Archive - Jan 2013
January 11th
According to Southern California Edison officials, a telephone scam is trying to bilk customers of money, after the scammers claim the customer's electricity will be disconnected if they do not pay for alleged past due bills.
Here are the details, according to a recent press release from SCE.
Imposters have been calling SCE customers telling them they must make immediate payment on past due bills or have their electric service disconnected. The callers are also demanding that payment be made through a prepaid cash card, such as a PayPal or Green Dot card.
Wednesday’s storm added 7.5 inches of snow to Mammoth Mountain
Slowly but surely, the recent snowstorms are adding inches to an already good winter.
Mammoth Mountain reported 3.5 new inches of snow early this week and 7.5 inches from the Wednesday/Thursday storm, for a total of 11 inches since last Sunday, according to MMSA Ski Patrol data.
Last week, Mammoth Pass stood at 100 percent of normal for this time of year, according to measurements taken by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power.
By
George Shirk- Times Managing Editor
Meeting of rec user groups set for Jan. 14
One of the thorniest recreation issues in years began to emerge this past week, and it all has to do with the laying of a geothermal pipeline near Shady Rest Park.
“This is huge,” said John Wentworth of the Mammoth Lakes Trails and Public Access Foundation (MLTPA).
By
George Shirk - Times Managing Editor
Mammoth Lakes Police Chief Dan Watson promoted Officer Rick Moberly on Thursday, Jan. 10, the MLPD said in a press release.
Moberly rose to the rank of Sergeant to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Sergeant Paul Robles in December. Sergeant Moberly has been assigned as a patrol watch commander.
Note: A meeting will be held on Monday, Jan. 14 at the Mammoth Lakes public library at 2 p.m. to discuss the potential impacts to recreation of the pipeline associated with the proposed new geothermal plant project detailed below.
The Bishop Bureau of Land Management this week extended a public comment period to the end of January for the environmental review documents for a large, 33-megawatt geothermal plant that is planned for a site near the existing geothermal plant on Casa Diablo Road.
By
George Shirk - Times Managing Editor
If the opening day of the Village Championships is any indication, the 2013 season is going to be a doozy.
Racing under clear skies and seasonably warm temperatures, local racers had a fat bed of snow to work with, and some very fast times.
Valerie Borges, a member of the Andies Flying Circus Team, won on overall points, but she wasn’t the only one who blitzed the gates.
New supervisors face challenge on first day
The last thing the three brand new Mono County supervisors who were sworn in Tuesday, Jan. 8, expected to face their first day in office was the imminent loss of the county’s top administrator.
But that is what District 3’s Tim Alpers, District 2’s Fred Stump, and District 4’s Tim Fesko got when County Administrative Officer Jim Arkens—with no advance warning to the supervisors—accepted another job as the CAO in Sutter County.
Mono County Administrative Officer Jim Arkens accepted a job as the Sutter County Administrative Officer (CAO) in Yuba City on Tuesday, Jan. 8, announcing his resignation, effective Feb. 4, from Mono County in a letter the following day.
Arkens did not attend Tuesday’s Mono County Board of Supervisors meeting, where three new supervisors—Tim Alpers, Fred Stump, and Tim Fesko—were sworn in.
A plan to replace an aging geothermal plant at the Casa Diablo site has been sued by a union advocacy group
Mono County’s hopes to host a brand new geothermal facility sometime in the near future might have taken a hit, after a group of renewable energy union advocates and individuals sued the county on Dec. 14 over a lesser geothermal project.
‘This is not something to mess with,’ says Mono County health officer
The warning from the county’s top health official is stark.
“It’s coming, it’s inevitable, and it’s going to be a very bad season for the flu,” said Dr. Rick Johnson, the Mono County Public Health Officer. “We have already had six confirmed flu cases since the beginning of this year, and that means it’s already here.”
By
George Shirk, Times Managing Editor
Targets families, larger groups
Suddenly, things are beginning to sizzle along the southern section of the Old Mammoth Road neighborhood.
Once a lonesome outpost for the Cast-Off and the Southern California Edison Building, the area by the end of 2014 could have the new Rock ’n Bowl recreation center/restaurant as well as three new buildings as part of a proposed expansion by the Mammoth Creek Inn.
By
George Shirk, Times Managing Editor
“Hey hey hey hey!” Fido yelled over his shoulder. “I am really like-like-LIKING this guy!”
Fido got a big goofy grin on his face.
“We’ve been talking! He likes the same things I do!”
“Wow that’s good to hear, Big Boy. You never know how a cat is going to fit in.”
“He’ll be just GREAT!” Fido said. He nuzzled the cat and whispered something in the cat’s ear.
Kudos for Double Eagle Resort
January 11, 2013
I want to give kudos to Double Eagle Resort and its staff for their efforts and investment in creating a new cross-country skiing opportunity in June Lake.
The new groomed path in Silver Lake Meadow is great!
Joe Blommer
June Lake