Jill Kinmont Boothe, the former ski champion from Bishop whose life story inspired two Hollywood films, died Thursday in Carson City.
She was 75.
The Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Laboratory (SNARL) this week announced its 2012 Lecture Series.

The free lectures are a staple of early summer in Mammoth. They are at the Green Church on Benton Crossing Road and U.S. 395.
The series schedule, released by Leslie Dawson, is as follows:
•May 8: A Field Study of Storm Snow Slab Avalanches
