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April 13th, 2012
By
George Shirk/Times News Editor
We were watching golf on TV and Fido could not stay awake.
He was not disinterested, though.
The Mammoth Lakes Police Department will host its third Community Police Academy starting April 19 and lasting for six weeks.
Mono County utilizes what is known as the CodeRed Emergency Alert System when a critical incident or emergency situation takes place within the county. This system is a database of resident and citizen information for use only in critical and emergency situations.
The Mammoth Community Water District (MCWD) will be replacing sub-standard sewer pipeline with 2,540 feet of larger, standard PVC pipes throughout sections of Mammoth beginning this May. The project will affect two streets tin Mammoth; Meridian Boulevard and Center Street, according to the district.
Three environmental groups have filed suit in Inyo County Superior Court to overturn the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s decision to approve the project and to order LADWP to prepare an environmental impact report (EIR).
The Mono Basin Visitor Center reopened for the year last week, and if that isn’t a harbinger of spring, nothing is. It’s open Thursday to Monday from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. …
By
George Shirk/Times News Editor
An arts center situated on Old Mammoth Road, an idea that has been floating around town for years, reassumed front-burner status this week.
April 12th
By
news and analysis by Wendilyn Grasseschi – Mammoth Times Staff Writer
RAW: US Highway 395 is closed to both north and southbound traffic in Inyo County near Division Creek Rest area. The highway was closed at approximately 5:00 am this morning and remains closed due to a traffic
collision involving two semi-trucks. Division Creek Rest Area was also closed as a precaution. A detour around the area is being utilized to move the traveling public.
Will update as new information becomes available.
Source: Caltrans
April 10th
The Northern Mono Chamber of Commerce will be sponsoring a “Candidates Night” on April 12 at 7 p.m. at the Antelope Valley Community Center.
The Candidates for County Supervisor, District 4 will be there; Meadowcliff Resort owner Tim Fesko, Bridgeport Inn owner Bob Peters, and business owner and former Mono County Planning Commissioner Jan Huggans,
This is the time for you to ask those important questions before you vote on June 5th.
Refreshments will be served by the Northern Mono Chamber of Commerce.
April 9th
The Mammoth Lakes Foundation’s mission is to support higher education and the arts in the Eastern Sierra and has done so vigorously since its birth in 1989 under the guidance of Dave McCoy and a small group who shared his vision.
By
Lesley-Ann Hoxie – Mammoth Times Intern
Our View Opportunity from Chaos
April 13, 2012
It often takes dire situations for things to change.
At other times, dire situations fuel more of the kind of negativity that was partially responsible for the failures in the first place.
But within chaos lies opportunity.
Mammoth Lakes is slowly emerging out of a nightmare of a winter. We just want to put this winter behind us and focus on the future.
But in order for Mammoth Lakes to a.) emerge out of this lull and b.) to thrive and succeed in subsequent years, things need to change.
Attitude is on top of the list.