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What's Up, Up Here? News and gossip for May 13-19

May 13, 2011

Who wants to pick up dog poop in a blizzard? As it turns out, there was Suzanne Nottingham and just a very few others. The Great Dog Poop Pickup was rescheduled for 11 a.m. this coming Sunday (May 15) along Sherwin Creek Road. …

Speaking of cleanups, the Annual Town Cleanup Day has been moved up to June 11, sez Town Rec Manager Stuart Brown. ...

How many of us are here Up Here? New census figures show 8,237 Mammothites say this is their home, up six percent from the 7,093 measured in 2000. ...

Code Red alert for Mono City

May 10, 2011

A woman who triggered a Code Red alert in Mono City this afternoon after she entered a home and was thought to be possibly armed has been removed from the home, according to Mono City resident Liz Holt.

The MT first heard about the incident at about 4:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Mono County human resource director is new interim county administrator

May 6, 2011

Jim Arken, Mono County’s human resources director for the past year, will serve as the county’s interim administrative officer (CAO) until a new CAO can be found, following the departure of Mono County CAO Dave Wilbrecht in early June.

Arken, 58, was chosen by the county board of supervisors over the past week and a half and his contract to serve as both the interim CAO and the human resources director was approved unanimously Tuesday.

He will serve alongside current CAO Dave Wilbrecht until Wilbrecht takes his new job as the Town manager for the Town of Mammoth Lakes.

Happy Mother's Day

May 6, 2011

It’s Mother’s Day on Sunday, and all over town you can hear it, feel it, and most of all, smell it.
It’s the sound of champagne corks popping out of bottles, soon to be mixed with ice-cold orange juice – the Mother’s Day Mimosa.

Sometimes in Mammoth, the decks become crowded with celebrants; sometimes not. This year might be a bit on the cool side.

Practically all the local restaurants have special brunches for the Moms. Eggs Benedict abound and the scent of hollandaise and poached eggs, Canadian bacon and fruit dishes permeate the air.

Mammoth has a brand new brand

May 6, 2011

Mammoth has a brand new face.

If not a new face, then at least a brand new brand.

It’s blue and white and evokes the letter M, water, and mountains. Before long, it will be ubiquitous around town, on brochures and other mailings.

It will be on streetside banners, wayfinding markers, city vehicles and behind the Town Council dais.

No one would be surprised if it also weren’t tattooed on John Urdi’s forehead.

Urdi, Mammoth’s tourism director, showed up at the Town Council meeting on Wednesday and pushed through a proposal to re-brand the town.

What's Up, Up Here? News and gossip for May 6-12

May 6, 2011

Nothing quite like spending Mothers Day picking up dog poop, then heading for brunch, but that’s the plan along Sherwin Creek Road, says citizen activist Suzanne Nottingham, who will be at Mammoth’s “Unofficial Dog Park” at 11 a.m. ...

Longtime Mammoth resident and writer Georgia Lowe is up for the Independent Book Publishers Benjamin Franklin Award. Her book, “The Bonus,” an examination of the Depression-era Bonus March, is a finalist in the category of historical fiction. Not only that, she gets to go to New York City for the May 23 ceremony. ...

Meet new Inyo Forest Supervisor

May 2, 2011

On thursday, May 5, there will be a Meet and Greet with Ed Armenta, new Inyo National Forest Supervisor, from 4-6 p.m. at the Mammoth Welcome Center on SR 203.

Is winter over yet? Kinda. Mostly.

April 30, 2011

The weatherman says yes. Mostly.

According to Mammoth’s weather forecaster, Howard Sheckter, the long, cold, snowy winter of 2010-11 is finally over – mostly.

With 618 - 637 inches measured up at the 9,200 foot elevation on Mammoth Mountain now, the winter goes down in the record books as Mammoth’s snowiest, though not wettest, winter ever.

It started snowing on Oct. 5, making it seven months of snow, although an abnormally dry January and February gave us something of a break for a short time.

June Mountain snowboarder found safe

April 29, 2011

On the afternoon of April 24, the Mono County Sheriff Search and Rescue (SAR) Team was called out to search for a lost snowboarder.

Tiffany Pridanonda, age 21, of Walnut, CA, was snowboarding on June Mountain with a group of friends when she became separated and went out of bounds from the top of Chair 6. She went downhill to the east but could not climb back up.

She sent cell phone text messages to her friends and attempted to navigate to Highway 395. She went as far as the Hartley Springs campground, called 911, and was advised to stay where she was until the SAR team arrived.