wait to see you there!

For more information contact Susie Quesnel, Blaine County Recreation District, 208-578-5459 or squesnel@bcrd.org or visit bcrd.org.

 

 

For more information contact Susie Quesnel, Blaine County Recreation District, 208-578-5459 or squesnel@bcrd.org or visit bcrd.org.

Get your BAH on Thursday June 17th from 5-7 pm at the tropically updated BCRD Aquatic Center.  Network poolside, in the pool, or under the gazebos or thatched palapas and enjoy delicious food and refreshing drinks from KB’s Burritos. If you haven’t been to the Aquatic Center in a while, come on over- you’re going to be amazed.  1020 Fox Acres Road in Hailey, adjacent to the Community Campus.

For more information about the June Hailey Business After Hours, please call Cameron Randolph at 788-2144.  

By John Pluntze

Fresh off the success of their three standing room-only concerts last week at the Liberty Theatre, choir students of the Hailey Middle School and the High School will present their final choral concert of the 2009-'10 season tonight at 7 p.m., in the auditorium of Hailey's Community Campus.

The concert, titled "Make Our Garden Grow" (the title of a composition by Leonard Bernstein), will feature songs appropriate for the growing season. Among others, the 6th grade Prelude Choir will sing The Beatles' "Here Comes the Sun." The 7th and 8th grade Concert Choir will sing a "A Girl's Garden" (by Randall Thompson, with words by Robert Frost), and the High School Concert Choir will also sing "All In the Golden Afternoon" (the song sung by the flowers in Disney's 1951 animation classic, "Alice In Wonderland").

Also featured in tonight's concert will THE B-TONES (the high-school men's choir, under the direction of R.L. Rowsey), ENCHANTE (the women's high-school chamber choir, also under the direction of R.L. Rowsey), and COLLA VOCE (the women's high-school jazz and special-performance group, directed by the schools' music teacher for the past eight years, Max Stimac).

Jim Watkinson is the piano accompanist for the all the choirs.

Tonight's 7 p.m. spring choral concert has, in previous years, been held at the 450-seat Church Of the Big Wood, but it has become so popular that it's being held this year at the 700-seat Community Campus auditorium.

The concert is ostensibly "free," but donations from the public are actively encouraged and gratefully appreciated.

B-TONES members are: William Ashfield, Matthew Caroline, Drew Deffe, Dakota Dryer, Mark Karlovich, Nathan Kniffen, Juan Martinez, Sam Schwab, Sean Sutton, Taylor Walton and Ben Williams.

ENCHANTE members are: Allie Cleven, Dallas Lewallen, Rachael Conover, Alison Gasenica, Miranda Gasenica, Breanna Glahn, Mary Glahn, Shannice Hall, Rebecca Hogan, Melissa Leckrone, Megan Morrell, Destiny McWilliams, Crystal Millspaugh, Destiny Murphy, Kodi Paradis, Larissa Roberts, Domanique von Huering and Katie Walton. 

COLLA VOCE members are: Chloe Barrymore, Morgan Brunker, Mariah Davis, Brita Gaeddert, Mia Jefferson, Lina Klumpp, Alexandria Kuntz, Anastasia Maricich, Jonnie Pedersen, Anne Polichetti, Stephanie Sloan, and Isabelle Taylor -- with accompanist Dorinda Rendahl,  and instrumentalists Sam Funk, Nathan Kniffen, Ben Thompson and FourStroke Bus band electric guitarist Chris Clark.

Contact Max Stimac (578-5020, Ext. 2249/ mstimac@blaineschools.org ) for more information about tonight's 7 p.m. Hailey choral concert.
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Questions and/or comments regarding this "Harmonic Convergence" (local music scene-oriented) column can be sent to John at: WriteStuffIdaho@gmail.com .And to read any of John's previous "HC" columns -- which include raves on local faves FourSroke Bus, Gayle Chapman, Art Wallace, Molly Venter, Maria Laura & Alejandro, and Ethan Tucker (the latter four of whom will all be featured, along with 2002 "American Idol" first runner-up Justin Guarini, at the Sun Valley Pavilion on Friday, June 11, part of Sun Valley Resort's eagerly anticipated two-day "Acoustic Music Weekend" there ... tickets for which are on sale now; call 622-2135 for info) -- simply type "Music Rules" (and also "John Pluntze") into the SVO search engine here.

This is a chance for parents to get their kids signed up for every summer activity, camp, &  powwow offered in the Wood River Valley all in one place! Get all the information and sign up sheets for everything your kids will want to do this summer!

The Wood River Valley Youth Summer Camp Fair will be held Monday May 10th from 5:00-7:00 PM at the BCRD located  on the community campus in Hailey and on Tuesday May 11th from  5:00-7:00 PM at the YMCA in Ketchum.

Come down, sign up,  your kids will thank you.

Player Pitch Girls Softball A Great team sport that emphasizes participation, skill development, teamwork, sportsmanship, physical fitness and fun!
Coaches and umpires are needed; please contact Brad Musbach at Blaine County Recreation District 208-788-2117 ext. 221 if you would like to donate your time.

What kind of computer should you get?

That's the most important question anyone can ask themselves before making a purchase.  It is often overlooked and lost among the sales pitches people invariably hear, but it's important nonetheless.  Why must a person be forced to pick between a laptop or a desktop without having properly been presented with both?  At what point is an untrained user sure they made the right choice?  This is precisely what we will focus on in this column.

 First, on the one hand, you can have a desktop computer and be tied to a desk at all times.  This has its advantages in that you have a controlled space to place papers and spread out notes.  Also, you can get a LCD thats 20 inches or larger in size and your eyes never have to strain again, not to mention a comfortable keyboard and mouse combination and you have all the luxury of a king.  However, on the flip side of things, with a desktop, you will be following its namesake and be tied to that desk.  Unless you rearrange the room or buy a new desk, you will always be at the same desk looking out the same window.  To everyone this may not be a disadvantage, but it depends on the person.  Also, when you travel, you either need a laptop as a companion device or plenty of removable media to bring pictures and videos on your trip - there is no bringing a desktop with you.  So with all the power you can get in a desktop, you sacrifice mobility, and to most this is a deal breaker.

On the laptop side, you gain mobility as the primary factor.  You can sit your device anywhere you like, use it anywhere you like and you completely control your location.  Nothing stops you from working on a report at a coffee shop or writing a proposal at the park, simply be sure you charged your battery.  Also, you can take it on a vacation with you and show off pictures or watch movies on the flight to your destination.  With the advent of modern laptops, you can be sure that you will sacrifice very little horespower when getting a laptop - most of them are extremely capable machines.  One caveat though, is your battery life will be shortened with a larger and more powerful laptop.  You will be looking for a wall plug sooner rather than later with some of the upper echelon laptops.  Also, you run the risk of damage or theft of your laptop when you are on the go.  This is something to seriously consider depending on the type of user you are.  If you absolutely cannot lose data - a desktop may be a better fit.

While this is a very brief overview of the desktop or laptop debate, it is a good place to get your mind thinking about what may be the best fit for you.  Simply ask yourself if you want to be mobile, considering the risks.  If the answer is yes, then a laptop will be a great addition to your computing experience.  If the answer is no, then a desktop will make a powerful stationary workhorse for your office.

Feel free to ask any questions as this guide was very brief considering the multitude of options out there.

Mark your calendars -- it is almost time for the third annual Children's Arts Festival!   On March 6, 2010, the Wood River Arts Alliance will present a free day of classes, performances and walk-up crafts for elementary school children at the Community Campus in Hailey.  Check back here on SunValleyOnline for a full class schedule and more details in mid-February.

The festival will include all the fun you've enjoyed the last two years, plus we've added new programming for kids in grades 3-5.  Introducing . . . the WRAA Players.  Experience what it means to be a triple threat from audition to performance, all in one day.  Singing, dancing, acting and an optional Tech Track (lights/sound/stage management).  Kids in 4th and 5th grade may audition for narration roles.  Thirty students will spend the day learning and rehearsing a one-act musical titled “Zero to Hero” and perform it in the theatre at the end of the day.   Pre-registration for the WRAA Players is available online now at http://www.wrartsalliance.org/Site/WRAA_Players.html

Online registration will continue until the class reaches the maximum size of 30 children. Check-in for the WRAA Players begins at 8:30 a.m. at The Community Campus.  Tech track participants will perform in the opening and closing numbers.  All other students will participate in three musical numbers.  Faculty Members include Hilarie Neely and Janis Walton.  The performance will take place at 3:00 in the Community Campus theatre.

All other participants of the Children's Arts Festival will register on site starting at 9:00 on March 6.  Elementary school children who are not enrolled in the WRAA players can sign up for up to four classes in dance, drama, music, visual arts and literary arts.  Children of all ages may attend the performances, visit the instrument petting zoo and engage in the walk-up crafts.  The first performance will take place at 9:30 and the first class starts at 10:00.

Call 578-7720 or email wrartsalliance@mac.com with any questions.

The 2010 Children's Arts Festival is sponsored by L&H Foundation, Richard and Judith Smooke, Bank of America, the Papoose Club, the Rotary Clubs of Ketchum and Hailey and the Kiwanis Club.  Thank you to our sponsors for their generous donations that allow us to keep this event free for all children.  Our partners in the event are the Blaine County School District, the Blaine County Recreation District, the College of Southern Idaho, La Alianza and Big Brothers/Big Sisters.