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News Briefs 8/28 |
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Thursday, 28 August 2008 |
Mammoth interested in Tallus?
Mammoth Mountain Ski Area continues to have discussions with Erik Fishburn, the principle developer for Tallus. MMSA has an agreement in place stating that under certain circumstances they would be able to market Tallus once it gets out of bankruptcy proceedings. “We have a close relationship with Eric Fishburn and remain very hopeful,” said MMSA CEO Rusty Gregory.
Rossignol snowboard binding recall
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with Rossignol, announced a voluntary recall of the 2007 Rossignol HC snowboard bindings. This includes the HC 750, HC 1000, HC 2000, HC 3000, HC Mini, HC Amber, HC Diva, HC Harmony, HC Sonar, HC Zena and Jones Brown models. According to the recall, t-nuts that attach the buckles to the straps can detach, posing a fall hazard. Consumers who have the effected bindings may take them to a Rossignol snowboard retailer for free replacement t-nuts or contact Rossignol to have a repair kit mailed to them.
Currently, there are no Rossignol snowboard retailers in Mammoth Lakes.
Scholarships for grant writing workshops
Zocklein & Associates is offering scholarships in the amount of $74 off the full registration fee of $349 for nonprofit and faith-based organizations, government agencies, schools and students to attend a two-day grant writing workshop. Workshops will be held in the San Francisco are, Los Angeles, Sacramento and Fremont during the month of September. Zocklein & Associates has offered grant writing training since 1995 with the goal of providing nonprofit organizations, government agencies and schools with specific revenue building tools. Call (800) 371-5703 or visit www.zockgrant.com.
Caltrans remembers lost workers
On the one-year anniversaries of the deaths of three workers, Caltrans reminds drivers that “Slower is Better” in highway work zones. At this time last year, Caltrans worker Djuan bush lost his life on the job due to an errant driver. On November 28, 2007, John Knabenbauer was killed while working in a highway work zone as well. And still, Matthew White lost his life as he worked to repair California's highway system on December 14, 2007.
Caltrans says Californians should proceed with caution wherever a highway is stocked with bright orange cones (“cone zones”) and be especially attentive to highway workers and other vehicles. The occupants of vehicles are at even higher risk as 85 percent of people killed in work zones are drivers or passengers, most commonly in rear-end collisions.
Agriculture #2 in county revenue
The combined agricultural production numbers for 2007 were released in the 2007 Agricultural Crop and Livestock Report totaling $56,903,900. “This is a 17 percent increase from 2006,” said Agricultural Commissioner George Milovich in an address to the Supervisors. The report is a compilation of crop production and estimated values of commodities grown in Inyo and Mono counties.
Inyo County totals for 2007 came to $19,979,550 and included livestock, field crops, miscellaneous crops and Apiary. Total revenues for Mono County for 2007 came to $36,924,350. Second only to tourism, agriculture continues as one of the integral parts of Inyo and Mono counties' economy.
Celebrate the Sequoias
The public is invited to attend the tenth annual Celebrate Sequoias Festival on Saturday, Sept. 6, from 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. This free event will include vendors, information booths and opportunities to participate in guided walks through the lesser-known giant sequoia groves of Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks, and Giant Sequoia National Monument in Sequoia National Forest.
For additional information call the Kings Canyon Visitor Center at (559) 565-4307 or the Hume Lake Ranger Station at (559) 338-2251.
Inyo and Mono counties receive grant
Thanks to Sierra Nevada Conservancy (SNC) grant funding, Inyo and Mono counties are completing a regional land tenure (land ownership) planning process. The goal of this effort is to identify and maximize multiple benefits of future public agency land ownership transfers in the eastern Sierra.
Inyo and Mono counties submitted a Strategic Opportunity Grant proposal to the SNC last year to fund completion of the Land Tenure project. The awarded grant will enable the counties and land agencies to work with the Sierra Business Council and other qualified consultants to educate local residents about agency land policies, seek community consensus on the desire for community expansion, and prepare and present summary workshop findings and recommendations.
Tollefson moves to Yosemite Fund
Yosemite National Park Superintendent Mike Tollefson will be leaving his post at the end of the year to become the new president of the nonprofit Yosemite Fund..
“With his leadership, vision and familiarity with all aspects of the park, we are confident that our record of success and growth to preserve and protect Yosemite will continue in the years to come,” said Hal Cranston, chairman of The Yosemite Fund. “We are extremely fortunate
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