Archive - 2013
March 7th
Shiny baubles, new technologies are far less important than making visitors feel welcome
Fourteen Mono County movers and shakers returned this week after a five-day “peer resort” tour of four family-oriented Vermont ski resorts.
What was the takeaway from the trip?
“It’s the chicken. It’s always been the chicken,” said Mono County Supervisor Larry Johnston about whether ski resorts need amenities or great customer service.
By
George Shirk, Times Managing Editor
U.S. women’s downhill coach has best year ever
Mammoth athletes John Teller, Tyler Wallasch, Madeline Riffel, and Trevor Jacob brought home gold and silver hardware and three national titles after competing at the 2013 Sprint U.S. Grand Prix held March 1-2 at Canyons Resort, Utah.
Jacob took the top spot in the Snowboard Cross and the U.S. Championship title after beating out the competition on a tight course with wet, rutted snow for his first career win.
By
George Shirk, Times Managing Editor
Wood explains action; Bacon and Eastman silent
Seething members of Mammoth’s Lodging community let their frustrations into the open this past week, taking the Town Council to the woodshed for a controversial TOT decision two weeks previously.
As the rest of the Sierra slides slowly into drought, Mammoth bucks the trend
California is sliding closer to a true drought after a record dry January and February failed to increase the winter snowpack, but the Mammoth area is bucking the state trend and is close to 90 percent of normal for this time of year.
March 6th
‘Dinosaurs’ topple the leaders in VCs
For the first time since the opening race of last year, Andie’s Flying Circus was defeated in the Village Championships.
Racing a dual giant slalom on Tuesday, Feb. 26, the Circus fell to members of the Miramar Dinosaurs, but there were a couple of key caveats involved.
“Road trip, Fido! Fetch your feed!”
“Oh boy, oh-boy, oh-boy. Where are we going?”
“It’s quite up to you, Fido. I have nothing on the radar that jumps out at me. But every now and then it’s good to get out of Dodge.”
“Let’s go to where it’s warm. Death Valley!”
“Um, there’s a problem with that. Can’t go to Death Valley.”
“But I’ve heard that it’s a lot better than it sounds.”
‘Community Garden’ idea blossoms throughout county
Community gardens are sprinkled along the Eastern Sierra, with one conspicuous missing link: Mammoth.
Erin Hamilton, undaunted by a lack of soil, intense sunlight, arid conditions, and a short summer season, is working on connecting the dots by starting a community garden in Mammoth, modeled after those already established in Crowley, Lee Vining, and Bridgeport.
Gift goes to Mono County Adapted Phys-Ed
It’s one thing to get hand-me-down cross country ski equipment, but the kids in the Mono County Adapted Physical Education program got the real deal.
The Mammoth Nordic Foundation, along with Fischer Nordic, recently gave the program 23 sets of new Fischer Sprint Crown Junior XC skis, bindings, boots, and poles.
Mono Supe Fesko: ‘This is just asinine’
While much of Yosemite National Park lay under its cold winter snow, discussion over its future heated up last week.
Following strident commentary from the Mono County Board of Supervisors dealing with the Tuolumne and Merced Wild and Scenic River Plans, park officials came to Mammoth Saturday morning, Feb. 23, to explain the controversial plans and answer questions.
The price of “go fishâ€
March 6, 2013
It’s all about money. The local and out of town trout fishermen bring in a lot of revenue to the county, and in the process, get to relax and enjoy life.
But, there is a steep price to pay for their enjoyment.
First of all, there is a definite opposition from the fish and wildlife biologists to trout rearing and planting.
Their philosophy is that such practices disrupt the natural balance of nature and causes big problems for the eco-system.