Archive - Jul 2012
July 20th
Mono County Mental Health will be hiring a bilingual case manager and a full-time psychiatric nurse in a move that mental health officials said will increase the amount of mental health care the county can provide—and save as much as $20,000 a year, beginning next year.
By
George Shirk - Times News Editor
Mammoth schools superintendent Rich Boccia said this week he is pushing to make the town a designated training site for U.S. Olympic athletes.
Boccia, who has Olympic organizing experience in Colorado Springs and the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, made his pitch to the town’s Recreation Commission on Tuesday.
“It would appear to me, based on the conversations here in town and given the athletes we have, we should find, somehow, to build an action plan to apply to the Olympic Committee to become an Olympic training site,” Boccia said.
By
George Shirk - Times News Editor
A battle between five taxi/limo operators reached fever pitch Tuesday afternoon.
By
George Shirk - Times News Editor
Sweeping panoramic vistas, evocative landscapes and cultural portraits are featured in a new guest artist exhibit at Mountain Light Gallery.
Showcasing images by Sierra photographers Vern Clevenger, Jim Stimson, Londie Padelsky, Jerry Dodrill and John Dittli, the exhibit resonates with each artist's passion for exploration and their individually distinctive dedication to living a life immersed amid natural beauty.
By
George Shirk - Times News Editor
The players of the Sierra Classic Theatre will open s six-day run of William Shakespeare’s “The Tempest,” beginning tonight at Sam’s Woodsite in Mammoth.
It is an audacious, if not tempestuous undertaking, directed by Lesley Bruns and performed under the trees at the venue.
The players ask for a $10 donation for those wishing to attend.
Although the theatre company will offer some chairs, the players ask members of the audience to bring their own chairs if they like, and a picnic.
The final say regarding June Mountain Ski Area’s destiny—this coming winter and from here on—lies as much with Inyo National Forest supervisor Ed Armenta as it does with MMSA CEO Rusty Gregory.
Although Gregory was the focus of much of the public’s ire at last week’s meeting between the June Lake community and Gregory, Armenta was the other real power in the room. He had just returned from his first meeting with Gregory earlier that day, July 10. Armenta said it was very clear to him how critical to the community of June Lake and to Mono County it is to keep June Mountain open.
July 18th
A memorial service for Skip Harvey has been set for Saturday afternoon at 3 p.m. at Canyon Lodge, according to Police Chief Dan Watson.
The operators of the Mammoth Farmers Market today (Wednesday) will dedicate the day to the late Skip Harvey, who died Monday morning of complications from throat cancer.
"Skip was responsible for moving our market to a more central part of town and for growing it into a community-building event," said Kathleen and Paul Rudder in a statement.
"He loved the Mammoth Lakes Farmer’s Market. Today’s market is dedicated to Skip. Please come out and enjoy it, enjoy your community, maybe buy a zucchini in his honor ."
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July 17th
By
George Shirk - Times News Editor
Skip Harvey, a two-term Mammoth Lakes town councilman and mayor, ski instructor at Mammoth Mountain and restaurateur, died early Monday, according to town public information officer Stuart Brown.
"Mayor Harvey had been battling cancer for several years," Brown wrote in a press release Monday evening.
"Family members and close friends were with Skip at the time of his passing."
Police Chief Dan Watson delivered the news to members of the Town Council, and others.
Many thanks
July 20, 2012
For three years the June Lake Loop Women’s Club has organized prizes for the kids winners at the June
Lake Triathlon. We would like to thank the generous people and businesses of June Lake for donating these prizes.
At the onset of this most difficult time for June Lake, these donors deserve a special recognition for stepping up and showing what June Lake is made of. Thank you for making this “Toughest Race in the Most Beautiful Place” a reality: