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March 6th, 2013
‘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.
March 3rd
Ski P.E. program alive despite cost of moving to Mammoth Mountain
“I really thought we would sell enough lemonade to keep June open,” a third grader from Lee Vining Elementary School said to kindergarten teacher Anna Strathman.
But their plea fell on deaf ears, so they redirected the money to cover the increased cost of running the Ski P.E. program at Mammoth Mountain.
A 21-year-old female from Mammoth was sexually assaulted at 1:40 a.m. on Feb. 20 just outside The Tap bar.
A tall, skinny male of unknown race, his face obscured by the hood of his black puffy jacket, approached her from behind and grabbed her breasts.
Footprints took officers from near the bar toward a condominium complex on Meridian where they became jumbled with other footprints.
Winter is still alive—and roaring—March 8-9, when the Eastern Sierra makes way for the June Lake Snowmobile Rally.
The main event is the Snowmobile Poker Run Saturday, March 9. The weekend begins with Friday’s welcome party with live music, dinner specials, and poker run registration.
The Snowmobile Poker Run is comprised of a 15-mile course, from June Lake Junction to Bald Mountain Scenic Look-out and begins with an open start.
There will be a $500 grand prize for best hand.
A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that nearly 100,000 visitors in 2011 spent $3,642,000 in Devils Postpile National Monument and in communities near the park.
That spending supported 43 jobs in the local area.
“Devils Postpile National Monument helps sustain the local economy with ecotourism,” Superintendent Deanna Dulen said. “The national monument brings visitor spending to the surrounding communities and helps support local jobs.”
Disabled Sports Eastern Sierra wrapped up their third Paralympic Sport Camp of the winter season.
The Alpine Ski and Race Camp is one of several DSES Paralympic Sport camps, a recruitment camp for further Paralympic training.
Half Dome cables day use permits for the 2013 hiking season will be available for reservation starting today, March 1, through Sunday, March 31, Yosemite National Park officials announced.
Permits to hike to the top of Half Dome are required. Reservations will be distributed via a lottery system. Successful parties will be notified in early April.
A maximum of 300 hikers will be allowed on the Half Dome cables per day.
As a local, I feel ripped off
March 6, 2013
Kudos to Michael Raimondo and Matt Lehman for being the only responsible council members who voted to impose the penalties and interest in regards to a home being illegally rented out nightly.
As a local, I feel ripped off.
For the other council members who voted to allow the owners Kevin and Carolynn Cozen to not have to pay on the penalties and interest, when they fully knew and basically admitted they were renting their home illegally, should resign.