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PHOTO: SAM NICOLOSI Police were called when a visitor became trapped in a restroom News,sheet Views & Culture of the Eastern Sierra at Horseshoe Lake in June. Record visitor use (and its associ- ated problems) is part of a nationwide trend. See story, p. 19. Saturday, August 20, 2016 FREE Vol. 14, No. Papi BOURNE (NOT QUITE) MAMMOTH LAKES: HELP WANTED FREE Business is booming, but where are the employees? Local doctor takes plea in looting case By Giles ccording to local busi- Lakes’ economy makes it dif- to remain unnamed, said, ness owners, this sum- ficult to retain good workers. “If tourism stops, Mammoth Amer has been a good “As a business owner, I seek goes away. It can’t be about us one. Mammoth Lakes Tour- out employees who intend to versus them. We need to work ism recorded that visitation stay for longer than a season. together to create a killer was up by 10 percent from I seek people who want to environment for tourists, and last summer for June and 4 stick around, work through- to preserve a community for percent for July. Business is out the year, get involved locals.” steady, work is plentiful, there in the community… That is Billy Calhoun has lived in is money to be made. There very hard to sustain when Mammoth since 2004. He’s aren’t enough employees, the biggest business in this been the General Manager however, to make it. town, the Mountain, breeds a at Lakefront Restaurant and “I love being busy. I love culture among its employees, worked in management at having the business,” said of not working year-round.” Mammoth Mountain. Cal- Brandon Brocia, Chef and One local coffee shop own- houn told The Sheet that Owner at the Eatery and Bleu er said that the summer of Mammoth Mountain Ski Area Handcrafted Foods. “When 2016 has been the best finan- (MMSA) knows it can afford business is booming, I can cial summer since his shop to have higher turnover rates hire more competent staff has been open. One of his than local businesses. “There PHOTO: BOB BURD/SUMMITPOST.ORG and I can afford to pay them employees wasn’t so sure that will always be another person Jonathan Bourne seen here extracting a Native American bow stave in more. Right now, the business was a good thing. “It used to who wants those jobs,” Cal- the Sierra Nevada, September 2014. is there, the work is there, be that once school started, houn told The Sheet. By Bodine but businesses are hurting it was vacation time for the Another owner of a local he local doctor with a years of probation. Vested for staff. That’s never a good people who live here. There food service establishment penchant for Native parties, specifically tribal place to be as a business was hardly a spring shoulder reported that 80 percent of TAmerican artifacts, members, will have a chance owner or as an employee.” season [this year], and I ex- her employees stick around Jonathan Bourne, has pled to address the court dur- Brocia said that the transient, pect fall will be busy too.” The Mammoth Lakes for an aver- guilty to two felony counts ing the sentencng hearing, seasonal nature of Mammoth business owner, who wished age of four to six months. of transporting, removing, Bureau of Land Management “Somehow this town needs to extracting and damaging Archeologist Greg Haverstock attract a sustainable work- archeological resources in told The Sheet by e-mail. STELLAR HELP force, but the housing is Humboldt-Toiyabe National “The judge can then consider limited and can be expensive Forest in Nevada and Death the impacts of Dr. Bourne’s for someone just looking to Valley. He was originally illicit actions on Native work for minimum wage and charged with 20 felonies, American heritage and the enjoy the outdoors as much facing 98 years in jail and a $2 archaeological sciences.” as possible,” she said. million fine. As part of the plea, Bourne According to the 2015 Com- On Monday August 15, in is banned from entering pub- munity Indicators Report, U.S. District Court, Eastern lic lands, be it National Parks, 90 percent of the economic California, Bourne took a National Forests, Bureau of growth that occurred in plea deal and agreed to pay Land Management areas or Mammoth Lakes in 2015 was $249,372 in restitution that those administered by the in low income, service sector will pay for “the cost of res- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers jobs. Mammoth Lakes Cham- toration and repair including while on probation, with the ber of Commerce reported the cost of long term curation exception of a one-mile radi- that when it surveyed local and storage for the cultural us around his home, which is businesses in March 2016, 50 heritage resources named in surrounded by public lands. percent said they had trouble the indictment,” according to Other exceptions include finding an adequate number a press release from the U.S. traveling for non-recreational of quality employees, and District Court. use on public lands, such as 100 percent of respondents Bourne will be sentenced providing medical services or PHOTO: ANDREA WALKER said employees had difficulty on November 7. He is facing search and rescue missions. Getting them started early: Levi Walker assists his mom, Andrea, owner finding housing, with the top a maximum penalty of four of Stellar Brew while she bakes pastries for her coffee shop. Walker has years in prison and three see LOOTING, page 18 lost each baker she hired this summer. see HELP, page 18

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BRADY WANTS TO WIN, DOES MAMMOTH? the Ted Carleton...... Jack of all Lunches Let’s give credit where credit is due. 760.937.4613 / [email protected] Four years ago, the Town of Mammoth Lakes was mulling bankruptcy as a June Simpkins ..Jack of everything else result of the airport litigation settlement. The town was coming off a drought 760.937.3967 / [email protected] winter, one of several in recent years. The business community was hurting. Mammoth’s Council had some difficult decisions to make. It slashed spend- sheet Mike Bodine ...... Writer ing, particularly at the police department, where the number of sworn officers News, Views & Culture of the Eastern Sierra [email protected] was reduced by a third. “Quidam, cum vellet Campanie Sarah Rea ...... The answer, said Mammoth Mountain CEO Rusty Gregory at the time, was Writer et caviar quam calidum canes et [email protected] that we had to “grow our way out of it.” Hence, the decision to initiate the habebat puteum.” TBID (Tourism Business Improvement District) and pour millions of dollars -Dwight D. Eisenhower Charles James ...... Contributor into marketing. 760.614.0546 And we’ve had a good run. We’ve been fortunate that the decrease in pub- JACK LUNCH Clouds McCloud ...... lic safety staffing hasn’t burned us ... yet, anyway. We can argue about who PUBLISHER Ass-trologer should get what amount of credit for increased summer visitation. How much P.O. Box 8088 Abagael Giles ...... to Mammoth Lakes Tourism, and how much is related to an improved re- Writer Mammoth Lakes, CA 93546 [email protected] gional and national economy and general trends in summer travel (mountain 760.924.0048 resorts across the west have been experiencing record summer visitation) - /[email protected] An adjudicated paper of general circula- but you’ve got to give fair credit to the marketing effort. For a subscription to The Sheet contact And now that we’re not in quite such desperate straits, it is time to scale tion. ©2016 The Sheet, all rights reserved. Lunch at his above e-mail address, or call the back on the marketing drug. In short, we’re like a resuscitated patient who’s office. Issues are mailed out bi-weekly. Cost www.thesheetnews.com afraid of weaning himself off the life-saving medication, much like the Fed- Check out for is $65/year. eral Reserve is afraid of weaning itself off of ultra-low interest rates and cheap more content, daily updates and free online money. And Mammoth Lakes Tourism is Big Pharma, telling us we can’t pos- classifieds. sibly live without the drugs. full-time equivalent of 7.5 employees and total employee expenditure (count- That said, consider … ing benefits) is $588,000. Bend, like Mammoth, has been setting records in The Town of Mammoth Lakes spends more money on its marketing and room tax revenue, experiencing 12 consecutive months of historic highs from tourism budget than 8 U.S. States (out of 45 reporting states) according to March, 2014 through February, 2015. the U.S. Travel Association (Nebraska, North Dakota, Iowa, Indiana, Vermont, From the Crested Butte News (Jan. 2016): The paper reported a $1.7 million Delaware, Pennsylvania, Washington). marketing spend for Crested Butte/Gunnison for the next fiscal year. A brief internet surf revealed the following tourism and marketing spending Now consider … among peer resorts. Often, we’ve been told by Councilmembers and would-be Councilmembers From the Idaho Mountain Express: Sun Valley spent $1.92 million on its in recent years that government needs to be run like a business. marketing budget in 2014-2015 and $2.18 million in 2015-2016. That budget Okay. So how much does business spend on marketing? includes money used for air subsidy, and the 2014-2015 budget included a A CMO (Chief Marketing Officer) survey in 2014 published by the American $210,000 state grant. Marketing Association and Duke University found that, on average, compa- From the Aspen Times (Oct. 28, 2015): Aspen’s projected marketing budget nies doing less than $25 million in annual revenue spent 11 percent of gross for 2016 was $2.4 million. The budget is funded by three quarters of 2 percent revenue on marketing; those that made $25-99 million spent 9 percent. of the lodging tax. The article also noted that Aspen’s lodging occupancy in Adding up Mammoth’s general fund revenue, TBID revenue and Measures R Sept. 2015 was up 14 percent over the previous year. and U revenue, the Town brings in about $25 million annually. From VisitBend.com, the destination marketing organization for Bend, Or- That would translate into a $2.5 million spend (at 10 percent of gross rev- egon: $2.63 million budget (Bend is a small city of 100,000 people). It has the enue). Mammoth Lakes Tourism’s current budget is approximately $6.5 million, or 26 percent of gross revenue. Granted, we are in a competitive industry and perhaps we should spend more than 10 percent of gross revenue. The question is, how much more? I have had Councilmembers tell me that to take one dime away from the Mam- moth Lakes Tourism budget would be “short-sighted.” Myself, I don’t think much of the tourism industry’s ROI (Return on Invest- ment) calculations. They’re nothing more than an exercise in self-glorification and self-justification. The idea that for every marketing dollar spent there is a return of $200 or $300 in tourist spending is ludicrous. If that were the case, all marketing budgets would be infinity, ‘cause who doesn’t want to trade a George for a few Benjamins? Say, for example, that tomorrow I decided to fire all my reporters and re- place them with salespeople. Initially, I might see an increase in revenue based upon sheer saturation. But then, what would these salespeople be selling? They’d be selling on a reputation and a brand that I was no longer investing in. In short, they’d be selling on what my attributes used to be. And it doesn’t take long for consum- ers to recognize that. You only have one chance to make a first impression.

It has long been the position of Mammoth Lakes Tourism that its job is to get people to town. Nothing more. Once people get to town, then it is the job of others to take care of them. I just don’t like looking at things that way. We all bear a responsibility to serve our guests, and we all bear a responsi- bility to do our part in marketing our community. On a base hit to the outfield, does the pitcher just stand on the mound, or does he go and back up a base? On a reverse in football, does the quarterback just stand around hoping it works, or does he try to throw a block? Final sports analogy. One of the reasons the New England Patriots have been so good for so long is that Quarterback Tom Brady has consistently structured his contract in such a way as to minimize its impact on the team’s salary cap (teams are only allow to spend so much on payroll, and the whole accounting process can be a bit byzantine). Brady wants to win so badly that he’s often taken less money in order to ensure the team’s ability to sign and retain its other great players. Team needs have changed around here. Can and will Mammoth adjust? WHAT’S HAPPENING AUGUST 19–26

EVENTS & ENTERTAINMENT SUMMER ACTIVITIES DINING & HAPPY HOUR

11,053' FULL MOON SUMMIT PARTY • AUGUST 19 ADVENTURE CENTER DINNER FOR TWO • THE VILLAGE Summer’s hub for outdoor fun is open daily from For only $50/couple, you can get your fi ll on Tuesdays Ride the Panorama Gondola to the top of 8:30am–6pm. Let the kids loose on the zip line, at Sushi Rei with a 3-course meal plus 4-fl avor sake the Sierra at dusk to watch the sun set climbing wall and bungee trampoline daily from fl ight, or go big with 4-courses and 50% off bottled and the full moon rise. The top of the 10am–5pm. The Adventure Center is also home to the wine on Thursdays at Campo Mammoth. mountain will be buzzing with indoor/ Mammoth Bike Park, Scenic Gondola Rides, and the outdoor fun including music, food and Reds Meadow Shuttle offering access to Devils Postpile, 53 KITCHEN & COCKTAILS • New-American Eats Rainbow Falls and the San Joaquin River Valley. drinks for purchase, a lighted walk to Enjoy an all-you-can-eat Sunday brunch the Lakes Basin Overlook, and a guided EXPLORE MAMMOTH EXPERIENCE from 10am–1pm, only $25 for adults nature walk with the Eleven53 docent. Discover the geologic, natural and cultural history of and $15 for kids. You can also cozy up Tickets required, call 800.MAMMOTH Mammoth by visiting the interactive exhibits inside at Mammoth’s coolest hotspot in The to purchase. the Eleven53 Interpretive Center at the summit and on-mountain learning stations – access included with Village for lunch and dinner starting at each gondola ticket. Open daily, 9am–4pm. 11am, and happy hour from 3–5pm with LIVE MUSIC AT 53 • AUGUST 19 & 20 Grab a bite and craft cocktail at 53 Kitchen & $2–$5 food and $3–$6 drink specials. SAVE UP TO 80% AT MAMMOTH SPORTS OUTLET Cocktails in The Village then stick around for some Reservations: 760.934.0707 Located inside the Mountain Center in The Village, live tunes from Jonny Tarr Trio, playing Friday and drop by for one-stop-shopping with outrageous deals Saturday night 8–11pm. on winter outerwear, summer casualwear, skis, SUSHI REI • ASIAN-FUSION snowboards, and more. Open daily 8:30am–7pm. Located street level in The Village, featuring a vibrant LIVE MUSIC AT TAMARACK LODGE • AUGUST 19 & 20 setting and colorful menu of tasty starters, fresh sushi Enjoy live piano with Joe Gray Jr. in the lounge at and noodle bowls. Try the new infused-sake fl ights or Tamarack Lodge before indulging in a delicious 2 LESSONS = FREE MAMMOTH + happy hour daily from 5–6pm and all night Sunday dinner at The Lakefront Restaurant. Every Friday and SUMMIT BIKE PARK PASS with half-off apps and more. Opens nightly at 5pm. Saturday from 6–9pm. August is Learn to Ride Month. Join an Reservations: 760.934.0774 instructor for an introduction to trail MAMMOTH WINE WEEKEND • AUGUST 19–21 riding, followed by a second qualifying CAMPO MAMMOTH • RUSTIC ITALIAN Wine and dine with Silver Oak Cellars at A favorite locale for family dinner, drinks al fresco or a lesson before August 31 and get a free an exclusive Winemaker Dinner at The game of bocce ball on the terrace. Located in the heart Lakefront restaurant on Friday night. On bike park pass good for the rest of the of The Village, opens daily at 11am with happy hour Saturday, sample over 50 vintages from season at two different mountains. Go from 3–5pm, or dine on Sundays where kids get a free online for details. meal with each adult entrée purchased from 5–8pm. 28+ wineries during Wine Walk in The Reservations: 760.934.0669 Village, then conclude the weekend's events with a Sunday Champagne Brunch WOMEN’S MTB CLINIC • AUGUST 20 THE LAKEFRONT RESTAURANT • FINE DINING at Campo Mammoth. Get your tickets Whether it’s day one or you’re already a downhill Perched on the banks of Twin Lakes, The Lakefront is online or by calling 800.MAMMOTH – diva, this clinic will have you sending it down the Mammoth’s most intimate fi ne dining experience. The limited dinner spots available. singletrack with your newfound knowledge. Perfect menu changes with the season, and features fresh, for all ages and abilities to boost bike skills. Clinic sustainable, locally sourced selections. Open daily for begins at 10am at the Adventure Center. Call 800. lunch on the patio from 11:30am–2pm and for dinner VC MTB BIKE RACES • AUGUST 19 & 26 MAMMOTH to book. service at 5:30pm. Reservations: 760.934.2442 Join the free Friday VC downhill races on August 19 down Pipeline and August 26 on Kamikaze. Register MOUNTAIN BIKE PARK MOUNTAINSIDE BAR & GRILL • CLASSIC AMERICAN CUISINE at 4pm day-of at the Adventure Center; race start at Open daily from 9am–6pm with access to miles of Located inside the Mammoth Mountain Inn, offering 5:30pm with awards and afterparty following. singletrack. Riding terrain ranges from adrenaline-fi lled a family-friendly dining experience with traditional, downhills to smooth cross country trails and beginner- vegetarian and kid dishes. Opens daily at 7am for WOOLLY’S SUMMER SATURDAY • AUGUST 20 level learning zones. Bike park tickets and rentals are breakfast, with dinner and bar service from 5–9pm. Join your favorite mountain-biking mascot every available from the Adventure Center across from Main Saturday for a bike ride down the Discovery Trail Lodge, or the Mountain Center in The Village. YODLER • AUTHENTIC BAVARIAN followed by family fun at the Adventure Center. After Grab a seat on the sundeck to take in the mountain the bike ride, Woolly will hang for face painting and a SIERRA STAR GOLF COURSE views. Enjoy $2 beer specials all summer, a signature frozen treat. Eastern Sierra’s only 18-hole championship course – Bavarian pretzel, schnitzel sandwiches, and BBQ you won’t fi nd a more stunning golf course anywhere. favorites hot off the grill. Located adjacent to the COMEDY NIGHT • AUGUST 25 Tee off with a morning or twilight round, or play 5 Adventure Center, open daily 11am–7pm. holes after 5pm for only $29. Call 760.924. GOLF for A night of laughs at 53 Kitchen & more info. Hours: 7am–8pm daily. Cocktails in The Village featuring Chinedu, as seen on the Mindy Project, MAMMOTH CHILD CARE as well as Candice Thompson and Allow us to entertain the kids while you spend a day Amanda Seales. Admission is $15, outdoors. Open 9am–5pm Monday–Friday in The Village. Custom evening hours or additional days show starts at 9pm. For tickets call available to suit your individual needs. Please call 760.934.0707 or purchase at the door. 760.934.0632 and leave a detailed message.

THE VILLAGE SUMMER MOVIE SERIES • AUGUST 21 & 25 Bring your favorite blanket or grab a chair in The Village for an outdoor movie viewing in the Plaza starting at 7:45pm. Sunday, August 21: Pan (PG); Thursday, August 25: Divergent Series – Allegiant (PG-13). 4 I LETTERS/BRIEFS www.thesheetnews.com THE SHEET I Saturday, August 20, 2016 BRIEFS LETTERS By Bodine Sharing forests with wildlife 100). This document along with the Behind! left sides and collided into the asphalt California State Wildlife Action Plan, resulting in minor injuries and per- Dear Editor: 2015, Safeguarding California: Reduc- According to a press release from the haps a dislocated shoulder. ing Climate Risk, 2014 address the California Highway Patrol, 52-year-old Many people are working on letters challenges expected with a prolonged Gregory Nowrocki of Oxford, Michi- Who will save the people who save to the USFS to comment on the draft drought in California and identify ac- gan was travling westbound on a 2015 people? Environmental Impact Study (DEIS) tions that are more strongly reflected BMW motorcycle on Glacier Lodge for the Inyo National Forest by August in Alternative C. Road at approximately 45 mph at 6:50 Candidates for the Northern Inyo 25. As we do this, we need to think As Climate Change continues, p.m. on Monday, August 15, riding into Healthcare District, known as North- about the future we want. Alterna- emphasis on summer recreational the sunset. The sun burred his vision ern Inyo Hospital, have been an- tive C has been labeled one of the activities will be increasing to make up and he came to a stop in the middle of nounced by the Inyo County Elections “extreme” options, but is the option for the economic loss of snow-related the road. Twenty-one-year-old Travis Office. General contractor Richard that would actually keep the INF most activities. Skiing and mountain biking Nowrocki, also of Oxford, was riding Mattingly is running against incum- like it is today by protecting habitat are confined to one area, which is bet- his 2014 Triumph Tiger 800 motorcycle bent John Ungersma for District 1; for wildlife. It gives our wildlife the ter for wildlife. However, most of the behind Gregory. Grand Juror Phil Hartz is running best chance of survival in the upcom- summer activities are more disperse. Travis clipped the right side of the against incumbent Denise Hayden for ing drought years. Alternative B, the The pressure to turn our forest into a BMW, lost control, went off the road District 2; and, Mary Mae Kilpatrick, “moderate” alternative with fewer pro- recreational playground will increase. and ended up with the Triumph on District 4, is running unopposed. The tections, allows recreation to disperse Our ability to enjoy nature and the top of him. Travis was transported by outcome of these races could bring a as more people come to the Eastern outdoors depends on the health and a passing motorist to Northern Inyo major change given the black cloud Sierra and want to get away from the beauty of our national forest land- Hospital where he was treated for that has hung over NIH for the past crowds. Wherever people go, they push scapes, on clean air and clean water, minor injuries. several years. wildlife away. I believe it is the option and on abundant fish and wildlife. that will actually change the INF the Birding and wildlife viewing, two Dirt on the Asphalt Cedar Smoke most in the next 20 years. extremely popular national forest The Eastern Sierra has been identi- activities, require safeguarded habitats The CHP released details of another The Cedar Fire, located on the Se- fied in the California Connectivity and for a wide range of species. As the For- motorcycle collision, this time on the quoia National Forest, started Tuesday, Essential Habitat Project document, est Service plans for the future, it must east side of the Owens Valley. Dimitri August 16 just West of Lake Isabella. 2010 as an eco-region priority and a develop sound, science-based man- Tockovski, 53 from Las Vegas, was rid- According to a press release from the natural landscape block. It is a major agement strategies that provide that. ing his 2003 Suzuki DL650 westbound Inyo National Forest, the fire exhibited migration corridor for wildlife. The Alternative C offers the best long-term on Highway 168, near Deep Springs extreme behavior, growing to approxi- authors assume that the Eastern Sierra option for sustainable recreation and a College Road on Sunday, August 14. mately 3,000 acres. Residents of the will not become unusable habitat for wildlife-rich, healthy forest. As he negotiated a curve in the road- Owens Valley and visitors to the Inyo wildlife due to intense human uses. way, his tires hit a small patch of loose National Forest and Bishop BLM lands Within this natural block, there are gravel which caused his tires to slip should be advised that smoke from the specific wildlife corridors where ani- Lynn Boulton out from under his vehicle according Cedar fire may impact the area very mals travel between mountain ranges Lee Vining to a press release from the CHP. Both soon. For more information, please looking for refuge (see pages 82, 96, Tockovski and his Suzuki fell on their contract Kirstie Butler at 760.920.7149.

3043 MAIN STREET MAMMOTH LAKES FOOTLOOSESPORTS.COM 760-934-2400 THE SHEET I Saturday, August 20, 2016 www.thesheetnews.com LOCAL NEWS I 5 LOCAL NEWS MORE DATA NEEDED ON GEOTHERMAL By Bodine hings were looking good for the has been relatively constant. MCWD Executive Director Pat Mammoth Community Water The telltale compounds found in Hayes said the tests are inconclusive TOWN TDistrict (MCWD) when new 14-25 indicate the presence of geo- and more data is needed. He said the data collected in the past 18 months thermal fluids, but don’t prove that “data should drive this undertaking.” ] confirmed its assertions that geother- they are there because of a cold and In a separate interview, Hayes said BULLETIN mal fluid and potable water were in- hot mix. For one thing, the volcanic no one should jump to conclusions termingling as a result of fluid extrac- rock that surrounds the hot and cold with just one data sample. He added tion for power generation by Ormat water is filled with naturally occurring that while there’s just one piece of Technologies of Nevada. The new compounds. Those compounds could new data so far, “what the new infor- Never Have A Slow Day! information comes with a caveat from be leaching into the water, which mation is showing us are the potential Get active with the Parks and Recreation Department! The Whitmore the United States Geological Survey would explain their presence in 14-25. impacts from this project.” Pool is open for recreation swimming (USGS) that more data is needed be- What has changed since 2011 is Ormat disagrees on data volume, through August 27 and lap swim till fore any conclusions can be drawn. precipitation. “If I were going to put given the three years of baseline data September 2. Skate for free every Ormat wants to expand its current my money on something, it would be collected thus far. “The monitoring Saturday night at the Mammoth operations near Mammoth with the the drought, but there are many fac- plan is robust and will address any RecZone and push the puck every Casa Diablo IV project but awaits tors,” Evans said. He visited Ormat’s concerns, all the way to closing [Casa Sunday during street hockey. Join approval from the Bureau of Land Steamboat Springs plant outside Reno Diablo] IV, if that’s what it takes to coach Kyle for Drop-in Tennis Lessons every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon Management (BLM) before mov- and expected to see (and did see) protect [the town’s water].” at the Community Center (end ing forward. BLM was scheduled to higher levels of chemicals associated Orenstein said, “It’s interesting to Oct.13), Coed Dodgeball League at the publish the final monitoring plan with geothermal fluid during drought speculate whether or not we expected RecZone gets underway September 6, for Casa Diablo IV by the end of the years. to find hot water or not. To me, the and Zumba begins September 13 at the summer, but the new data may have Ormat’s Vice President of Business selling point is it was drilled, data was Community Center. pushed that date out. BLM officials Development, Ramm Orenstein, collected and we don’t think it chang- were unavailable for comment as of said Ormat expected to find hot, not es our perception of the geological press time. geothermal, water at a shallow depth models.” Road maintenance in One of the snags to any definitive in well 14-25 because the area is an The Bureau of Land Management, Lakes Basin conclusion is that the phenomenon active geothermal site. “If we didn’t the land manager for the Casa Diablo The Town with Contractor, Herback being studied is underground. Where think there was [sic] geothermal fluids IV project, is the public agency re- General Engineering will be exactly the water is, how far down, in the area they wouldn’t have drilled sponsible for final approval. Unfortu- constructing a multi-use path and performing road realignment in the whether the hot geothermal water is there to begin with,” he said. nately, the local BLM is short a geolo- Lakes Basin Around Lake Mary Loop mixing with cold water is all subject to It is unclear whether or not Ormat gist. Field Supervisor Steve Johnson of Road from Lake Mary Road to Lake conjecture. has shared any of its information with the BLM said, “There won’t be ink on George Road. Trucking will continue There has been data collected in MCWD or the USGS. Ormat did not paper from me while we don’t have a from Monday to Friday throughout Long Valley for decades, but new return calls to The Sheet. geologist.” the months of August and September monitoring wells have brought more until road realignment work is information to the surface. completed. No access will be provided to pedestrian and vehicular traffic USGS Chemist Emeritus Bill Evans from the Lake Mary Campground spoke at the Long Valley Hydrologi- to Lake George Road. Please detour cal Advisory Committee meeting on around Lake Mary entering and exiting Wednesday, August 10 to discuss the through the western entrance of new data. Evans has studied Long Val- Around Lake Mary Loop Road. Thank ley since the 1970s and is considered you in advance for your patience and understanding. the authority on its chemistry. Evans’ presentation followed one by USGS hydrologist Jim Howle who Meetings / Events:. spoke at the Mono County Supervi- 4:00-6:00 sors meeting on July 19, in which he Sept.6: Recreation Commission meeting, Suite Z, 9 a.m. explained that new data collected in the past 18 months shows a possible Sept.7: Town Council meeting. mixing of geothermal and cold waters. Suite Z, 6 p.m It was made clear by Howle that the results are preliminary and are based Sept.13: Planning and on a single sample. Economic Development Commission, Suite Z, 2 p.m. Ormat hired the USGS, via Mono County, to conduct new tests. A private entity cannot hire the USGS Twitter so Ormat contracted with the county, and the county contracted with USGS. Follow ‘TownofMammoth’ The data suggests that there may be daily on Twitter at www. mixing of geothermal fluid and cold Townofmammothlakes.ca.gov water, but is not definitive. Evidence of mixing can be found by analyzing the water’s chemical makeup. MCWD’s claim is that geothermal fluid extraction by Ormat Technolo- gies is the cause of the fluid mix. How- ever, much of the data, even the latest batch, was conducted without new geothermal extraction. The chemistry of one well, 14-25, located behind Town e-News: Shady Rest Park, showed signs of Town e-News is your direct source possible mixing with hot water found for Town news, events, meetings and at shallow depths in the well. Evans announcements. Subscribe online explained that there has been a big under “NOTIFY ME” at www. change in the water chemistry since Townofmammothlakes.ca.gov 2011 even though geothermal activity 6 I LOCAL NEWS www.thesheetnews.com THE SHEET I Saturday, August 20, 2016 ARE WE A RESORT... OR A TOWN? RESORT TOWN? By Giles t this week’s Mammoth Lakes people who may not be legal citizens has a young son, said, “Mammoth is another wage earner making more Housing (MLH) Stakeholders or who have family and neighbors who just not a place where people should than they do. That’s bad for our schools AMeeting, Tom Hodges, COO of are not legal citizens, showing up to come and expect to be able to buy a and our year-round community.” Mammoth Mountain, asked a room a public meeting in today’s political home and raise a family…I will spend At this week’s Stakeholders’ Meeting, of local business owners and public climate has to feel risky.” the rest of my life working, living in MLH Director Jennifer Halferty told servants if Mammoth Lakes Housing’s According to Hodges, Mammoth my condo, and paying off my condo… stakeholders that private developers standards for development were too Mountain Ski Area is business that don’t come here if you want to be able may partner with towns, counties high. He asked if those standards were runs on transiency. He said that to afford to start a family, own a home, and non-governmental agencies to an obstacle to development. MMSA employs about 2,400 people and retire someday.” apply for the Federal Government’s Hodges offered the example of when in the winter and only 600 during the Danillo Gerson Chacon is 25 years Affordable Housing and Sustainable he bought his first condo. “It was summer. For MMSA, dormitory-style old and a cook at The Eatery. During Communities “Cap and Trade” in rough shape, and I loved it! I was employee housing makes a lot of the winter, he also works as supervisor Program, so long as the projects happy to come home and rehab to my sense. Hodges says their employees for MMSA. His girlfriend is in nursing they seek to develop are considered heart’s delight. I worked hard for a long love living in dorms and aren’t school. “It’s my dream to own a home affordable for those making 80 percent time for that opportunity. I have to ask, looking to buy homes. “They want the and have a family, and we both work or less of the area median income. For with all of these conversations of green cheapest housing possible. Many are hard for that. People say it’s expensive a family of four in Mammoth Lakes, this and that, all these amenities, are 18 to 22 years old, they’re only going here, and it is. On average I work 60-65 this means housing expenses must our standards too high?” to be here seasonally. It works well for hours per week... If you want to live in account for no more than roughly Mammoth Lakes Housing Board us.” Billy Calhoun, a former manager a place like Mammoth Lakes, what else $42,000 per year, said Halferty. President Kirk Stapp replied, “The at MMSA’s Lakefront Restaurant, told can you do? We could afford a home Halferty provided stakeholders with people we’re talking about here are The Sheet “The turnover is unreal. I’d in Crowley or Tom’s Place, but it will a chart that detailed use restrictions on working two to three jobs. They live in hire new supervisors every season. never be possible for us to own a home federal and state grants for affordable rentals, and in the case of the Hispanic They leave because the pay is terrible in Mammoth Lakes.” Chacon is feeling housing. “Almost all grants available Community, we find that they may be and they get worked into the ground. a generational divide, and he’s not are for low income housing as defined living with several families to one unit. Then you make somebody else a alone. In an interview last week with by the state and federal governments. These people don’t have the leisure supervisor. There will always be David Dudley of The Atlantic’s Citylab, If you want to acquire and collaborate time to come home and ‘rehab to their someone new coming to town to work Kate Vershov Downing, a former on an existing multi-family complex, hearts’ delight.” for the Mountain.” planning commissioner in Palo Alto, it would have to have a minimum of The only voice not present at the Mono County Supervisor and MLH observed that most of the homeowners five units to qualify. Then you have table was that of the low income Board Member Larry Johnston said, in that city are Baby Boomers. “When to have a willing seller that would renter, Hispanic or English speaking. “I think we all have to ask ourselves, the [Baby] Boomers were in their 20s hold the property for you for the “In theory, it’s our job to represent ‘Is this a community that I want to and 30s, the government made it a 8-12 months it takes for the state or their interests,” said Mammoth Lakes live in?’ Are we trying to create a priority for the middle class to be able federal government to let you know if Housing Executive Director Jennifer community here, or are we trying to to own a home… Now these same you will have access to those funds.” Halferty. When asked why those promote transiency? We, Mammoth people say… you should be okay with Representatives from Mammoth people aren’t showing up to represent Lakes, are at a cusp.” renting for the rest of your lives... Lakes Fire Department, Hospital and themselves, Stapp said, “My guess is Calhoun, who recently bought a you’re not entitled to own a home.” Town of Mammoth Lakes all said that they’re working. In the case of small condo in Mammoth Lakes and Vershov Downing pointed out that they had no interest in managing when communities refuse to invest in employee housing and minimal high-density affordable housing, they funds to contribute to a development don’t create opportunities for new partnership with MLH. homeowners, which pushes young In a separate conversation, Brandon families and professionals out. Brocia, Owner and Chef at The Eatery Can Mammoth Lakes afford to be and Bleu said, “When I moved to a community that alienates young Mammoth to stay, I came here with families? According to Stapp, a starting a year-round executive position teacher’s salary at Mammoth Unified and benefits. As a mentor, I try to School District puts them at 80 percent encourage my employees to step out of area median income for a one- on their own, make their own place person household. “They can’t afford and start a business. When people are to own a home here, unless there is saying they had to leave Mammoth to find the resources to come back and start a life, that’s a bad sign.”

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Rossy and her husband, Tom Hardy for eight years, she faced acres and destroyed 53 structures on happened to be in alignment with the Ken Rossy, were arrested in April 2013 a maximum penalty of more than 30 February 6, 2015. The conclusion of direction of the wind. The weakness in while Dawndee was employed as a years had she been found guilty on all the report is no shocker: A tree came the tree and the high winds combined supervisor at the Inyo County Welfare 135 counts. down in some power lines on a windy to cause the tree to fail. Mahoney told Department. She is set to be sentenced at 9 a.m. day with 50 to 70 mile-per-hour gusts. me the weakness would not have been Inyo County District Attorney Tom on October 20 in Independence. The power lines arced as they fell and visible prior to the event.” Hardy told The Sheet in an e-mail that Hardy said he asked for her immediate started grass and nearby trees on fire, The report finds no one to be at Rossy was convicted of grand theft, remand to custody pending sentence, which spread quickly in an area dry fault. Tominaga, concluded in the misappropriation of public funds, wel- but the court granted her two weeks to from historic drought conditions. report, “The investigation determined fare fraud, forgery, identity theft, filing gather her affairs, and ordered her to Lawsuits are already being prepared. SCE had maintained tree clearance of false documents in public records, report to the Inyo County Jail on Au- Attorney Joseph Astleford of the Chi- power lines and tree could not be iden- creating false documents, filing false gust 29, where she will be held without co-based law firm of Kenneth Astelford tified as a hazard to tree prior to the state income tax returns, and failing to bail pending sentence. told The Sheet his firm is represent- incident – no violations noted and case file state tax returns. The checks and balances system ing 20 clients and consulting with two closed with no further action.” She was originally charged with at Health and Human Services were more showing interest in suing South- There were no other possible sources 135 counts. Thirty charges of iden- evaluated almost immediately af- ern California Edison (SCE). of fire ignition found at the site, ac- tity theft were dropped when those ter Rossy was arrested. Jean Turner, The other plaintiffs will sue individu- cording to Fire Captain Specialist victims didn’t testify in court, along Director of Inyo County Health and ally but the judge will hear the matter Shannan Harris. One tip about a pos- with charges of conspiracy to commit Human Services told The Sheet in an as one item; known as a mass-tort sible cause came from Inyo County Jail forgery. She was found guilty on every e-mail on Wednesday, August 17, “We case. This is different than a class-ac- inmate Joseph Mendiburu, on Febru- other count. began looking at this and tightening tion, where one attorney can repre- ary 18. He claimed that his girlfriend “They all relate to her scheme of cre- existing controls and implementing sent many clients in one big filing. In Cherie Hoersting saw Nick Brown and ating false identities, assigning public additional controls since this was first mass-tort proceedings, one attorney or Mickey Jarvis welding at the Talbot assistance benefits to the identities, identified in 2013! The first 30 days we group of attorneys can represent many Ranch prior to the fire. Swall resident and then issuing herself electronic began looking at where controls broke individual cases stemming from one Don Perea told investigators he did benefit cards (and spending the money down!” incident that affected many people. not see the pair welding that day and . . .),” Hardy wrote. The Bishop Police Department Astelford said there probably won’t added that Brown and Jarvis came to Rossy was pulling money out of headed the investigation, then handed be any movement on the suits until his aid with a water tank and pump to ATMs using the California-issued Elec- evidence over to the Inyo County Dis- 2017. Mono County can only sue for fight the fire. tronic Benefit Transaction (EBT) cards trict Attorney. property it lost, which was none, and The CalFire report is massive, and of people she made up, and cards that can’t pull any weight on the mass-torte not yet available on the Mono County were made at her office. She used the proceedings. website. Mono County Supervisor company computer and state database The report dispels the theory of an- Fred Stump acquired a copy through other cause of the Round Fire. a records request act and has handed Mike Mahoney, certified arborist, some out to Swall residents who are was brought in by CalFire to inspect making copies or sharing the report. the fallen tree. 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By Rea ammoth Town Council voted cial Events Economic Development ment for our Special Event product, “We have to figure out how that pie 5-0 on Wednesday, August Strategy’ is much more than simply for the development of Special Event gets sliced…” said Council Member M17 to shift the funding of funding a few events,” read the action venues and…to finally place a value Colin Fernie. “Taking the existing allo- Special Events out of Measure U and item, prepared by Holler. “It is the idea on the fact that events drive visita- cation, redirecting it, and seeing how agreed that Special Events should that events in Mammoth Lakes must tion to this community,” said Danna that money gets spent.” “live” with the Town, and that part be a part of what makes us ‘Great.’ A Stroud, Board President of Mammoth No additional funds were approved of the $125,000 set aside for events growing, diverse and dynamic events Lakes Recreation. on Wednesday, and Council mem- for Fiscal Year 2017-18 should go calendar will be one of the factors that “This is about creating an events bers did not agree on a set number to towards funding a person to oversee drive the town towards sustainable champion, who gets up every day and pay the proposed new Special Events them in some capacity. A Request for economic vitality.” says, ‘I’m about creating this event employee. Qualifications (RFQ) for that potential Hiring a person to oversee events culture in Mammoth Lakes,’” said “I’m not saying out of the gate that employee or contractor will be issued (Councilmembers could not agree Holler. somebody’s going to put in 40 hours on Monday, August 22, said Town whether this would be a “Director” or Council members agreed that there a week for $13,000 annually,” said Manager Dan Holler. “Facilitator,” or what their title might must be oversight of the employee Fernie. “We don’t want to set it up “The purpose of creating a ‘Spe- be), would show “a long term commit- and that the scope of his or her work so there’s no incentive to go out and must be clearly defined. Stroud grow the pot of your money… we reminded Council that a similar don’t want to set it up with a salary employee worked from 2004-2008, so comfortable you just rest on your and that “the challenge with that laurels, but we don’t want to [offer particular position was everyone such] a meager salary that it’s not had an opinion about what a special something that somebody’s wiling to event was or what the special events go to work for.” manager was supposed to be doing… Council also discussed the possibil- I would encourage you as the Town ity that non-governmental agencies council to [ensure] that there is a such as Mammoth Lakes Tourism clearly defined oversight committee might throw financial support to that is… responsible for providing the Town of Mammoth Lakes events that direction, and that it’s clearly strategy. understood that it’s coming from that “Events make our economy, quite particular body, so this contractor honestly,” said Mayor Shields Rich- doesn’t get pushed and pulled in a ardson. variety of different directions only to The vote on Wednesday evening, be ineffective.” said Fernie, would be “Making a firm The $125,000, which will be coming statement as a community that we out of the General Fund, will still be support our events.” allocated for “Special Events,” but the future employee’s salary will be taken from that amount.

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No more pie. 8:00, 9:30, and 11:00 a.m. Participants Tamarack Lodge, Joe Gray Jr. at the must arrive 1/2 hour early. $25 per Baby Grand Friday and Saturday, person. Call 760.647.6595. 5:30-9:30 p.m. The Liberty Sports Bar and Grill, Saturday, August 20/ Daily Happy Hour, 3-6 p.m. $1 off A celebratory symphonic concert draft beers, $2 off wine, $4 well will be performed live in Mammoth drinks, $2 off specialty drinks. Lakes by the 60-member Mariposa The Monkey Bar Restaurant hosts Symphony Orchestra @ Mammoth their Happy Hour from 3-6 p.m. and Middle School. Time: 7 p.m. 10-12 p.m. every day, featuring beer Eastern Sierra Certified Farmer’s specials, $5 Mai Tais and Tequila Market. Church Street, behind Sunrise and half off popular menu Bishop City Hall. For more info, call BUY AN AD NOW items. 760.873.5863. Pioneer Party at the Mammoth Your ad here makes you $$$ August 19-20/ Museum at the Hayden Cabin, Know why? Jonny Tarr Trio @ 53 Kitchen & featuring the Bodie 601 Band. 6-9 p.m. People read... Cocktails. 8-11 p.m. See ad, p. 3. Southern Mono County Historical Society members: free, non-members: Call June 937.3967 August 19-21/ $15. Register as a member and get Mammoth Root Jam at Sierra Nevada in free. 5489 Sherwin Creek Rd. Resort. Reggae, jam, funk, rock, EDM. Mammoth. Call 7600.934.6918 for Tickets: www.fatheadmammoth.com. info. Memorial service for Gary Walker at Saturday, August 20/ Forest Chapel, Twin Lakes. 4:30 p.m. Good Livin plays East Side Bake shop. See obituary, p. 17. 6 p.m. See ad, p. 7. UFC 202, Diaz vs. McGregor 2 at the Sunday, August 21/ Monkey Bar. 7 p.m. Free. Summer Movie Series @ The Village. Bodie 601 band plays Hayden Cabin Pan, rated PG. 8 p.m. Bring a blanket. 6-9 p.m. $15. Gaylor and Granite Lakes Loop with the Sierra Club. Old mine ruins, wildflowers. No dogs. Meet 8 Sunday, August 21/ a.m. Mammoth Union Bank or 8:45 Bon Rumpus plays the Whoa Nellie ranger station Hwy 120. Call Maurica • Chicken & Beef Teriyaki Deli in Lee Vining. 4 p.m. Free. See ad, Anderson 760.932.7175 or mauricia_ • Tempura • Tonkatsu • Sukiyaki p. 19. [email protected]. • Calamari • Sushi Bodie Bowl Bike Event @ Bodie State • Full Service Cocktail Bar Wednesday, August 24/ Historic Park. Ride through Bodie and Wine Wednesday at Black Velvet & Lounge the surrounding hills. Expert/Sport Coffee. Come taste new vintages by course: 50 k, Recreational course: 30 760-872-4801 our winemakers. 4-9 p.m. See ad, p. 7. k. Sponsored by Bodie Foundation. 7 Open at 5 p.m. a.m. Tickets: www.bodiebowl.com. 635 N. Main St. Thursday, August 25/ Watch Meb Keflezighi and Koen Bishop Jelly Bread play the Whoa Nellie Deli Naert rock the men’s marathon at the 25 years of experience in Lee Vining. 6 p.m. Free. See ad, p. Rio Olympics. Race starts at 5:30 a.m. japanese Restaurant & Sushi Bar 19. live stream from Rio. THE SHEET I Saturday, August 20, 2016 www.thesheetnews.com I 15 calendar of events CALENDAR PAGES SPONSORED BY: Ghosts of the Sagebrush Tour Adult Education Classes TOWN STUFF UPCOMING The Mono County Office of The 13th Annual Ghosts of the Education is offering adult education Monday, August 22/ Lake and Mine Walk with Sierra Sagebrush Tour, “The Mono Lake classes at the Mammoth Lakes Library Bishop City Council Meeting, 6 p.m. Club. Meet @ Coldwater Campground Cemetery: Voices from the Past,” beginning this fall. 377 W. Line St. Bishop. parking area @ 4:30 p.m. Contact hosted by the Mono Basin Historical Tuesdays, beginning August 16: Basic Skills ELA @ Mammoth Lakes Mike and Mary 805.217.5563. Society aims to share intriguing English as a second language is a Library. 5:30-7:00 p.m. See sidebar, local history stories about people this page and ad, p. 12. August 26-27/ and family members interred in the 14-week class which focuses on Mammoth Rocks: A Taste of the beginning to intermediate levels of Mono Lake Cemetery. The event Tuesday, August 23/ Sierra @ The Village at Mammoth. includes a Friday, August 19 dinner English. More info: See ad p. 13. NIH: New Mom Support Group. and program at the Mono Inn, and Monday/Wednesday, beginning 2957 Birch St. in Bishop. 10-11 a.m. August 22: Basic Skills ELA is a 16 Call Megan Scott for more info at August 27-28/ Saturday August 20 tour. Tickets are week class that prepares participants 760.873.2191. Trek Dirt Series Women’s Camp at available now by calling 760.647.6461 for a promotion, new job, and college Six week Lamzaze and childbirth Mammoth Mountain Bike Park. Visit to purchase by credit card or arrange classes. preparedness class @ McGee www.mammothmountain.com for “will-call,” or email curator@ Tuesday/Thursday, beginning Creek Lodge. 6:15-8:45. $180 for more info. monobasinhistory.org. Dinner and August 23: Basic Skills Math is a 16 mom and partner. Visit www. Tour separate tickets are $25. The hellosunshinebirth.net. See ad, p. 18. Friday, August 26/ Friday buffet dinner begins at 6 p.m. week class. ESAS: Fall Owens Lake Big Day The Oyler House: Richard For more information, see ad, p. 12 at the Mono Inn, 5 miles north of Lee Bird Survey. Prior experience Nuetra’s Desert Retreat @ Bishop’s Vining on Highway 395. A no-host or call Shana Stapp or Laura Timpano, Imagination Lab. 7 p.m. BYOB and appreciated. 7 a.m.-2 p.m. Meet @ bar will open at 5 p.m. The evening 760.934.0031 or sstapp@monocoe. Diaz Lake County Park, 3 miles south RSVP encouraged. Contact Eva Poole- org. of Lone Pine. Info: e-mail mprather@ Gilson @ 760.872.2446. 621 West Line program includes speakers about the lonepinetv.com. St. Bishop. See sidebar, this page. Jordan and Lundy cemeteries and the Whitney Portal Construction Work English as a Second Language and Stargazing at the Minaret Vista. grave of Kit Carson’s daughter near Basic Skills Math at MCOE Adult 8:30 p.m. Dress warmly and bring the Mono Inn restaurant. A surprise Education Center (Mammoth Lakes a flashlight. For info, contact Leslie “Visitor from the Past” will highlight Construction on the Whitney Portal Redman @ 760.934.2289 or leslie_ Road, in the area of Movie Road, will Library). 5:30-7:30 p.m. Free. For the program. The Saturday program more info contact Shana Stapp @ [email protected]. begins at 10 a.m. and continues to 3 be occurring on Saturday, August 20. 760.934.0031or [email protected]. Hours will be from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. p.m. at the Mono Lake Cemetery, one See ad, p. 16. Saturday, August 27/ mile off Highway 395 on Cemetery with a traffic control 30 minute delay. Give Back @ Devil’s Postpile with Mammoth Lakes Chamber of Road, 5 miles north of Lee Vining. The weekday schedule for Commerce Business After Hours @ Friends of the Inyo. Event begins construction is: Motel 6. 5-7 p.m. at 9 a.m., catch bus at Main Lodge Sack lunches will be provided to Monday-Friday: 6 a.m.-7:30 p.m. at 8 a.m. For info, e-mail info@ ticket holders at the Mono Lake Plan for extended delays: 8 a.m.-11 Wednesday, August 24/ friendsoftheinyo.org. See ad, p. 10. County Park. This event is the largest a.m. and 1 p.m.-4 p.m. in the upper Women’s Wednesday night ride Skate Contest @ Volcom Brothers annual fundraiser for the non-profit and happy hour at Mammoth. Visit Skate Park, Mammoth. Registration Historical Society. section of road starting after the begins at 8 a.m. See ad, p. 2. turn off to Lone Pine Campground. www.mammothmountain.com/ The Mono Basin History Museum womensmtb. See ad, p. 3. is open Wednesday through Monday Expect 30 minute delays outside of Sunday, August 28/ extended delay times and areas, but from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Hess Park, Thursday, August 25/ Women’s outing and after-hike on Mattly Avenue in Lee Vining and is within construction schedule. Road get together with the Sierra Club. Summer Movie Series @ The Village. online at www.monobasinhistory.org. side parking will be unavailable Divergent Series: Allegiant. PG-13. 8 Contact Joanne: 760.709.5050 or throughout the project until further p.m. Bring a blanket. See ad, p. 3. [email protected]. Call 760 647-6461 or email curator@ notice. June Lake Library Summer Lecture 17th Annual Golf Classic, a benefit monobasinhistory.org. Series: Bernadette Johnson, for Mammoth Lakes Foundation. Eastern Sierra Film Series Superintendent of Manzanar National Sierra Star Golf Course. Call Mariposa Symphony Orchestra Historic Site. 5:30-6:30. Refreshments 760.934.3781 for info. See ad, p. 18 and served. Call 760.648.7284. sidebar, this page. Bishop’s Imagination Lab continues The Mariposa Symphony Orchestra its summer film series, featuring concert tour will perform the final “The Oyler House: Richard Nuetra’s AT THE MOVIES leg of its 2016 tour at Mammoth Desert Retreat” on Friday, August Lakes Middle School on Saturday, 26. The Oyler House is a beautiful August 20. This year’s tour is meant documentary of the unlikely story Minaret Cinemas to honor the 100th anniversary of the of an Inyo County employee from National Park Service and to unite the Lone Pine, who asked world-famous Bad Moms (R): “Party like a mother” is the refrain for this rowdy comedy. gateways to Yosemite National Park. modern architect Richard Nuetra The MSO performed its tour at five to design his modest family home, Pete’s Dragon (PG): Great flick (per Lunch). A little scary for the wee ones but central California locations bordering beginning an unlikely friendship that terrific for ages 7 and up. Not typical, satisfy everybody Disney fare. Emotional. (and within) Yosemite this year, with would last until Nuetra’s death in Impactful. Mammoth being the last. 1970. “Our Spring MSO concert tour BYOB and RSVP are encouraged. Info: www.mammothlakesmovies.com/760.934.3131. unites our various communities The Imagination Lab also offers around that which we all share - writing, arts and crafts and other Yosemite - bringing the Gateways classes. Film series is free. Contact together in a way I don’t recall has Eva Poole-Gibson at 760.872.2446. occurred before,” wrote Les Marsden, founder and conductor of the MSO. 17th Annual Golf Classic “The entire cycle has individually and collectively been designated as an official event of the National The Golf Classic, which benefits Park Service commemorations. the Mammoth Lakes Foundation, will The complete symphonic cycle take place on Sunday, August 28 on is dedicated with respect and the Sierra Star Golf Course. Thte event admiration for our National Park also benefits the Disabled Sports Service by its composer, who was Eastern Sierra National Wounded honored to be named a National Park Warrior Center. Have fun on 18 holes Service Centennial Ambassador.” while supporting higher education, Witness the second-to-last the arts, and wounded warriors. performance of this tour at Mammoth Begins at 10 a.m. Tee and hole Middle School, 7 p.m. on Saturday, sponsorships also available. August 20. 1600 Meridian Blvd. in $125 fee for a single entry, $500 for a Mammoth. foursome. For more information, call 760.934.3781 or e-mail info@ mammothlakesfoundation.org. 16 I NO-CLASSIFIEDS www.thesheetnews.com THE SHEET I Saturday, August 20, 2016 NO CLASS-IFIEDS Help Wanted Help Wanted Help Wanted Help Wanted Hotel seeking front desk agent/night audit position Must be available to work graveyard shifts. 16-32 hours per week. Perfect if you already have a part time job and are looking to pick up extra shifts. Recreation Supervisor Must be able to work most weekends & The Town of Mammoth Lakes is looking holidays. Hospitality experience is a plus for a passionate and experienced Recre- but not required.Starting hourly ranges Sierra Employment Services, Inc is ation Supervisor to be part of a fun, dy- Eastern Sierra Plumbing Full time based on experience. Please deliver re- hiring for the following positions namic team working to change the lives employment opportunity for a Journey sume in person or pick up application at of children, youth, and adults in Mam- Man Plumber with at least 5 years experi- Carpenters-M $18-$30/hr Sierra Lodge located at 3540 Main Street moth Lakes. This position is responsible ence. Send resume to info@easternsier- or send to [email protected] Tile Setter-M $18-$24/hr for the development, scheduling, imple- Bilingual Cashier- B $10/hr raplumbing.com Good pay, company Like the outdoors? Good at Sales?The mentation, supervision, and evaluation vehicle provided, plus other paid benefits. 5th Annual Fly Fishing Faire has a short General Laborers -B,M $12-$16/hr of youth and adult program activities. PT/FT Housekeepers-B,M$12-$15/hr Mail Delivery Person permanent Part- term position (now until Oct. 1) for an ac- Requiring a combination of office and tive sales person who wants to share their field work, our Recreation Supervisors Time Individual for Crowley Lake mail delivery. This person must be willing to love of the outdoors and their Eastern Call 760-924-0523 or 760-873-8599 work with community members, sport- Sierra community. We need someone ing organizations, and other recreation work Friday and Saturday 9:30-3:00 pm, See our full job list online at a rate of $90.00 per day. DMV.,F.B.I., who is able to place posters and flyers stakeholders to encourage lifelong play, throughout the region and who will also www.SierraEmployment.com fitness, creativity, learning, and discovery. and Drug screening required. Excellent memory necessary. 760.914.1463 acquire local sponsors for the Faire. Mile- Bleu Handcrafted Foods is HIRING! Come and be a part of the changing face age +commission. If you are a self-starter Looking for someone to join our amazing of local government and help to make a and love interacting with people, this may team at Bleu with a passion for food, wine, difference in our community! be the job for you. Please contact Connie charcuterie and great customer service! Minimum qualification and experience 818.203.8922 or Michael 818.601.9702 Food and beverage experience a must! requirements must be met. Application with any questions. An oppotunity to learn more about the deadline: August 26, 2016. For more infor- craft of Artisan Bread Baking is also aval- mation on the position and how to apply, Mammoth Wealth Management is a able. Full or part-time available. Hourly visit www.townofmammothlakes.ca.gov. local affiliate of Wells Fargo Advisors plus tips. Send reumes to theresabrocia@ Temporary Snow Removal Operators Financial Network and is looking for a yahoo.com or call 760.709-6689 $20.79/hour. The Town of Mammoth Client Service Associate. Responsibilities Lakes is looking for Snow Removal Op- Mammoth Rocks & Taste of the Sierra is will include but not be limited to, phone Get Outdoors 365 seeks PT bike me- looking for 2 more restaurants/eateries/ chanic. One year experience. Competitive erators for the upcoming winter season! coverage, greeting clients, office organiza- If you have a valid California Class B li- caterers to participate in this years Taste. tion, filing, keeping calendars, organizing pay. Great environment. Stop by the shop Event dates August 26-27. Please contact and talk to Sean. cense, experience operating heavy equip- events, oversee compliance, data entry, ment, and want to secure a temporary Mark Deeds 760-709-6459. maintaining inventory of office supplies, Mammoth Car Rental/Hertz: Looking job with full time hours for the winter, interacting with custodian broker/deal- for someoneHiring for full time year round this job is for you. For more information ers, outside money managers, mutual positions. Please inquire with Tom at 760. on the position and how to apply, visit funds, insurance and annuity compa- 934-3399. www.townofmammothlakes.ca.gov. nies. Your skills should include, handling Mammoth Chevron: Seeking respon- School Crossing Guards sensitive and confidential information sible individuals. Job offers attactive wage, $17.96/ Hour with maximum discretion, excellent commensurate with experience. Currently The Town of Mammoth Lakes is looking communication skills, ATTENTION TO hiring for Mechanic, day & night shift with for part-time, School Crossing Guards to DETAIL, proficiency in Windows-based some counter help. This can be a year prepare crossing zones, direct traffic, and programs, organization, prioritize and round position. Please inquire with Tom at assist students in crossing streets safely. manage multiple tasks, work indepen- 760.934-3399. Must be available to work approx. three dently with minimal direction, et. al. TONIK NOW HIRING year-round posi- hours per day, primarily before and after As a result of recent service expansion Competitive pay with benefits package. If tion. We’re looking for fun ,friendly people school. For more information on the posi- in the Mammoth Lakes area, ESTA has interested please contact Danielle White who enjoy fashion. Stop by, say hi, and tion and how to apply, visit www.townof- a need to fill one 100 percent benefit- at [email protected] or call 515.216-5459 pick up an application. mammothlakes.ca.gov. ted driving position. The position will be Help Wanted! We need FULL TIME required to work night shifts in Mam- BAKERS at Stellar Brew. You must be self moth Lakes. This is a year-round position For Rent motivated and love to bake. Some experi- with 35 and 40 hours per week. Must be ence is nice, even if it’s not professional. responsible, energetic and have clean Clean, quiet partially furnished studio Also, Sierra Bounty Produce is looking driving record. Training for a Commercial apt. in Mammoth Slopes, $695/mo., 1 per- for someone to drive the van and do the License, Passenger Endorsements and son rate, lease, N/S, N/P, low utilities, first, produce pick up on Mondays. Plan on Airbrake Certificate is available. last & security. Call 760.934.9451. committing 6 hours on Mondays until the 3 Light and Bright,Beautifully furnished end of September. EMAIL stellarbrew@ Pre-employment and random drug 1 BR ,units avaiable for rent from now gmail.com If you are interested, or bring a screening required. until 12/15/16. Upper units, Very Modern, resume to Stellar Brew! The 100 percent employee category level custom lounge sofa,stainless steel appli- Housekeeping position available at the Restaurant Manager is eligible for the following benefits: ances.Dishwasher,micowave,oven,etc. Austria Hof Lodge. Call 760.934.2764 or Rafters Restaurant & Lounge is looking for Direc TV,Blazing fast wifi, and all other drop off resume at 924 Canyon Blvd. a strong service-oriented individual to di- • $15.00 - $19.00 per hour, Plus $2.00 utilities included in the Rent. Absolutely Get Outdoors 365 seeks sales associ- rect and supervise our Rafters restaurant per hour premium pay for night shifts No smoking and No Pets. $1400 per unit. ate. Outdoor knowledge a plus. Reliable, floor team. Looking for someone with • Participation in PERS (California Will consider any time frame within this happy, trustworthy, etc. Talk to Sean or vision and passion to deliver the highest Public Employees Retirement System) at period. Contact Nate Hunter 310.748.4506, Anita quality and detailed experience to our the 2% at 62 formula, in compliance with or [email protected]. Tomas Rodriguez seeks in-house book- guests. Must have previous management the Public Employee Pension Reform Act Unfurnished 3BR, 2 and1/2 Bath plus keeper/accountant. Flex hrs. Competitve experience in a high-volume restaurant. of 2013 small loft. Sun, between The Village and pay. Call Tomas @ 310.629.7263 Floor Manager • Comprehensive Leave accrual at the Canyon Lodge. Call Troy 760.920-3304. P/T Counter-Delivery Person Must Red Lantern Restaurant is seeking Floor rate of 176 hours (22 days) per year have clean driving record. Flexible sched- Manager. Responsible for the day-to-day • PERS Health Insurance (ESTA will pay ule including weekends and holidays. Pick operation of restaurant service. Schedule 80% of the monthly premium) For Sale / Moving Sale up application and job description at 3280 and train staff. Be highly visible on the • Health Insurance Deductible reim- IPT Heavy Duty Gorman-Rupp mud Main Street, Mammoth Lakes. floor. 2 years management experience re- bursement (50% of one family member and sludge PUMP. Used once (8 hours). quired.Please complete an application at deductible) With Wheel kit (portable). Briggs & Strat- Wrangler - $10/hr + commission and 202 Old Mammoth Road or send resumes • Vision/Dental reimbursement up to tips. Assistant to wrangler for daily two ton 127cc engine. 3” ports. 25’ maximum to [email protected] $1,000 per year for the employee and $400 head. Solid capacity 1 5/8” Asking $1200 hour trail rides at 9 a.m. and 12 p.m. Call for one or more dependents 760.934.3800 x. 29. Rowing Machine by Stamina Fitness. • Holiday Pay (10 paid holidays) Has fitness monitor and used lightly but • Life Insurance ($50,000 policy) in excellent condition, asking $125 Nordic Trac Weight Machine with Applications can be found: online at bench, butterfly attachment, and leg ac- www.estransit.com, Mammoth Office cessory, runs on a pulley, excellent condi- (210 Commerce Dr.), Bishop Office (703B tion asking $500 obo Airport Rd) or Call 760-872-1901 ext. 11. Total Gym 1700 (Chuck Norris) excel- This position will be open until filled with lent condition asking $180 obo first application review on July 27, 2016. Toto Garage Heater, diesel, porto-heat, EEO Employer. 100,000 BTU 11 gal fuel tank, excellent condition Gull Lake Immediate Openings: 3 $125. 760-647-6484. The Sierra Nevada Resort & Spa is hir- Dock Hands needed Full or part-time Moving Sale-Aug. 27th from 8am to ing for: Rafters Restaurant, Red Lantern will train.Must be energetic , customer 3pm. 215 Juniper Dr Crowley Lake. Fur- and Jimmy’s dining room and kitchen friendly , and preferably likes fishing. M/F niture, patio furniture, gas BBQ, garden positions. Full and Part Time positions Smokeyard in the Village at Mammoth 16+ years and older. Starting pay $11.00 stuff, tools, camping stuff, climbing gear, available.Please complete an application has a few openings in all positions. Stop per hour. Apply in person at Gull Lake canoe, road bike, electric keyboard... at 202 Old Mammoth Rd. or send resumes by in person or email resumes to info@ Marina in the June Lake Loop. to [email protected] smokeyard.com. THE SHEET I Saturday, August 20, 2016 www.thesheetnews.com NOTICES/OBITUARY I 17 PUBLIC NOTICES GARY PHILIP WALKER 1955-2016 ary Walker’s life ended abruptly on August 4, 2016 when he was Notice Inviting Bids Gstruck by a vehicle on Main Street at Mountain Blvd in Mammoth The Town of Mammoth Lakes will receive sealed bids Lakes at approximately 8:54 p.m. for the work shown on the plans entitled: 2016 OLD MAMMOTH ROAD CONCRETE IMPROVE- He was the oldest son of Graham MENTS In the Town of Mammoth Lakes for and Eve Walker (deceased) of Palos The Town of Mammoth Lakes, California Verdes Estates, loving parents who Bids will be received at the Office of the Town Clerk of had previously lost two other sons the Town of Mammoth Lakes located at: 437 Old Mammoth Road, Suite R, tragically. Born in Toronto, Canada, Mammoth Lakes, California 93546 Gary’s family lived in Michigan and until 2:00 PM on Tuesday, September 6th, 2016 at which time they will be publicly opened and read. moved to Southern California in 1967. Proposal forms and Contract Documents for this work are included in the specifications. Gary’s priority in life was always his family. After raising a family (two GENERAL DESCRIPTION: Project is located along Old Mammoth Road in Mammoth Lakes, CA. Project in- lovely daughters, Shara and Tera, in cludes demolition, re-compacting of existing soil, re- Oregon and California, Shara passed placing curb and gutter, replacing concrete sidewalk, and an alternate of replacing an asphalt path with away in 2009). Gary moved to Mam- concrete sidewalk. The engineer’s estimate for this project is between $85,000 and $105,000. The work moth Lakes in 2004 where he con- includes full compliance with all applicable laws, tinued the family business, Resource rules and regulations. The work shall be completed within the time set forth in the Contract. Pattern and Model. PHOTO: SUSAN MORNING A non-mandatory pre-bid meeting will be held at the sports and keeping fit. and family will be held on Saturday, conference room at the Town Offices on Wednesday, Gary entertained in the Mammoth August 31st, 2016 at 2:00 PM, located at 437 Old Mam- area, playing the guitar and singing at Gary was a beautiful, caring soul August 20, at Forest Chapel, Twin moth Road, Suite R, Mammoth Lakes, California. The contractor shall have a valid Class C-8 or A Con- local gigs. He enjoyed doing volunteer who was greatly loved by his friends. Lakes at 4:30, across from Tamarack tractor license, a Driver’s License, and a current Busi- He is survived by his daughter Tera Lodge. No flowers, please. If you wish, ness Tax Certificate and shall maintain all required work. He was well-liked by the local licenses throughout the duration of the Contract. The community and by his fellow artisans Walker, his father Graham Walker, Gra- you may send a donation to the charity Contractor shall demonstrate his qualifications by having adequate equipment in good working order, at his workplace. His hobbies included ham’s wife Elizabeth Walker and her of your choice. experience, and ability to perform work. The Town daughter Melissa, as well as his loving Gary will always remain with us in will be the sole judge as to the qualifications of each hiking, especially in Yosemite, and ski- bidder. ing, and he had a deep love for nature companion Sandra Shibata. our hearts. Pursuant to Labor Code Section 1771.1(a), a contrac- tor or subcontractor shall not be qualified to bid on, and animals. He was a creative autodi- A memorial service for his friends be listed in a bid proposal (subject to the require- dact who enjoyed his work, playing ments of Section 4104 of the Public Contract Code), or engage in the performance of any contract for public work, as defined in Chapter 1 of Part 7 of Division 2 of the Labor Code, unless currently registered with the Department of Industrial Relations and qualified to perform public work pursuant to Section 1725.5. However, an unregistered contractor may submit a bid that is authorized by Section 7029.1 of the Busi- ness and Professions Code or by Sections 10164 or 20103.5 of the Public Contract Code, provided that the contractor is registered to perform public work at the time the contract is awarded. Plans and specifications may be obtained for a NON- REFUNDABLE FEE as listed below: Description, Plans & Specifications (incl. bid forms) Picked up at the Town Offices $25.00. Shipped UPS, FedEx, or US Mail $25.00. Town of Mammoth Lakes Offices located at 437 Old Mammoth Road, Suite R, Mammoth Lakes, California 93546. To order the plans and specifications by telephone call Sierra Shultz at (760) 965-3654. Plans and speci- fications will be available on the Town of Mammoth Lakes web site. Email Sierra Shultz at sshultz@townof- mammothlakes.ca.gov to obtain a link to download the bid package. Please provide all bidder contact in- formation including name, affiliation, phone number, fax number, and email address in order to be added to the bidders list. Electronic versions of the bid pack- age will only be provided to prospective bidders that provide all of the required information. The Town of Mammoth Lakes hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively ensure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, disadvantaged business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, or national origin in consider- ation for an award. This project is subject to compliance monitoring and Fictitious Business Name Statement enforcement by the California Department of Indus- trial Relations. Pursuant to Section 1773 of the Labor The Following Person Code, the general prevailing wage rates have been Is Doing Business As: determined by the Director of the California Depart- ment of Industrial Relations. These wages are set forth Woodward Architecture in the General Prevailing Wage Rates for this project, available at Town offices. Future effective general pre- Bruce P. Woodward Trust vailing wage rates, which have been predetermined 95 Grindelwald Rd., P.O. Box 3568 and are on file with the California Department of Mammoth Lakes, Ca. 93546 Industrial Relations are referenced but not printed in the general prevailing wage rates. A copy of the rates shall be posted by the successful bidder at the job site. This business is conducted by a Personal The successful bidder and all subcontractor(s) under Trust. him shall comply with all applicable Labor Code The Registrant commenced to transact provisions, which include but are not limited to the business under the fictitious business name payment of not less than the required prevailing wage or names listed on 7.1.16 rates to all worked employed by them in the execution of the Contract, the employment of apprentices, the This statement was filed with the County hours or labor and the debarment of contractors and Clerk of Mono County on July 26, 2016. subcontractors. File Number 16-099 Pursuant to Public Contract Code section 22300, the 2016-0123 (8/06, 8/13, 8/20, 8/27) successful bidder may substitute certain securities for funds withheld by the Town to ensure performance under the Contract. Fictitious Business Name Statement The Contract will be awarded to the responsible bidder submitting the lowest responsive bid on the The Following Person base bid and alternates. The Town reserves the right Is Doing Business As: to waive any informality or irregularity in a bid. The Town of Mammoth Lakes reserves the right to reject Trout Taxidermy any and/or all bids, or to utilize any alternative procedures authorized by the Public Contracts Codes Richard Enciso Sections 20166 and 20167. Submission of a bid shall 86 Silver Tip Lane , P.O. Box 2057 be deemed conclusive evidence that the bidder has Mammoth Lakes, Ca. 93546 thoroughly examined the plans, specifications and the site of all work and the bid takes all costs into ac- count. Each bid shall remain good for a minimum of This business is conducted by an Individual sixty (60) days after bid opening. Registrant has not yet begun to transact TOWN OF MAMMOTH LAKES, CALIFORNIA business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. Jamie Gray, TOWN CLERK This statement was filed with the County DATED: August 12, 2016 Clerk of Mono County on August 12,2016 TS #2016-00129 File Number 16-131 2016-0131 (8/20, 8/27, 9/03, 9/10) 18 I COVER STORY www.thesheetnews.com THE SHEET I Saturday, August 20, 2016 HELP LOOTING HORRORSCOPES continued from page 1 continued from page 1 reason being lack of inventory. arms too. In a public comment Bourne is banned from Mammoth patrimony are items that serve a In his August 6 story, “The Only thread on Facebook, Jennifer Collins Mountain downhill and cross coun- role in tribal identity and collec- Thing That’s Changed is TBID,” posted, “Mammoth is becoming As- try ski areas, and also from one of his tive belief. These are not owned by Bodine reported that 2015-2016 was pen. There are a lot of us (including passions, collecting mushrooms on individuals but are passed down a record-breaking year of Tran- myself) who have an education...and public lands. from generation to generation, usu- sient Occupancy Tax Revenue. The still need 2 to 3 jobs... if you want to In December 2014, federal agents ally to religious leaders, according Town of Mammoth Lakes grossed keep good workers... make it reason- searched Bourne’s Mammoth Lakes to custom. All of the artifacts under $15,539,299 from the tax, which able for them to actually live where residence and found about 30,000 this category will be repatriated to Mammoth Lakes Tourism considered they work.” artifacts along with a detailed log the appropriate tribe following the a good indicator of visitation. Tour- Another employer wrote that it’s book or where he found the treasure. process detailed in law.” ism Business Improvement District, frustrating to have some employees His looting dates back to 1994. The remaining items are orphans, or TBID, brought in $5 million in with multiple jobs, and many more Some of the treasures that led to and will be tucked away like the Arc revenue for 2015-2016. According to with a poor work ethic. “I’ve been Bourne’s indictment include glass of the Covenant in Indiana Jones. Mammoth Lakes Tourism Executive open just over two months and had beads taken from a cremation/ “The remaining tens of thousands of Director John Urdi, that money was to get rid of 7 employees...” posted burial site in the Humboldt-Toiyabe items have no scientific value since successfully re-invested in marketing Joe Hannigan, owner of Liberty Bar. National Forest in October 2010, their relationship to the land, the Mammoth Lakes. Lonnie Pratt Newbry posted, “Do according to the press release. In people, and other objects has been The owner of the local food ser- you have kids? I do. I’ve lived in town January 2011, Bourne “altered a large destroyed,” said Haverstock. “These vice establishment cited above said since 1972 and I can tell you why prehistoric site” in Death Valley and items have been reduced from getting people to visit is Mammoth people have two jobs. If you want to removed a Big Horn Sheep percus- important indicators of past human is no longer the biggest economic get ahead... own a home someday... sor, a tool used to shape arrowheads, behavior to trinkets with little or no challenge facing the town. Instead, it’s necessary to have two jobs.” and three incised stone tablets. value. They remain the property of more resources need to be invested Brocia said he felt Mammoth The artifacts collected from the Federal Government but their in getting people to stay. Lakes Tourism’s marketing efforts Bourne are being cataloged at the final disposition is undecided.” “Over the years I’ve had many were worth the cost of TBID, and Archaeological Research Center, a Law Enforcement got tipped off friends leave because there’s more that The Chamber of Commerce non-profit entity affiliated with Cali- to Bourne’s activities when photos to offer in other places. Better jobs, needed to continue to come together fornia State University, Sacramento, of him excavating what was later more opportunities for children, to brainstorm solutions to issues of Haverstock said. “Approximately 18 identified as a Native American bow better town amenities like commu- insufficient infrastructure, afford- percent of the 30,000 artifacts have stave appeared on the website, www. nity centers and affordable grocery able housing, and the attrition of the some provenience (location infor- summitpost.org. stores… there’s mass marketing year-round workforce. “We cannot mation) associated with them. These The year-long investigation into money to bring more money to be reliant on [MMSA’s] processes to will be used to advance our under- Bourne’s activities involved the Unit- town, but no money to support the make us economically productive standing of the regional prehistory.” ed States Forest Service, the National people and businesses that are here year-round. We, as locals, have to A few of the items are considered Park Service, and the Bureau of Land on the front line serving all of these rely on ourselves.” under the Native American Graves Management. people.” Protection and Repatriation Act, The digital community is up in Haverstock said. “Items of cultural

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Finally, Americans sim- Basin. “It just keeps getting busier and Police Department had to be called this summer—Yosemite is expecting ply seem to be recreating more. The busier numbers-wise. We’re doing 20 to extricate him. The Sheet witnessed as many as 400,000 more people than Outdoor Industry Association reported percent above record years,” he said. a trash bin at Horseshoe overflow- last year’s 4.2 million visitors (also a that $646 billion is spent annually on “Every time I drive by a campground ing with food and recyclable items on record-breaking number). Visits at enjoying the great outdoors. they would always say full. This sum- June 25. “It’s full-contact recreation up the Grand Canyon are also up from Mammoth Lakes, on the edge of mer’s definitely been wild.” going on [in the Lakes Basin],” Town last year’s record 5.5 million. That one of America’s most popular parks Camp host Jerry Sizemore didn’t Manager Dan Holler quipped at a park is going through a mile of toilet and a tank of gas away from several have much time to speak with The Town Council meeting on August 8. paper, per stall, each day, in some of major cities, has reaped the benefits Sheet when asked at Pine City Camp- Engineering Manager Haislip Hayes its restrooms, the WSJ reported. Some of this nationwide surge in recreation. ground how busy his summer has told The Sheet that a feasibility study employees at Yosemite have reported Ridership in the month of July for the been. “It’s been way above average,” for the Lakes Basin is currently in draft taking more than three hours to get Yosemite Area Rapid Transit System Sizemore said, “and now I’ve got to go! form and being reviewed by the USFS, to their jobs in the Valley from their (YARTS) in Mono County was up 29.77 I’ve got three more campgrounds to but that it is not ready to be released to homes outside the park due to traffic. percent over last July, reported Jeff work on today.” the public. Public Information Officer Anna Horn, a server at the Half Dome Simpson, Economic Development Supervisor Corless said that the Deb Schweizer told The Sheet that Village Bar, said that she parks her car Manager for Mono County. Bus service Board of Supervisors has agreed that a National Visitor Use Management at Yosemite Village and bikes to work to Devils Postpile National Monument the Mammoth Lakes Basin should be study is being conducted this year, but to avoid the worst stretch of traffic in will be extended into October this called out as an “area of special inter- that its results won’t be available until Yosemite Valley. “From [Half Dome Vil- season. The picturesque Lakes Basin est” in the Inyo National Forest draft next year. lage] to Yosemite Village can take over has experienced a similar situation to revision plan, for which the INF will John Wentworth, President of the an hour,” Horn told The Sheet. The Yosemite Valley—visitors congregate in be one of eight “early adopters” to at- Board of Directors for Mammoth Lakes section of road is less than a mile. the area much as they do in Yosemite tempt to build relationships between Trails and Parks Association, agreed “It’s August as f**k,” is the favorite Valley. Roads can be congested, buses non-governmental organizations and that Mammoth is a part of something phrase of one Yosemite ranger, weary crowded, parking lots and trash bins the U.S. Forest Service to help man- bigger. “The data we’re hearing indi- of being sternly polite to the thousands overflowing. Mono County Supervisor age recreation areas. At the Board of cate there’s something pretty profound of visitors who stop in the middle of Stacy Corless told The Sheet that when Supervisors meeting in Bridgeport on going on with visitation of the public the road to snap photos of bears, leave she hiked past McLeod lake on Satur- August 9, Liz O’Sullivan spoke on the lands,” said Wentworth. “We need to coolers in their cars and drop used day, July 2, “The crowd was like Santa draft revision plan, saying that she has start understand what’s going on with diapers at picnic areas. A cooler in a Monica. People were laying on the witnessed the Lakes Basin becoming summer visitation.” car can garner a fine of about $150, but beach towel-to-towel.” so overused that dead fish, toilet paper other less serious infractions get writ- “It’s been a very busy summer,” John and trash dot the landscape. “We… ten warnings. Rangers in Yellowstone Summers, owner of the Mammoth FALL IN LOVE ALL OVER AGAIN

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