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Nelson Boren: In His Own WordsOn life, art, family, and his new mural at the Jackson Airport

MEMORIES:Tapestries of Life

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Isn't it funny how time flies? The year 2010 seems to have just started last week, but now, as if it were almost never here, 2010 is drawing to a close. This year has brought it's share of triumphs and trials.  I'm not a huge fan of New Year's resolutions, but I am a fan of reflection. As I reflect on the events of the past year, and how I reacted to them, I can’t help but wonder how I could have done things differently.

We've all heard the saying: "It is our choices that define us." How have your choices defined you this year? As the New Year approaches, how do you want to be defined? As I move into the next year I know that the way I will be defined and the choices I will make will be of the highest priority. As 2011 approaches, let's define ourselves as people who desire to do the right thing, no matter the cost. I, personally, think that it's better to be known as a wishful idealist than someone who accepts a reality that is far from perfect because it may never get better. The future is ours, we are the ones who make it. Let's make 2011 the best year yet, and let's start by defining ourselves as people who care: about each other, and our future.

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Zachariah

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People6. Nelson Boren: In His Own Words. Western artist Nelson Boren on life, art and family. By Alanna Quillen

Health4. The Practice of Warming. Warming the body is an essential aspect of any exercise routine. By Susan BordenKircher

Dining13. Cooking with Francisco. Chef Francisco shares a special appetizer that will make your holiday mixer the one we all remember.

15. Bubba’s BBQ. We give you the inside scoop on a local Jackson favorite.

By Shari Nundahl

16. Mountain Mama. Chili Soup: The way your mother should have made it.

Spiritual12. Follow Me. Jon Bloom talks about following Jesus.. By Jon Bloom

Living8. Memories: The Tapestries of Life. We all have memories, but are you making the right ones? By Rachel Warren

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The Practice of WarmingBy Susan Bordenkircher

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Any healthy yoga practice begins with a warm-up to prepare the body for the challenges of the postures you will practice. A series of warming postures is essential to ensuring you can attempt postures with greater comfort and less risk of injury. To be effective you should begin the process of heating the body with your breath and then continue to nurture that heat with some gentle movement and then move to more progressively challenging ones.

Think of your body as a furnace, which when ignited creates enough heat to fuel the entire body. The heat created in the body acts to make your muscles pliable, creates sweat that release toxins and excess fluid, and release pent-up tension. Reshaping and growth cannot occur without the internal fire first preparing the way.

Since each inhale allows for expansion and lengthening, you will attempt to create space during that part of the breath. On the other hand, the exhale is designed for movement into the space you created on the inhale. Being able to sink deeper into a pose is the result of learning to relax on the exhale into the new space you created on the inhale. If you hold your breath, you not only deprive the muscles of the energy they need to work, but you also deprive yourself of the growth you could experience as well as the relaxation that could result.

With that in mind, let’s start to move in a flow designed to warm.

Mountain Pose: Stand with feet hip-width apart. Your ankles and knees are parallel. Root your feet firmly into the floor, with your weight evenly spread between the heels and balls of the foot and the inside and outside of the foot. Energize up and out of the arches. On an inhale, lengthen upward through your arches, the spine, the neck and the crown of the head. Use an exhale to gently draw your naval in and up, tipping your tailbone down and under slightly (we’ll call this a neutralized pelvis).

Mountain Peak: From Mountain, inhale and gently stretch your arms away from your sides and overhead. Straighten your arms until they are close to each of your ears and you feel length up the sides of your body.

Standing Forward Fold: From Mountain Peak, exhale and fold forward by hinging at the hips and dropping your upper body forward toward the front of your thighs. Let your arms, upper body and head dangle loosely toward the floor. (Keep knees bent if you have back or hamstring issues).

Halfway Lift: On your next inhale, grab your toes (or modify by placing hands on the shins) and lift your torso until your back is as flat as possible. Lift your chest forward and your tailbone backward. Draw your shoulders back from the ears and firm your belly .

Plank: On your next exhale, bend the knees and walk back to a push-up position. Create a strong plank with your body in a straight line, feet hip-width apart. Keep your hands directly under your shoulders with fingers widely spread and wrists even. Create a neutral pelvis. Engage your quadriceps so that the back of your thighs lift toward the ceiling. (If you need to modify, drop your knees from here). With the arms straight and strong, keep the elbows close to your sides and shoulders externally rotated.

Low Plank: On the same exhale slowly and deliberately begin to bend the elbows to lower your body in one straight line toward the floor. Keep the elbows very close to your sides. Attempt to hover briefly a few inches off the floor, so that elbows form a 90 degree angle. Activate the belly deeply by keeping the pelvis neutral and quadriceps lifting. (Modify the position with knees down if necessary).

Cobra: On the next inhale, move into Cobra by pushing gently downward with the hands, then scooping the chest and belly forward and upward. Roll to the top of the foot and activate it into the floor to lengthen through the legs and release the lower back. Soften the elbows and relax the shoulders down and away from the ears. Lift and open the chest, drawing the heart upward toward the sky.

Downward Facing Dog: On the next exhale tuck the toes and lift the tailbone up toward the ceiling to create an inverted V. Keep fingers spread and hands about shoulder-width apart. Straighten the elbows and keep the shoulders externally

rotated. Lift your body weight away from the hands and up toward the tailbone. Lengthen your spine, then draw down through the back of the legs to the heels. Let your head rest in the center of your arms, with no wrinkles in the back of the neck.

Down Dog Leg Lift: From down dog use your next inhale to lift the right leg up toward the ceiling. Create upward energy from the right hip outward to the ball of the foot.

Lunge: On the next exhale, use the height you’ve created to draw the right foot in toward the chest and place it in the front of the mat between the hands. Bring the right foot to a right angle with the foot and knee, with the toes pointing forward. Push back through the left heel, lengthening the left leg from hip to heel. Keep the head in the same alignment as the spine.

(On the second cycle remember to lift and then lunge with the left leg).

Complete the warm up cycle by using your next inhale to draw the lengthened leg forward, lining both feet up again at the front of the mat. Sink into a comfortable forward fold. When you are ready to begin the next cycle, bring your arms back like wings behind you, lifting with a flat back to mountain peak. Do a minimum of four warm-up flows (two right lunges/two left lunges) before moving on.

Keep in mind that the more you do, the warmer your body will be and the more strength and flexibility you will experience as you move through the rest of your practice. Sometimes I like to challenge my classes to spend the entire session practicing warm-up flows without ever moving to any other standing postures. The repetition of the cycles allows your body to loosen and heat. It provides the opportunity for your mind to be totally clear and focused. Consequently, your heart becomes open and receptive, on high alert to hear the voice of God.

Susan is the author of “ Yoga For Christians” and leads the nationally-acclaimed ministry “Outstretched in Worship”. She lives in Daphne, Alabama which is home to her yoga studio, The Centre.

“Think of your body as a furnace, which when ignited creates enough heat to fuel the entire

body. “

TJ

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Nelson Boren: In His Own WordsNelson Boren knows western art.

In fact, he knows it so well that he’s been painting the western lifestyle for 20 years. And he doesn’t plan on stopping anytime soon.

Boren specializes in painting watercolor pieces reflecting western life, cowboys, fishing and nature.

The beginning of his painting career started in Arizona in 1990. He was a registered architect in charge of two firms, and on a whim, decided to retire his work as an architect and take his wife and children up to northern Idaho.

“I thought, ‘You know what? I want to live in the country,’” he said. “We’ve never looked back.”

There, he bought a farm near the Canadian border, bought chickens and cows, raised his seven children alongside his wife, and picked up a painting profession. He said many things led him to his decision on switching suddenly to art; part of it was his family and the lifestyle.

“We just wanted to get out in the country. Architecture is an extremely  high pressure profession. I loved being an architect but after practicing it for 15 years I thought it was time,” he said. “There’s not a whole lot of architecture up here, so I picked up the paint brushes and have been painting ever since.”

Boren said his reason to paint is simply because he just loves doing it. He added that unlike architecture, there’s no liability to painting.

“I’m able to make a living doing it. Architecture is an extreme litigious profession. I loved it, but I enjoy the non-litigious aspect of painting,” he said.

Boren grew up working on a ranch through his high school years and performing the same kind of tasks cowboys do. He recalls seeing a picture of a cowboy walking away, but only from his torso to the bottom of his knees, therefore allowing him to complete the picture in his mind. From there, he started to explore gestalt painting of cowboys. Some of his

pieces were very detailed and large like a seven-foot spur. He uses a technique called gestalt, where the artist presents something unfinished and the viewer completes the picture.

Boren said people prefer to look at an uncompleted circle, for example, than a complete circle, because they can participate and engage in it.

“That’s kind of what my painting has evolved into,” he said. “Your imagination has to finish the rest of it.”

Inside the Jackson Hole Airport hangs a landscape mural by Boren that he said should say to viewers, “Welcome to Jackson.” The four-foot by 24-foot mural includes images of cowboys and cowgirls sitting down, detailing boots hanging off a wooden ledge, flowers silhouetted against a cowgirl’s skirt, and even a moose sitting amongst them. He said he had originally thought of painting a conglomeration of skiers, fisherman, cowboys, and snowboarders, but the town wanted him to stick with the cowboys.

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Boren said he thinks Jackson Hole has preserved the lifestyle of the   “Old West.”

“It’s really an important part of our history. I think it’s just worth preserving,” he said. “ It’s part of who we are, especially out here in the west. I’m grateful that it’s being preserved and hope my art can help do that.”

Boren uses only watercolors in his work and was painting even before he moved to Idaho. When he was in architecture school, he had the opportunity to take one elective course, and the one elective he chose was a watercolor class.

“I just really got hooked on it. I love the spontaneity of it,” he said. “It’s just a really challenging medium. I’ve tried ever since to master it, and I haven’t mastered it yet and I don’t think I ever will,” he laughed.

Boren said he read books on the old masters of painting in order to learn some of their techniques on glazing, or applying layers upon layers of paint. When he started, he experimented with glazing and said he uses the technique to paint with watercolor now, using eight to ten glazes on his pieces.

When it comes to finishing a product, Boren said he can paint a piece in 60 minutes or 30 days, depending on how complex and large the piece is, or how big of a hurry he’s in to go fishing. He added that he paints all the time as his duty, up to four or five days a week.

“It’s what I’ve been doing for 20 years,” he said. “I’ve got a really nice studio 30 yards from the house where I just sit out with Beethoven on and just paint. It’s my job.”

Boren said there’s a difference between artists who make it and artists who don’t.

“An artist who waits until he feels inspired? Forget it. You gotta paint every day. It’s a job and you’ve got to take it seriously,” he said. “You’ve got to get out and paint and just do it. You’re not gonna feel like doing it every day. Some days it comes and some days it doesn’t.”

In his free time, the artist is an avid outdoors man and fisherman who loves to backpack, kayak, canoe, waterski and snow ski with his children. Boren said he’s never totally satisfied with his work.

“It’s such a challenge and there’s so much more to learn that I don’t think I’ll ever master it. I just keep trying and practicing,” he said.

Although Boren may be humble about his work, he certainly shines bright in the artistic world. He received a phone call from Lucasfilm Ltd. inquiring about an idea that Star Wars creator George Lucas had of putting together an art book titled Star Wars: Visions. Lucas invited 100 artists from around the world to do an interpretive Star Wars pieces in their genre. After a number of approvals by Lucas on sketches, ideas and paintings, Boren created a cowboy style bounty hunter, which ended up being bought by Lucas and accepted for the book.

“It took me ten sketches,” he said, referring to one of his ideas for the piece. “It was an interesting developmental process with George Lucas because he was quite involved in the final piece I produced. It evolved with his input.”

Boren continues to show in multiple galleries throughout the country, including the Legacy Gallery in the heart of Jackson Hole. He’s currently working on a project in his hometown that involves a huge arch sculpture of two five foot trout constructed out of recycled highway signs. The arch will extend over a main road in the town and will debut this spring.

“I’m hoping to do more public work like that, just like the Jackson Airport,” he said. “You get inspiration from everything you do. Every time you travel and see something, there’s inspiration that comes.” TJ

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Papa's crystal blue eyes always seem to sparkle. I remember how they danced when I beat him at cribbage for the first time, and how his eyes glowed when I came down the hall in the dress he bought me for prom. When our family would visit each summer, I remember how he always woke us up with bacon and eggs and a hot crumpet smothered in Cheese Whiz. Nothing could make him smile like his children and grand-children. Now, many years later, I watch as his eyes grow a bit misty as he recounts many stories I have never heard before: memories recounting family life, his successful career followed by an early retirement. He tells stories about my

uncles and cousins that I am hearing for the first time, along with others I recall with joy. As I listen, I can't help but wonder if I will be able to recount my life with as much satisfaction as Papa does.

Resting on the eve of a new year, most people find themselves pausing for a moment of reflection, to consider how we have used the time that was given us in the year just passed. As we reflect, a variety of memories come to mind: things planned and carried out, things planned but not completed, the milestones we’ve reached, major decisions made, failures…and then there are the things that took place whether we wanted them to or not.

With the memories comes the flood of emotions; delight, excitement, contentment, and sometimes uncertainty, pain or regret. But all memories, however joyful or difficult, come with both a reminder and a challenge. Each joyful memory can remind us to be thankful for the days and opportunities that came our way and we can accept the challenge to learn valuable life lessons (which may be a process over time) through both the good and the painful experiences. We can desire to emerge from our experiences as more mature and more caring individuals willing to stay the course, or willing to change our course, if needed.

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While good memories can be planned for, often the painful memories cannot be avoided. This season as we recall with gladness or with sorrow the moments of 2010, let us push forward into the new year with the determination to write this chapter better than the last. A wise man once said, “so teach us to number our days, that we may present to You a heart of wisdom.” Here in Jackson, surrounded by the breath-taking beauty of the Tetons, memory-making opportunities may get easily overlooked or taken for granted. The sunrise over the Tetons can be forgotten for an extra hour of sleep, coffee with a friend neglected for an extra hour at the office, or an evening of chocolate fondue at home

in front of the fireplace replaced by an evening in front of the TV. Let's resist the temptation to simply go on with the next activity or event, let’s take a few minutes to thoughtfully plan some life enriching memories into every day…make them a part of our activities. Just like Papa did with breakfast!

Like Papa, we will all one day reflect on the moments that made our lives. These individual snapshots, forever captured in our mind's eye will make up a tapestry woven from the threads of time. I sincerely desire for my tapestry to be of the "300+ thread count" variety. I want to be able to look back and remember the past with contentment. Not contentment

that comes from a perfect life, or a lack of hardship, but one that shows a commitment to valuing what is important - wisdom, love, hope and people. These are the values out of which we will produce a memorable history of our lives for our family and friends. We are all only given one life to live, but each new day gives us another page on which to write our story and to flesh out the particulars of our legacy over time. This winter as you vacation with family or travel with friends, make memories that you will one day look back on with gratefulness and a welcome desire to revisit. Jackson is a perfect destination for memory making of the amazing variety... ENJOY THE MOMENTS.

Tapestries of Life

TJ

By Rachel Warren

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By Jon BloomFollow Me

“Led by a rabbi with no formal theological training, his disciples tended

to be a bit heavy on fishermen.”

The only thing that qualifies us to be followers of Jesus is that we are sinners who need grace. Sinners are the only kind of people Jesus calls, as the Apostle Levi (Matthew) discovered.1

Levi looked around the campfire circle at Jesus and the other eleven disciples. Strange rabbinical school, he thought. Not exactly the cream of the scholarly crop. Led by a rabbi with no formal theological training, his disciples tended to be a bit heavy on fishermen.But he saw himself as the oddest of the oddballs.Levi had been a tax collector. That meant he had essentially worked for Rome. And that meant he had been considered a traitor by most of his neighbors. “Tax collectors and sinners” were synonyms.

Whatever Roman official had crafted the empire’s internal revenue system had been a genius. It was designed to encourage collection corruption. So long as Rome received its prescribed amount from a region, collectors were free to keep any overage. There was serious money to be made by the financially ambitious, and ethically…unprincipled. And the more corrupt the collector, the more alienated he became from his own people, thus increasingly dependent on Rome’s continued governance.It had been a hard vocational choice. A tax collector’s income was both sizable and reliable. It wasn’t as vulnerable as other trades to the fluctuations of the local market or the caprice of rain clouds. But it required that one be willing to endure a different kind of drought: social respect. When Levi became a collector he knew he was trading his reputation for financial security. Thereafter he had kept a

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prudent distance from synagogue society and made his friends within the “sinner” caste.And then came the strangest and best day of his life.Levi had heard about Rabbi Jesus. Everyone seemed to be talking about him. There were reports of astounding miracles. People were puzzling over his parables.And now Jesus had come to town! Levi had hoped to hear him preach, but he was swamped with work. Tax collectors dare not disappoint their regional managers.Sitting in his tax booth Levi had seen a bustling crowd approaching. Experience had taught him to keep his head down and look busy to avoid making eye contact with his despisers.Suddenly the bustle had stopped right in front of him. He could feel peoples’ eyes on him. He heard mutterings. He looked up cautiously. An intense young man was staring at him. He knew immediately it was Jesus.A nervous knot formed in his stomach. He braced for a rabbinical rebuke.But what Jesus said was, “Follow me.” There were gasps from the crowd and a

murmuring hum. Levi sat in a frozen stun. Jesus was clearly speaking to him. But what did he mean?Jesus’ expression grew more earnest and he beckoned with his hand. He wanted Levi to literally follow him—at that very moment!A jumble of thoughts collided in Levi’s mind. What about the tax booth? Where was Jesus going? Would they be gone long?But he also felt an exhilaration and joy he had never experienced before. For so long he had assumed (and been told) that God didn’t want anything to do with him. But now it seemed that, through Jesus, God was speaking directly to him. And despite the fact that abandoning his booth would no doubt cost him his job, Levi suddenly realized that he would gladly trade financial security for following Jesus.So he laid down his quill, stood up, and simply fell in behind Jesus. He had never felt freer in his life.Now, sitting around the evening fire, it hit Levi all over again how strange and wonderful and merciful are the ways of God. Who would have guessed that he would pluck a tax collector, of all people, right out of his booth and appoint him to be

a disciple of Israel’s long-awaited Messiah? And now many tax collectors and sinners were swelling Jesus’ ranks.Being a sinner was the only qualification Levi had for joining Jesus’ disciple band. Jesus had come to call sinners to repentance (Luke 5:32). Levi was sick with the disease of sin and Jesus, the Great Physician (Luke 5:31), healed him.Because of that, Levi later threw a party at his house and invited his sinner friends to meet Jesus. And many followed him (Mark 2:15).Jesus did not call us because of our righteousness or gifting. He called us when all we had was need. And even now, as his disciples, we serve only in the strength and grace that he supplies (1 Peter 4:11), because apart from him, we can do nothing (John 15:5). 1 This imaginative narrative is taken from these texts: Luke 5:27-32, Matt 9:9-13, Mark 2:13-17.Jon Bloom is executive director of Desiring God and leader of community worship at Sovereign Grace Fellowship in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

TJ

Planning a winter gathering this Holiday Season and looking for a snack that is sure to impress? Teton Journal has you covered! Chef Francisco of Giovanni's Italian Restaurant has an appetizer that will have your guests wondering how you managed to squeeze cooking classes into your busy holiday schedule. This simple yet yummy creation is quick, and easy to make.

Pate de Maison(serves 12) Ingredients: 1 lb. chicken or duck liver10 oz. red wine (to cover)1/2 onion2 carrots1 tsp. fresh thyme2 tsp. green peppercorns1/2 oz. cognac3 oz. clarified butter1 1/2 oz. olive oil salt and pepper 1. Marinate liver, onion, carrots and thyme overnight in wine. 2. Remove liver, drain and sauté in olive oil in a hot pan. 3. Remove and place in blender, smooth to a fine consistency. 4. Add warm clarified butter, blend. 5. Remove and force mixture through a strainer.

6. Add salt, pepper, peppercorns and cognac. 7. Pour mixture into a mold or tureen lined with waxed paper.8. Refrigerate until firm. Slice and serve.

"The key to making this appetizer perfect is adding the cognac last, when you do this you preserve the taste of the other ingredients. Then, once you are finished mixing in the cognac, immediately put it in the fridge so that it can cool. The end result is a dish that's as sophisticated as it is tasty. I guarantee it!" - Chef Francisco

Cooking with Francisco

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When you drive into Jackson, you will be greeted by a local favorite landmark: the weather-beaten, wooden sign of Bubba's Bar-B-Que. One thing you should know: Bubba's is not just another barbecue joint. So what is it about Bubba's that attracts locals and visitors alike?  For some it is simply good service at great prices. But Bubba's offers  much more than an affordable meal. Bubba's Bar-B-Que provides its patrons with great variety, and amazing food that will leave you with lots of soiled napkins, an empty plate, and a happy stomach.

 Breakfast at Bubba's is one of Jackson's well-known pleasures. Have a hankering for fluffy blueberry pancakes or a plate of warm biscuits? Pull up a chair to Bubba's breakfast table. Other breakfast indulgences include chicken fried steak with gravy and the Pancake Sandwich.

If you like good All-American food, Bubba's can't be beat. From the pulled-pork sandwich to the rib plate, it's hard to compete with a good BBQ doused piece of meat.

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I was a newlywed and a city slicker, when I arrived in Jackson, Wyoming almost 28 years ago. On top of those seemingly insurmountable odds I didn't know how to cook. Literally. My mother-in-law a highly accomplished cook, (if owning your own restaurant for 20 years is qualification enough), told me " if you can read, you can cook". And so I began my journey in the field of culinary. There is no better way to gather people together than to serve great food. You can use your skills to gather your teenagers around the table so you can stay informed of their days activities, have your husband look forward to having breakfast with you in the morning instead of with "the boys" at the local donut shop, provide a treat for your neighbors, and maintain a healthy menu for your family and friends. This tasty, hearty soup is a favorite among our family and friends, and I am sure it will become the same for yours! Bon Appetite!

White Chili Soup1 lb. boneless skinless chicken breastscut into 1/2" cubes1 medium onion chopped (I use 1/2 onion )11/2 tsp garlic powder1 Tbsp vegetable oil (I use olive)2 Tbsp. butter2 Cans Great Northern Beans (rinse and drain)2 cans chopped green chili1 can broth (I cover with water and use Better than Bullion)1 tsp. salt1 tsp. dried oregano1 tsp. ground cumin"1/2 tsp. pepper1 tsp. red chili powder8 oz. sour cream1/2 cup whipping cream

1. In stockpot saute chicken, onion, garlic powder with olive oil until chicken is cooked through. 2. Add water and bouillon. 3. Add beans, seasonings and chili. 4. Bring to boil. 5. Reduce heat: simmer uncoveredfor 30 minutes6. Add butter for last 15 mins.7. Remove from heat, stir in sour cream and heavy whipping cream.8. Serve immediately.

Look for more recipe’s from Mountain Mama in each issue of Teton Journal!

Have a recipe you’d like Mountain Mama to try? Send her an email at mama@tetonjournal.com and it may be featured in a future issue.

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2010 has been a great year for Teton Journal. We've received a warm welcome from the Jackson Community, and have grown with each issue, in both advertisers and readership. As we enter 2011 we at the Journal realize that we have you, our readers, to thank for our remarkable growth and success. Thank you. We look forward to the coming year and are more committed than ever to bringing you more of the great content and positive lifestyle news that you have come to expect from us.

Want to help us grow? You can! As we continue to improve our distribution and add more locations we need your help to expand faster. Please ask for the Teton Journal at your favorite retailers and hangouts. The more people are aware we exist, the faster we will grow and expand.

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In closing, thanks to all of our new advertisers and those who have been with us since the beginning. We couldn't have gotten this far without you, and we look forward to the future working together to spread the “lifestyle of positive” throughout Jackson, and to those who love it here.

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When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,When the road you're trudging seems all up hill,When the funds are low and the debts are high,And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,When care is pressing you down a bit,Rest if you must, but don't you quit.

Life is queer with its twists and turns,As everyone of us sometimes learns,And many a failure turns aboutWhen he might have won had he stuck it out;Don't give up, though the pace seems slow -You might succeed with another blow.

Often the goal is nearer thanIt seems to a faint and faltering man,Often the struggler has given upWhen he might have captured the victor's cup.And he learned too late, when the night slipped down,How close he was to the golden crown.

Success is failure turned inside out -The silver tint of the clouds of doubt -And you never can tell how close you are,It may be near when it seems afar;So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit -It's when things seem worst that you mustn't quit.

- Unknown -Don’t Quit

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