Archive - Jul 2012
July 17th
On Thursday, July 12, 2012, the Mono County Sheriff Search and Rescue (SAR) Team responded to aid a 74 year old man from Markleeville, California, who was hiking the John Muir Trail west of Shadow Lake. He had begun experiencing chest pains.
Other backpackers used a cell phone to call 911. The Team requested the assistance of the Yosemite National Park helicopter to extract the man from the backcountry. The helicopter was able to land near him and transported him to a waiting ambulance at the Mammoth Lakes Forest Service helipad.
He was taken to Mammoth Hospital for treatment.
On Saturday, July 14, the Mono County Sheriff Search and Rescue (SAR) Team responded in aid of two backpackers from Excelsior Springs, MO, who had become separated.
The Sheriff's Office received a call just after midnight on July 14, indicating that a father, 57, and son, 36, who were hiking the John Muir Trail south from Yosemite, had become separated at 8:30 the previous evening.
July 13th
Peter Korfiatis is back at Mammoth Mountain after five years in multiple coaching roles with the U.S. Ski Team, a spokesperson for the Mammoth Mountain Ski Team said Friday.
Korfiatis will be filling a new role with the Mammoth Mountain Ski Team as Performance Director. In the new position, he will be overseeing the implementation, evaluation and further development of Mammoth’s world class athletic programs.
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Korfiatis coached for Mammoth 2000-2007.
By
George Shirk - Times News Editor
The Mammoth Town Council on Wednesday preserved Alaska/Horizon airline service by voting to make a loan against $300,000-$400,000 in Measure U tax funds.
The council’s action came in a special meeting, just hours after a Measure U Advisory Committee voted unanimously to not touch the Measure U tax funds for airline subsidies.
The council finessed that issue by not taking funds from Measure U directly. Rather, it agreed to make a “short-term, one-time only” loan, to be paid back in a matter of months.
Rusty Gregory may as well have been wearing a bullseye on his back.
About three hundred June Mountain residents and friends poured into the June Lake Community Center Tuesday night to protest the proposed closing of June Mountain Ski Area.
The target was Gregory, CEO of Mammoth Mountain Ski Area, and an owner of June Mountain Ski Area. Gregory took the shots for several hours, as everyone from schoolchildren to former—and first—June Mountain manager Bud Hayward took the microphone.
An 11-year-old Bishop girl on Friday was locked in the back of a refrigerated truck by her grandfather and transported up U.S. 395 as far as Benton Crossing Road before law enforcement officials stopped the truck and freed the girl.
California Highway Patrol officers arrested the girl's grandfather and a Bishop man. They were charged with suspicion of child endangerment and were taken in the Mono County Jail in Bridgeport. Officials said they released to her mother.
The Town of Mammoth Lakes Road Maintenance Crew will be conducting maintenance of the South Frontage Road, adjacent to Main Street, and along Meridian Blvd. between Old Mammoth Road and Sierra Park Road this summer.
From July through October, hikers and backpackers entering the Ansel Adams Wilderness on the Rush Creek Trail will encounter construction activities at Agnew Dam.
The lake will be partially drained throughout that time to allow Southern California Edison access to the dam to perform repairs that will extend the life of the dam. The work will include the installation of a liner on the upstream face of the dam.
The Sierra Music Festival opens this week at Cerro Coso College, with plenty of strings attached.
Actually, there are just four strings, but they are attached to a violin painted by Lady Jill Mueller and signed by Dave and Roma McCoy.
The instrument will be an item in Chamber Music Unbound’s Fifth Annual Auction after the opening Mammoth Lakes Music Festival concert at the college, with opening bids beginning at $1,000.
By
Caelen McQuilken, age 10, 5th Grade, Lee Vining Elementary School
I was so disappointed when I found out about June Mountain closing, I refused to believe it. I mean, in my position, it just seemed impossible that all of those people would lose their jobs. I just couldn’t bear it. But when the problem finally sunk in, my sister Ellery, best friend Jordyn, and I began to brainstorm all sorts of ideas left and right.
Mono County has a new district attorney, after former Mono County Assistant District Attorney Tim Kendall was sworn into office Tuesday in Bridgeport by Mono County Superior Court Judge Stan Eller.
Kendall replaces former Mono County District Attorney George Booth, who retired at the end of last month despite a year and a half left of his four-year term. Kendall was appointed by the county supervisors to fill the remainder of Booth’s term, which ends in January 2014. Kendall will be up for election for the next term.
Plenty of thanks to go around
July 13, 2012
We would like to take this opportunity to thank the following businesses for their generosity and kindness in supporting the Forest Service Fire Safety Fun Festival at Fire Station 2 on July 4.
Thank you Vons for your cookies and icing donations. The kids enjoyed decorating them with a fire safety theme. Thank you McDonalds for providing punch to wash down those cookies!