February 2009 Order copies of this issue! Just $3.50 each! Hey! This Issue Needs a Sponsor! Learn how Your Business can Sponsor Online Issues February 2009 Volume 8 Number 5 FEATURES Kick-and-Glide Goes Upscale, by Karen Bossick These days, the glamor of downhill skiing in Sun Valley is getting competition from its Nordic or cross-country cousin, which is rejuvenating itself after a long history in the area. Cocolalla—Spotlight City, by Jennifer Lamont Leo Get past the unusual name and you’ll find an often overlooked town with a logging and ice-making history on a gorgeous lake the locals have restored to  pristine condition. Salmon River Schoolmarm: If You Homeschool Up Slate Creek, Keep an Eye Out for the Wolves, by Phil Homan Public school teacher Marilyn Brower, who homeschooled the boys  of Idaho country western star Muzzie Braun up Slate Creek, talks about wolves, tourists, books, and how to help a kid become a good citizen. DEPARTMENTS Editorial: A Place for Voices, by Steve Bunk Idaho Artist: Soul on Canvas; How Hayden Artist Edward Gilmore Painted Himself Out of a Corner, by Kevin Penelerick A Winter's Tale: When Hell Froze Over; Lloyd Overmon Never Made Mistakes, Except Once, in the Winter of 1948, by Loy Ann Bell Veterinary Medicine: Must Love Cats and Dogs; Idahoans Don't Just Like Their Pets, They Treat Them Like Family, by Mary Gilbert Literacy: The Town That Reads Together; In the Teton Valley, Literacy is a Joint Venture, by Lisa Nyren Idaho Photographer: Make Your Own Light; A Commercial Photographer Offers A Lesson on Seizing the Moment, by Brad Norton This Fishing Life: Cisco Fever; At Bear Lake, People Fish in Winter For a Species Found Nowhere Else, by Dianna Troyer Recipe Contest: Marinated Flat Iron with Chimichurri, by Dustan Bristol and Cheesy Crab Casserole, by Diana Sherman February Contributors IN THIS ISSUE! Bear Lake, Boise, Clayton, Cocolalla, Driggs, Filer, Hayden, Sun Valley