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Mammoth looks to Oakland for new town manager

February 26, 2011

The Mammoth Lakes Town Council and legal staff went looking for a major leaguer to fill the Town Manager’s job, and they may have found one in Marianna Marysheva-Martinez.

She’s dynamic, and has big-city smarts, as the town staff will discover Wednesday, when she takes over as Interim Town Manager.

Gov. Jerry Brown, then the mayor of chaotic Oakland, turned to Marysheva-Martinez to be his budget director for five years. She then served for five years as an assistant city administrator in Oakland’s Ron Dellums Administration.

What's Up, Up Here? Feb. 25

February 26, 2011

Mammoth’s Deena Kastor, the Olympic Marathon bronze medalist and American record holder in the marathon and half marathon, gave birth to a baby girl on Monday night, tweeted her Mammoth Track Club teammate, Josh Cox.

“HUGE CONGRATS to Andrew & Deena Kastor on the birth of a healthy baby girl! Piper Bloom Kastor, 6-lbs 5-oz. 19in! WOW!” Cox tweeted just after 9 p.m. PST on Monday. This is the first child for Kastor and her husband Andrew. Kastor, who turned 38 last week, will be aiming to make her fourth Olympic team in 2012. ...

Nevadans arrested near Bridgeport for drug violations

February 24, 2011

On Wednesday, Feb. 23 at approximately 7:30 a.m., Mono County Sheriff’s Department deputies stopped a vehicle with no license plates and no displayed temporary registration paperwork traveling northbound on U.S. 395 north of Bridgeport.

The deputy made contact with the two individuals inside of the vehicle, identified as Rae Dean Anderson, 42, of Sun Valley, Nev., and Dennis Shay,34, of Winnemucca, Nev. They stated they were traveling from Mexico to the Reno area.

Mammoth Winter Biathlon: Effort of blood, sweat, joy

February 19, 2011

One look at the course map for the 2011 Mammoth Winter Biathlon and you know this is serious business.

It resembles an Olympic course.

It has a stadium built into the hill that looks out to the shooting lanes and across the lanes where competitors will pass three times during the course of the race.

Thus, spectators will be able to keep up on who’s in the lead, how often
the lead changes, who is shooting when and who’s taking their penalty laps.

“Biathlon is changing and becoming much more spectator friendly,” said Race Director Mike Karch.

Profile: Cougar Gold's Mark D. Wallace, a Sarah Palin pal with ties to Bush Administration

February 18, 2011

• American businessman, former diplomat and lawyer who has served in a variety of government, political and private sector posts.

• He is the President of Tigris Financial Group Ltd. (Tigris) and President of United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI).
• He served in several positions during the administration of George W. Bush, including as the United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Representative for UN Management and Reform.

Mayor Skip Harvey wantz t change the town govt.

February 18, 2011

Mammoth Lakes Mayor Skip Harvey has a few ideas about how government works – or doesn’t – in this town.

Make that a lot of ideas, some of which he tossed out to the town council on Wednesday night.

One of them was easy enough – a proposal to change the structure of town council meetings.

The second one got most of the attention – changing the very structure of the government.

Mono Craters hiker rescued

February 17, 2011

On the night of February 11, 2011, the Mono County Sheriff Search and Rescue (SAR) Team was called out to assist Betsy Rieke, 67, of Carson City, Nev., who became lost and stranded above a cliff while on a solo hike in the Mono Craters.

She made cell phone contact with the persons with whom she had discussed the hike with, who in turn, reported the situation to the Sheriff’s Department before they began to hike to Ms. Rieke’s location.

The Sheriff’s Department dispatched personnel to the area where it was determined that SAR should also respond.

Whitmore Track Project halted; rare species of blooms stand in its way

February 12, 2011

The Whitmore Track project has been stopped in its tracks.

Fast-tracked by the Mammoth Lakes Town Council for an anticipated construction and completion by the end of the dry season, the project has no chance of that, due to a request by the Department of Fish and Game for a new plant survey.

The DFG, which regulates habitat issues in addition to critters, said it wants the survey to determine if the construction of the track would harm three “rare species” of blooms.

“We’re not happy about it,” said Elaine Smith of the High Sierra Striders, “but we’re going to accommodate the DFG.

What's Up, Up Here? Feb. 11

February 12, 2011

Mammoth speed racer Stacey Cook this week crashed out of the World Super G in the World Ski Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in fast-fast-fast conditions. After a cycle of freeze-thaw-freeze days, the Super G course was so slick that she said, “It was the first time I could see my reflection in the snow.” ...

Olympic champion Julia Mancuso of Squaw Valley finished second, BTW, behind Austria’s Elisabeth Goergl. ...