Della View Hailey

The 8^th Annual New Balance Girls on the Run 5k & Healthy Living Expo will take place Saturday, May 21 at 9:30 – 12:00 pm at Heagle Park in Hailey.  This community wide fun run/walk/stroll is a great event for all and goes to benefit the Girls on the Run which is an after-school program that uses the power of running to help prepare girls for a lifetime of self-respect and healthy living.

“We had over 85 girls participate in the spring Girls on the Run program, with huge surges in the south valley and Carey sites. We also had a second season at Wood River Middle School.  “I’m so excited to see many of them complete their very first every 5k!” shares Girls on the Run Executive Director Mary Fauth.

Register early and save!! Adults are $20, Youth (12-18) are $10, and Families of 4 are $40. Online registration is available until Friday, May 20. Bib bag pick up and early registration is available Friday, May 20 at Atkinson's in Hailey from 5-7 p.m. Race fees will increase on race morning to $25/adult, $15/youth and $50/family.

DECORATE & RIDE YOUR BIKE TO THE EVENT!

Save gas and ride your bike! There will be a prize for best decorated bike as well as a bike obstacle course.

Also stay for some amazing Healthy Living Expo.  Expo activities include:

- Happy hair station!

- Bouncy house

- Dunk tank

- Kids songs and games

- Face painting

- Healthy snack/craft station

- Bike obstacle course

- Yoga

- Tumbling area

- Pets to adopt

- Cheerleading exhibition

- Volleyball exhibition

- Healthy living information offered by community organizations such as Girls on the Run, St. Lukes Elks Rehab, YMCA Animal Shelter, Blaine County Recreation, Mountain Rides, Drug Coalition and more.

So come support Girls on the Run by walking, running, or strolling in this fun community wide event!

Want to expand your jewelry skills, or make a special holiday gift?  Lisa Horton is now offering classes utilizing a relatively new medium, known as metal clay.  Horton is a certified metal clay instructor with over five years’ experience working with the clays. 

 The clays are manufactured by suspending fine particles of silver or bronze in a non-toxic medium, resulting in material which is easily sculpted, textured, molded, carved, etched or set with stones.  Finally the binder is burned away, resulting in jewelry pieces that are solid metal, which can then be worked with traditional jewelry techniques.

 Horton will offer three adult class selections this fall, including a three hour silver "appeteazer" class on October 8.  The techniques taught in making a pendant and earrings will be accomplished with common tools and firing utilizes a “crème brulee” torch. There are two slots left in this "appeteazer" class.

 A class in expanded silver clay techniques will be offered November 5, and a bronze clay class will be split between November 19 and 26.  For complete descriptions, email LisaHortonJewelry at cox.net or call 788-7049.  Horton also stocks tools and clays for sale.