Archive - Jan 25, 2013
Mammoth Hospital Auxiliary members invite the community to join them as they share happy memories and celebrate the life of Jeanne Standley who passed away on Dec. 24.
It will be Wednesday, Jan. 30, from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Mammoth Lakes Community Center on Forest Trail. Standley was a charter and founding member of the Mammoth Hospital Auxiliary and served on the Board until 2012.
Mammoth Hospital Auxiliary members invite the community to join them as they share happy memories and celebrate the life of Jeanne Standley who passed away on Dec. 24.
It will be Wednesday, Jan. 30, from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Mammoth Lakes Community Center on Forest Trail. Standley was a charter and founding member of the Mammoth Hospital Auxiliary and served on the Board until 2012.
Venture into the terrifying Black Forest with Snow White and her friends Saturday, Jan. 26, when the Missoula Children’s Theatre (MCT) and more than 50 local students perform an original musical adaptation of this classic tale.
A local woman was recently rescued near Sherwin Creek Road, after becoming incapacitated for an unknown reason.
According to the Mono County Sheriff’s Department, the rescue occurred Jan. 18 after the Mono County Sheriff Search and Rescue (SAR) Team responded to a call for a 41-year-old local resident who was reported to be in need of help in the snow above the Sherwin Creek Road.
The last day to comment on a proposed new geothermal plant’s draft Environmental Impact Statement and Environmental Impact Report is Jan. 30, according to federal officials.
The Antelope Valley area graduated 34 residents from a recent Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training program, according to the area’s county supervisor, Tim Fesko.
“It was a great show of community involvement and I am proud of everyone,” he said. The newly trained residents join a Mammoth-area group of residents who have also taken the training. CERT training gives residents the tools they need to help themselves and others in case of a local emergency.
Revenues from Mono County property taxes have continued their downward slide, even as property prices across the country begin a slow swing upward.
Although precise numbers will not be available until mid-February when the Mono County Board of Supervisors begins its annual mid-year budget review, according to assistant finance director Roberta Reed, the continuing slide is not a surprise.
Mono County now has a newly revised and updated Emergency Operations Plan—a 100-plus page plan that was developed in cooperation with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and state agencies.
The document paints a detailed picture of all of the county’s potential threats, including earthquakes and other hazards, and lays out a detailed chain of command and plan of action for every agency in the county.
