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Arrests
Cody Calhoun Davis, 20, arrested for disorderly conduct: alcohol and underage in possession of alcohol in public in the North Village on Jan. 2
Gregorio Botello, 20, arrested for driving without a license on Main Street on Jan. 2
Matthew John Smith, arrested for assault with a deadly weapon: not a firearm or means likely to produce great bodily harm and possession/making/selling a dangerous weapon on Center Street on Jan. 3
Randia Katherine Rayle, 20, arrested for battery on a cohabitant/spouse/other on Hidden Valley Road on Jan. 3
Bren Ray Shamel, 36, arrested for resisting/obstructing an officer, operating a motor vehicle with the intent to evade, willfully flee or otherwise elude a pursuing peace officer and driving with a suspended license on Lodestar Drive on Jan 4
Geri Loverme, 50, arrested for disorderly conduct: alcohol on the corner of Minaret Road and Lake Mary Road on Jan. 4
Nicholas K. Burgess, 21, arrested for disorderly conduct: alcohol on the corner of Minaret Road and Lake Mary Road on Jan. 4
Citations
Shoplifting citation issued on Minaret Road on Jan. 2
Stoplamps required citation issued on Sierra Nevada Road on Jan. 2
Underage in possession of alcohol in public in North Village on Jan. 2
No street parking citation issued on Rainbow Lane on Jan. 2
No street parking citation issued on Rainbow Lane on Jan. 2
No street parking citation issued on Rainbow Lane on Jan. 2
No parking zone citation issued on Lakeview Boulevard on Jan. 2
No parking zone citation issued on Lakeview Boulevard on Jan. 2
No parking zone citation issued on Lakeview Boulevard on Jan. 2
No parking zone citation issued on Lakeview Boulevard on Jan. 2
Parking/stopping within 15 feet of a fire hydrant citation issued on Rainbow Lane on Jan. 2
No parking zone citation issued on Lakeview Boulevard on Jan. 2
No parking zone citation issued on Lakeview Boulevard on Jan. 2
Driving without a license citation issued on Main Street on Jan. 2
Unregistered vehicle citation issued on Lee Road on Jan. 3
Failure to yield right of way citation issued on Old Mammoth Road on Jan. 4
Unregistered vehicle citation issued on Meridian Boulevard on Jan. 4
Stop sign limit line citation issued on Azimuth on Jan. 4
Resisting/obstructing a peace officer citation issued on Lodestar Drive on Jan. 4
Disorderly conduct: alcohol citation issued on the corner of Minaret Road and Lake Mary Road on Jan. 4
Disorderly conduct: alcohol citation issued on the corner of Minaret Road and Lake Mary Road on Jan. 4
Using cell phone while driving citation issued on Meridian Boulevard on Jan. 4
Incidents
Grand theft property: $400+ incident reported on Meadow Lane on Jan. 2
Driving without a license incident reported on Main Street on Jan. 2
Petty theft incident reported on Sierra Nevada Road on Jan. 2
Unauthorized use of personal information incident reported on Jan. 2
Hit and run: failure to locate/notify owner incident reported on Meridian Boulevard on Jan. 2
Assault with a deadly weapon: not a firearm or means likely to produce great bodily harm incident reported on Lupin Street on Jan. 3
Lost property found incident reported in the North Village
Vehicle towed on South Frontage Road Jan. 3
Burlary incident reported on Main Street on Jan. 3
Defrauding the ski area incident reported at Chair 4 on Jan. 3
Defrauding the ski area incident reported at Canyon Lodge on Jan. 3
Hit and run: failure to locate/notify owner incident reported in Vons parking lot on Jan. 4
Resisting/obstructing a peace officer incident reported on Lodestar Drive on Jan. 4
Disorderly conduct: alcohol incident reported on corner of Minaret Boulevard and Lake Mary Road on Jan. 4 |
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MCBOS and TOML Council join to honor Myers, fling mud at a snail |
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Thursday, 24 January 2008 |
By Stacey Powells
Mammoth Times Staff Writer
 Outgoing Mammoth Hospital CEO Gary Myers accepts an award of gratitude from Mammoth Lakes Town Council member Kirk Stapp and Mayor Skip Harvey.PHOTO BY STACEY POWELLS
Gary Myers recognized
First on the agenda was the recognition of Gary Myers' years of service to the community. Under Gary Myers’ tenure as Chief Executive Officer for the Southern Mono Healthcare District for the past 13 years he accomplished quite a bit, which helped advance health services for residents and visitors of the Eastern Sierra. He spearheaded the expansion of facilities, staff and programming at Mammoth Hospital, and was instrumental in seeing that the land exchange with the Forest Service was completed. This land exchange will provide for the creation of a government center that will serve future generations of residents and visitors to the Eastern Sierra. Council member Kirk Stapp and Mammoth Lakes Mayor Skip Harvey presented a certification of appreciation to Gary Myers.
Stapp talked about his experiences with the hospital and had the highest level of praise for Myers. “You put yourself out there on the limb to make sure this community has such great service and we all appreciate what you've done,” Stapp said.
Fishy issues
Bruce Kinney, Deputy Regional Manager from California's Department of Fish and Game, advised both entities that the DFG is not meeting their targeted goals, which were identified through AB7.* “They were 'target goals,' very much dependent upon the DFG doing infrastructure maintenance and that didn't happen,” Kinney said. The DFG is at a lower number in the production area of the fisheries than they were in 2006, but will be meeting production goals in 2008.
“The Eastern Sierra and Mono County overall represent a state hatchery operation,” Kinney continued. “When we meet as a hatchery group, our objective is to stock catchable fish.” Still the question remains: Why do we have less fish in Mono County? Part of the answer is that Hot Creek had to change operations when they tested “positive” for the New Zealand mudsnail and have had to cut back on their production. “If we find the mudsnail in the water then its considered a 'positive' water,” Kinney reminded the Board and Council. “We found a mudsnail in the headwaters of Hot Creek, so very few waters in Mono County are being stocked by Hot Creek.”
“We are targeting production goals for pounds of fish,” Kinney said. “It might look like we are putting in less fish, but we are actually able to put in bigger fish. Our goal for 2008 is to input 775,000 pounds, of which about 420,000 pounds goes into Mono waters and the rest goes into Inyo County.
Mono Supervisor Byng Hunt inquired, “How open is DFG to getting help from the public?”
“Because of liability, unions and mandates in the state its difficult for public to come in and just help but the public can augment fish food which is a big cost. We need to figure out how to work within the system we have,” Kinney answered.
Dan Lyster told the group that there are not any mudsnails at the Conway Fishery. “It turned out negative,” he said.
Supervisor Vikki Magee Bauer said that Hot Creek fish were being stocked in the June Lake Loop right up until the mudsnail was found in Hot Creek. “Many of the June Lake citizens don’t think we are affected by the mudsnail because they don’t survive very well in the lakes,” Bauer stated.
Supervisor Tom Farnetti asked if the DFG is expecting any cutbacks because of the state budget cuts. “There are tentative cutbacks that came back from the state but we weren’t affected so the $15 million is still there along with $1.4 million in fish restoration dollars. As far as I know there are no hatcheries set up for potential closure,” Kinney stated. “We are pretty positive about the Eastern Sierra, but I could walk out of here right now and that could change because of the way governmental bodies run.”
It was decided that a subcommittee be formed because it makes sense for Bruce Kinney to have specific points of contacts within each of the organizations so they have better ways to pass along DFG information to the public.
One more time: Storm story #237
Mono County Sheriff Rick Scholl gave another brief overview of the recent storm activities during the first week in January. Scholl read from weather services printouts, some which said, “Do not travel in the Sierra. Attempting to travel in the Sierra may put your life at risk.” He also cited several other messages from several national weather services all saying the same thing. “All the regional offices reported the same things and there were many conference calls going back and for the between Mono County and other offices, who said that Mono County could expect no resources from Southern California because they were expecting more than 10 inches of rain. They were all saying to be prepared and we were,” Scholl stated.
“I’m supportive of the decisions we made,” said Council member John Eastman. “We don’t have hindsight when we are up against making these decisions. We were just up against the information the professionals were giving us.”
“Who makes the final decision?” asked Council member Stapp.
“It's me,” replied Scholl.
“I feel much more confident that we can uphold our responsibility to public safety,” concurred Mayor Pro Tem Wendy Sugimura.
*AB7 was a bill written by Assembly Member Dave Cogdill and provides that, of the moneys collected from fees for lifetime sportsman's licenses, lifetime hunting licenses, and lifetime sport fishing licenses, $20 from the initial issuance of each lifetime license is deposited into the Fish and Game Preservation Fund for the costs of hunting and sport fishing programs, and the rest is deposited in the Lifetime License Trust Account within that fund, the principal of which is to be used for investment, except as specified.
This bill instead provides that 33 1/3 percent of the fees derived from the issuance of all sport fishing licenses, with the exception of revenue currently designated for deposit into the Lifetime License Trust Account in the Fish and Game Preservation Fund, be deposited into the Hatchery and Inland Fisheries Fund, which the bill would establish in the State Treasury. It also provides that moneys in the fund may be used, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to support programs of the Department of Fish and Game related to the management and maintenance of California's fish hatcheries and inland fisheries, the Wild Trout Program, the California Heritage Trout Program, and enforcement activities related thereto, and to support other activities eligible to be funded from revenue generated by sport fishing license fees.
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 31 January 2008 )
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