sheetthe News, Views & Culture of the Eastern Sierra Heller had thoughts this week on Kenosha. Lunch did, too. Check out page two for more. Saturday, August 29, 2020 FREE Vol. 18, No. 35 CASTING ABOUT A SENSE OF URGENCY Inyo hopes to discourage Covid violations By Lunch nyo County Supervisors ordinance to arrest persons passed an urgency or- for violations of the statute or Idinance on Tuesday to ordinance ... “ “discourage and penalize viola- The reason the Supervisors tions of orders pertaining to the were contemplating this step Covid-19 pandemic.” (the potential empowerment of But while the Supervisors health department and other agreed to the potential en- officials to issue criminal cita- actment of civil penalties for tions) is because Inyo County violations, they declined to add Sheriff Jeff Hollowell has stated a criminal component. he is reluctant to enforce some It was the prospect of an of the state health orders, added criminal component which he believes are unconsti- which raised the ire of many tutional. local citizens. And as Inyo County Superior One, Leon Beadle, promised Court Judge Tom Hardy said on recall petitions if the ordinance Tuesday, while state and coun- was approved as presented. ty orders “can” be enforced by County Counsel Marshall peace officers, enforcement is Rudolph explained at the not required. outset that the County did have “Kinda like a speeding the power to include a crimi- ticket,” chimed in Supervisor nal component. According to Jeff Griffiths. If they see you California penal code section speeding, they can pull you PHOTO: TODD ROBERTSON 836.5 (d): “The governing body over and ticket you. Or not. Sean Robertson made the most of a cloudy day by dropping a line in Silver Lake over the weekend. of a local agency, by ordinance, But as Griffiths added, “The may authorize its officers goal is to dissuade egregious MAN (CLEANING UP AFTER MAN) DEFENSE and employees who have the offenders who are a danger to On the trails with Friends of the Inyo’s Alex Ertaud duty to enforce a statute or see URGENT, page 8 By Hite fter yet another story Ertaud officially began his People are typically recep- about trash, Friends of tenure as the Stewardship tive to this type of work, “The Athe Inyo asked The Sheet Director for Friends of the Inyo reaction I get is pretty positive. to tag along with an employee in September 2017. “Ideally we Hikers are thankful that some- to see what the non-profit was would have five trail ambas- one is out there doing the work,” doing to mitigate the trash issue sadors, one for each ranger said Butcher. in the Eastern Sierra. station,” said Ertaud referencing When the Sheet followed So for one day, The Sheet fol- the trail ambassador program Ertaud up Duck Pass, the experi- lowed Alex Ertaud, Stewardship staffing. Depending on fund- ence was exactly as Butcher had Director at Friends of the Inyo, ing, there have traditionally described. up Duck Pass Trail to Barney been between 2-4 full time trail Ertaud brought a shovel Lake. ambassadors staffed during the and other tools just in case Ertaud has a story akin to summers. he needed to clear trail. He many residents in the Eastern This year, there is only one full removed any rocks larger than Sierra. He graduated from col- time ambassador and one part a fist from the trail, picked up lege during the Great Recession time. trash, and attempted to talk to and did not have many options. So what do these ambas- almost everyone that appeared So he took a job as a ski in- sadors do? Lindsay Butcher, to be camping, whether that be structor and the Eastern Sierra the only current full time trail checking their permit, answer- started to grow on him. ambassador, told The Sheet, “On ing questions, or sharing general Alex Ertaud documents evidence of an illegal fire at Lake Barney Ertaud left the area to get his a normal day I am usually going knowledge. “I’ve been doing this for four trash] is getting its moment and Masters degree from the Uni- up some trail. I check permits, I One of the 20 or so groups summers and I’ve picked up attention. versity of Utah. But like so many pick up trash, and I am usually Ertaud talked to did not know thousands of pounds of trash,” But this is a continuation of a others, found himself coming doing some trail work along the they had to pack out their toilet said Ertaud, “I’m glad it [the back. way. paper. see TRAILS, page 9 Tightening races Redrawn flood maps CannaBishop? Suddenstink 4th amendment blues

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INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE BUBBLE the Ted Carleton...... Jack of all Lunches I had the following email exchange with Allen Brown this week. 760.937.4613 / [email protected] Brown: News Flash! BLM (Black Lives Matter) takes their community improve- June Simpkins... ment team to Kenosha, Wisconsin. What a great organization! Hope the local high Jack of everything else 760.937.3967 / [email protected] school chapter is taking notes! Second email: NEWS FLASH! Biden, Harris, Pelosi condemn violent protests/ri- sheet Zachary Hite ...... Writer ots/looting in Kenosha. OOPS! No, they didn’t! News, Views & Culture of the Eastern Sierra [email protected] My reply: You’ve seen the video, right? You saw what the cops did to that man. Seven shots in the back. “Nunc demum istaec nata esse modo Owen Page ...... simplex horum meminisse quae agricolae. Writer [email protected] I’m ashamed of those officers, ashamed for my country. Hi sunt qui in terram. In Occidente novae When will officers break ranks? When will the good ones realize that they can’t testae ex luto. Vos scitis ... insulsi.” Clouds McCloud ...... Ass-trologer continue to avert their eyes while the bad ones pull this shit? -Gene Wilder as Jim, Blazing Saddles Brown: Saw the video, looks horrible. Unlike you, I’m content to wait and see Spike Todd ...... Beverage Consultant what the full investigation/story reveals! There’s always more! Also, unlike you JACK LUNCH apparently, I don’t think this incident that initially appears so terrible justifies PUBLISHER riots, looting and now more deaths. Second email: Ted, hope you know I like you, I do. Yeah, I saw that video, looked terrible. What I saw when I watched that video P.O. Box 8088 was a guy not following police instruction, resisting arrest AND, it looked like he Mammoth Lakes, CA 93546 was reaching for something on the floor of his car. Doesn’t change realities, still 760.924.0048/[email protected] For a subscription, contact Lunch at his horrible. I was never a real peace office although technically I was, just a juvenile An adjudicated paper of general circula- above e-mail address, or call the office. Issues are mailed out bi-weekly. Cost is $75/year. probation officer. What did I learn from that? There’s almost always SOMETHING tion. © 2020 The Sheet, all rights reserved. more. We should all want justice and be willing to know the full story rather than just rushing to judgement and using a terrible thing like this as an excuse to riot, It’s so often … [I’m] reminded of my color. It’s just really sad. We’ve got to do loot and kill even more people. Third email: You know I’m right. better, but we’ve got to demand better. We’ve got … it’s funny. We protest and they *Two people were later killed in Kenosha by a self-described 17-year old militia send riot guards, right? They send people in riot outfits. They go to Michigan with member who said he was there to preserve order and defend property. guns and they’re spitting on cops, and nothing happens. The training has to change The above represented chapter one of my mentally processing the murder of an in the police force. The unions have to be taken down in the police force. unarmed man, Jacob Blake, in Kenosha, Wisconsin by a police officer. Chapter two My dad was a cop. I believe in good cops. We’re not trying to defund the police was presented by Los Angeles Clippers coach Doc Rivers when asked by a reporter and take all their money away. We’re trying to get them to protect us, just like they about Jacob Blake during a postgame press conference. protect everybody else. I didn’t want to talk about it before the game, because it’s Rivers is a black man, extremely successful and articulate. He attended college at so hard, to just keep watching it. That video, if you watch that video, you don’t need Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He’s coached an NBA champion- to be black to be outraged. You need to be American and outraged. How dare the ship team. He married his college sweetheart, a white woman he met during his Republicans talk about fear? We’re the ones that need to be scared. We’re the ones freshman year. They’ve been married 34 years, and have four children. having to talk to every black child. What white father has to give his son a talk about “What stands out to me is just watching the Republican Convention. They’re being careful if you get pulled over? It’s just ridiculous ... It keeps going. There’s no spewing this fear, right? You hear Donald Trump and all of them talking about fear. charges. Breonna Taylor, no charges, nothing. All we’re asking is you live up to the We’re the ones getting killed. We’re the ones getting shot. We’re the ones that were Constitution. That’s all we’re asking, for everybody, for everyone. Thank you.” denied to live in certain communities. We’ve been hung. We’ve been shot. All you NBA players, and then athletes in other sports, have sat out games the past few do is keep hearing about fear. It’s amazing to me why we keep loving this country, days in protest. and this country does not love us back. It’s really so sad. Like, I should just be a I recognize that we live in a culture with an extremely short attention span. That coach. we’re accustomed to having news events resolve themselves in very tidy time- frames. There was George Floyd and the subsequent protests that ignited through- out the country and then ... the protests subsided and things got back to “normal” and then - Jacob Blake happens and a lot of folks can’t gear up for another round of it, of conflict. But really, of truth splashed in their faces. In my face. Chapter three came when the panelists of “Inside the NBA” expounded upon what Doc Rivers said. Now the panel features three former, top NBA players (Sha- quille O’Neal, Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith), all black, and a longtime broad- caster named Ernie Johnson, white. It’s probably the most relevant show on television. The former players are candid and self-deprecating and bust each other’s chops and tell jokes. Watching the show is like hanging with your friends - especially for those of us who inhabit the same 50s age range. Barkley followed up by asking Johnson if he’d ever had to give the traffic stop lecture to his children. Never. For the other panelists, it’s a frequent conversation. Kenny Smith said he finds himself unconsciously talking about personal safety and caution with his kids mul- tiple times per day. It depends upon the neighborhood. In some neighborhoods, these are the unwritten rules and codes. In other neighborhoods, different rules and codes apply. And it hits home, that these gentlemen who’ve enjoyed so much professional success, who are so well known - they still worry about stuff that many of us have never worried about in our lives. And if the black elite can’t find any peace or secu- rity on a day-to-day basis, what’s it like for the vast majority of minority populations who aren’t rich or famous? The fear element that Rivers talks about - I wonder how much of that relates to the declining white majority in this country. By 2044, the white share of the popula- tion in America is supposed to fall below half. In 2018, the New York Times spoke with Jennifer Richeson, a social psychologist at Yale University who analyzes group behavior. According to the story, “She knew that group size was a marker of dominance and that a group getting smaller could feel threatened. At first she thought the topic of a declining white majority was too obvious to study. But she did, together with a colleague, Maureen Craig, a social psychologist at New York University, and they have been talking about the results ever since. Their findings, first published in 2014, showed that white Americans who were randomly assigned to read about the racial shift were more likely to report negative feelings toward racial minorities than those who were not. They were also more likely to support restrictive immigration policies and to say that whites would likely lose status and face discrimination in the future.” In short, they are fearful. And as Rivers describes above, fear is a very powerful and divisive political tool. The most depressing part to me looks like succeeding chapters over the next quarter century, as politically, fear has proven a very winning card destined to be played again and again. online, sept 16-20

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WWW.mammOthlakesFilmFestival.cOm 4 I www.thesheetnews.com THE SHEET I Saturday, August 29, 2020 LETTERS The show [skiing] must go on pensers on board, and an employee to reservation system; this sounded more money had there been more informa- monitor so the bus driver can focus on like a lottery system. How does this tion. Dear Editor: his day job, which is to drive the bus. work? One family member wins the lot- I write this to you because of your edi- At places like Canyon Lodge and Mc- tery and the others don’t? Frankly, this torial in the Sheet (August 8, 2020). At I was chagrined when I read [MMSA Coy Station, the “renovation” jammed is a bad idea, and it’s very good that Mr. the very least, there could be up-to-date V.P.] Mr. Albright’s quote in last week’s in even more seating. Well, you have Albright said no. postings and brochures at the Welcome Sheet regarding the upcoming skji to now remove half of it. Regarding the For employee housing, well, many Center. A person with plastic barriers season: “We have no idea what winter’s bathrooms, the men and boys get to use colleges across the country have man- would have been nice but I do under- gonna look like.” Upon reading this porta potties outside (at Canyon, The aged to open with dormitory housing stand the issues with the virus. my first thought was, “How could this Mill, Chair 4, and Main) and the women one student per room. MMSA will have Mammoth Lakes is a beautiful area. be?” Thus far, MMSA has had five-plus and girls use the bathrooms inside. to do something similar. Maybe have We look forward to returning someday. months to paint this picture. They need Right away this approach cuts the den- a contract with local lodging to ensure to do a better job holding themselves sity in half. Also, families with children employees are protected. MMSA can Kathy and Gary Newman accountable to their stakeholders and receive priority. afford it. Cleveland, Ohio communities. This type of statement Next, eliminate outside bars and Remember, for MMSA’s overarching from an MMSA executive is totally DJs to discourage congregating. All the strategy, safety is the first priority. Newmans: A temporary Welcome Center unacceptable. We will soon be entering other bars in California are closed so was reopened by Tuesday, August 11. September, so the execution phase of why should MMSA have them? Hey, if Kevin Olivo You just missed it! the plan will quickly be upon them. He someone wants to have a beer or glass Redlands stated the plans range from not operat- of wine at lunch that’s one thing. Cock- Bad connection ing at all - is he serious? Not operating tail parties on the decks need to stop. Missing out would be an absolute disaster for Mam- We are not supposed to ski impaired ... Dear Editor: moth Lakes, the regional economy, and but then the bars and booze ... so which Dear Editor: the ski industry in general. one is it, MMSA? SuddenStink strikes again. We are As I reflect, the quote by Henry Ford Next, more tables and benches My wife, two granddaughters and I beyond frustrated with our phone and comes to mind: “If you think you can outside for lunch. I get it; when it’s were unexpectedly in Mammoth Lakes internet service. It started going bad the or think you can’t, you’re right.” Not snowing people do not want to have on August 10, 2020. We knew it would beginning of summer and has contin- operating should not even be on the lunch in a snowstorm but otherwise it’s be difficult finding information in the ued to degrade. We made the decision table. Instead, spend your energy on cold outside, it’s winter, it’s part of the usual way: Chambers of Commerce, to go with the over-the-internet phone what operations need to look like and experience, it’s Mammoth! Besides, the Visitor Centers etc. We were surprised, system some time ago. A decision we then execute to that plan. MMSA can do “customer experience” of having a $10 though, that there was no up-to-date completely regret now. We’re forced to this … it is operationally excellent with a small bowl of soup or a $20 cafeteria posted information at the Mammoth reboot our modem 2 to 5 times a day, daily executed orchestration of man and burger jammed-in shoulder to shoulder Lakes Welcome Center. The brochures almost every day. Sometimes voices are machine, complex lift systems that for with strangers at picnic-style tables is were mostly gone. too garbled to understand, frustrating the most part run without a hitch. not a nice one. We had a good time at Devil’s Postpile both office staff and potential guests. For crowd management take a tip Next, for lift operations: no serpentine for the day we were there. But we spent In the current vacation market, typi- from the national parks: they have been or multiple lane queues juxtaposed and no money in Mammoth Lakes except cally our guests: running their bus systems at half capac- no lift line singles. for fruit drinks at a local store. We might -Are getting out of crowded cities and And the thought of an additional have stayed longer and spent more ity, no standing, hand sanitizer dis- more LETTERS, page 5 THE SHEET I Saturday, August 29, 2020 www.thesheetnews.com LETTERS I 5 LETTERS continued from page 4 escaping to the great outdoors old abandoned Sherwin Lakes Trail. was unable to come to an agreement. I and/or $5,000 fine. -They plan on and are required to work Other than the latter, there are no other appreciate the time and effort the USFS Recently I encountered some “ranger remotely while here. trails evident except game trails. We were and many volunteers took to create this types” in the John Muir Wilderness. They -Many are schoolteachers trying to thrilled to see a large buck take off down plan. However, it was incomplete. were wearing shirts that displayed the teach remotely. canyon! In summary: I object to this intrusion official US Forest Service emblem on one -Most have students doing classwork There are many environmental re- into Solitude Canyon and believe the arm and a Friends of the Inyo emblem on over the internet. sources to consider which would best be information provided by the proponents the other. They were not wearing a Forest Every day we have disappointed, addressed in an Environmental Assess- in their scoping letter to the USFS was Service badge or name tag and their uni- unhappy guests demanding a discount ment. As the Lakes Basin has become inadequate. I moved to Mammoth in forms were not standard FS. If they had or refunds because of the POOR internet extremely impacted, deer and other 1970 and have hiked extensively in the asked me for a permit or other questions service. Who knows what we are missing wildlife have no other migration route area and the Sierra. I care deeply about related to my visit, I would have refused while the phones are rebooting? from summer to winter habitat. We know our public lands. The proposed Solitude to provide them any information. As far We manage several properties, all there are many old growth Jeffrey Pine, Canyon Trail is not appropriate for the as I knew, they could be imposters. have Suddenlink internet, causing too but there needs to be an assessment of canyon. “Checking permits” in wilderness many customer service issues. Calling in the flora as well. when no obvious violation has been a repair order will put us on hold for 45 Who will really benefit? It will be a Sydney Quinn committed is essentially the same as law minutes to an hour before the phone is trail suitable mostly for extreme moun- Mammoth Lakes enforcement stopping a vehicle for the answered. Several times, when answered, tain bikers. Certainly not the general sole purpose to see if the operator has a we have been instructed to call another population of Mammoth or visitors. An Take only pictures legally required driver license. Neither number, requiring even more hold time. 18”-24” trail is not safe for two-way traffic is legal unless there is a reasonable basis The poor internet service available is with horses, hikers and bikers. Horses Dear Editor: for believing that a crime may have been having a negative impact on the June and bikes do not mix well as has been committed - “probable cause.” Lake economy. I wish we had other op- proven on the Mammoth Rock Trail. The I found a disturbing post 8-21-2020 The Fourth Amendment of the U.S. tions. The existing internet service sucks! difficulty of the trail will attract e-bikes. from the Inyo N.F on their Facebook ac- Constitution provides that “[t]he right of We need more bandwidth! Given the start of the trail near the moto- count page. “Thanks to the trail ambassa- the people to be secure in their persons, Suddenlink, are you listening? Do you cross, motorcycle trespass will also be dors with Friends of the Inyo for helping houses, papers, and effects, against un- care? encouraged. Who will patrol and enforce maintain trails, checking permits, and reasonable searches and seizures, shall prohibition of motorcycles and e-bikes? packing out extra trash they find.” not be violated, and no Warrants shall is- Don Morton The USFS doesn’t have the resources to Having non-profit conservation groups sue, but upon probable cause, supported June Lake monitor the trails that exist now. assisting the agency maintaining trails or by Oath or affirmation ... Resources would be better spent on packing out trash can be beneficial when Lacking an obvious violation, wilder- Solitude or Pumice improving trails in the Shady Rest and they are properly supervised. Outsourc- ness rangers stopping backpackers and Pumice Flat area. A trail with various ing checking wilderness permits and demanding they present papers or a bear Dear Editor: loops from Mammoth to June Lake bear cannisters is not. These are law cannister violates their 4th Amendment would be beneficial to a wider range of enforcement functions that must be done Rights. American justice is based on Thanks for the opportunity to com- bicyclists and users in already disturbed by trained Forest Service employees and investigating crimes, not persons. Hiking ment on the proposed new trail in areas. be consistent with our Constitution. Pen- with a backpack is NOT reason to suspect Solitude Canyon. I recently hiked into According to the 2008 Sherwin Mead- alties for any of the wilderness violations that one has violated the law by failing to ows Recreation Plan, Solitude Canyon the canyon from the old mining road are serious, up to 6 months in prison more LETTERS, page 12 near the motocross track and down the was controversial back then. The group

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Bishop City Council debates pot in town By Page n spite of Proposition 64, which legal- revenue associated with legal pot sales, with his counterpart in Mammoth Lakes, ing syndrome has increased … cannabis ized recreational marijuana cultiva- adding, “If the revenue is so minimal that Chief Al Davis, and Inyo County Sheriff has become one of the most commonly Ition and sale in California, the plant it doesn’t make sense or it’s this huge Jeff Hollowell about potential enforce- abused drugs in the world.” remains controversial in some circles. number, then we want to consider the ment costs. “It has a negative affect on youth’s Like amongst Bishop City Council. costs and the benefits of a dispensary.” Davis reportedly told Stec that they had mental and physical health,” she added. The question of permitting a marijuana Mayor Laura Smith tacked on an ad- no enforcement costs associated with the Another commenter, Greta Thompson, dispensary within city limits was on the ditional question about law enforcement pot shops, only revenue; likewise in Inyo wrote “Putting these outlets on main Council’s agenda Monday. The debate costs associated with keeping things fully County, Hollowell had no costs to report streets helps set the character of our was lively, though no air punches were legal. along with no criminal complaints to the t o w n .” thrown. While staff was unable to provide a District Attorney’s office. After the form letter and the names City Council last debated the issue comprehensive cost-benefit analysis on “I think our position here is to do the of its signatories had been read aloud, in 2017, after passage of Prop 64, and ulti- Monday, Bishop City Administrator Ron will of the voters,” said Councilmember Costello asked, “Does anybody recognize mately voted to ban marijuana dispensa- Phillips explained that there are cur- Stephen Muchovej. “If you look at those any of those names of people that live in ries within the City of Bishop. rently two marijuana dispensaries in Inyo ballot measures and just the results Bishop? At the time, Council rejected a pro- County. Those dispensaries generated from within city limits … the majority [of Muchovej responded, “They’re voters, posed ordinance, approved unanimously just under $100,000 in tax revenue in FY people] are okay with this and they’re Chris.” by the city’s planning commission, that 2017-18, just over $115,000 in FY 2018-19 comfortable without the stigma that has Costello: “I don’t.” would’ve have authorized marijuana and generated close to $320,000 in FY been applied.” Muchovej: “There was an acupunctur- sales in town. 2019-20. Smith disagreed, noting “People within ist in town, there was a business owner Councilmember Jim Ellis brought the Presently, Bishop receives none of that the city of Bishop were not voting for in town … we know you know all the discussion to the table this time around, revenue, as the dispensaries in question, legalized marijuana shops in the City of ministers since they sent us letters before telling his fellow councilmembers that while near Bishop, are technically in the Bishop.” the agenda was really out.” he’d been approached by people inquir- unincorporated parts of Inyo County. Muchovej: “But they were voting for it Smith added, “You kind of wonder ing about the ban and wanted “to see Inyo voters have also approved a 12.5% in the state.” when it’s a letter like that that’s just kind where council and the public is on this.” tax on marijuana. Smith: “Yes, but not in their neighbor- of generated.” The discussion on Monday was just Mayor Smith was surprised by the low hood.” Muchovej countered again, asking that, a discussion, with no action item number of dispensaries until she was re- Muchovej added that there are laws “Does it discount their sentiment in your or vote on the topic. Further action on minded that there are others within Inyo about proximity to schools and that mind?” the matter could be undertaken at the County that are on tribal lands. council could also make its own deter- “If I was really passionate about some- board’s behest. Phillips also reported that he had asked mination as to where the shops would be thing or really had something to say,” Councilmember Karen Schwartz Bishop Police Chief Ted Stec to inquire allowed. Smith responded, “you would wanna say kicked off the conversation asking about He also explained that proponents of what you wanna say.” marijuana dispensaries in Bishop have Costello eventually read a prepared indicated that they are organizing in an statement, prefacing it with “I hope you attempt to draft a resolution and put it to guys can hear my heart in this.” the voters. All those proponents would His essential argument: the cost far Outdoor Barber Shop need, Muchovej said, is 250 signatures; outweighs the benefit. “No amount of Barber Ellen McDonald the city would then have to pay for a revenue stream is worth the potential Every Tues. & Thurs. by appt. only special election on the resolution. In ad- negative effect in this community.” He Regular Haircuts I Military Cuts I Fades dition, City Council would have no input also referenced his own struggles with Local/Active Military Discounts on the resolution. marijuana, telling Council “For the 6 A special election, according to City years I was addicted to pot, it did no good Attorney Dean Pucci, would cost the things in my life … it was by God’s grace jurisdiction between $60,000 to $100,000. that I was able to quit.” Councilmember Chris Costello cast “What will be your argument with a doubt on public support in favor of dis- child or their parents whose life becomes pensaries, noting that while the letters of impacted by addiction,” Costello asked, opposition were unique and written by “just because we need more money in teachers, pastors, and school principals, the city.” many of the support letters were a form Muchovej was unimpressed. “That’s letter that only required people to sign very nice, Chris,” he said, “but let’s just be their name. clear … we’re not talking about approv- “I’m not even sure it was sent by all ing a dispensary for the singular purpose those different people,” Costello said, “It of money, we’re talking about the will of might be sent by someone with a whole people.” bunch of different email addresses.” “I’m not convinced the majority of Costello also argued that having dispen- people who live in Bishop are for this,” saries within walking distance of town Costello explained. would only make things worse. “To that point, how many of the pastors Smith sided with Costello throughout are outside of the city limits?” Muchovej the meeting, arguing that dispensaries asked. “I hear people’s concerns. In my would provide easier access to marijuana mind a lot of the concerns that have been for youth and referencing an article pub- made border on fear mongering.” lished in The Sheet last year about dogs Smith got the final word. “as far as I’m getting sick from eating human feces with concerned, it’s a substance,” she said, marijuana in it, adding that there are “It’s a drug, it’s an altering substance, it’s areas “where I see [human waste] almost not healthy for you … anything that you every day.” smoke or breathe into your lungs is not Ellis, who had toured the Ascent facility healthy for you.” in Mammoth, maintained, ”I want to look Ellis, who had asked that council dis- at the whole picture and not just put this cuss the issue, remained non-committal, in a box of a bunch of teenagers getting noting “I still don’t have the pulse of the stoned.” community.” DeeDee Costello, the councilmember’s City staff will return with more infor- wife and local nurse, teacher and pastor, mation at a later date. explained in a written comment, “The amount of patients seen for cyclic vomit- SLoremtop ipsum by dolorto 100% Made in the USA come meet ssite amet,e ou consecteturr Olive mascot and store fadipiscingloor m elit,o dsede l puppy! ddoi seiusmodplay stempor

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8 I LOCAL NEWS www.thesheetnews.com THE SHEET I Saturday, August 29, 2020 URGENCY continued from page 1 public health. Civil penalties do give us a Pushing it further, opined Hollowell, In other Inyo/Bishop news ... of local flood maps. chance to go after offenders.” would amount to an invasion of privacy. The takeaway: In Bishop, if you live The civil penalties in the ordinance call “We can address them [those not Crop Report along Bishop Creek, particularly the for up to $500 daily fines for individuals wearing masks] from an educational south fork of Bishop Creek, the new and $2,000 daily fines for commercial perspective,” he said. Agricultural Commissioner Nathan maps, which go into effect in December, businesses. That’s it. Reade presented the 2019 crop report to may require you to obtain flood insur- The catch is, a Hollowell said Inyo Supervisors on Tuesday. ance (if you don’t own your property person or business he wrote an email The total value of Inyo County’s Agri- outright). issued a notice of “ to County Counsel cultural production was $22.9 million in Affected areas along Bishop Creek civil violation has Within reason, we’ll Rudolph this week in 2019, up 7% year- over-year but still far include Rome Drive, the J Diamond the opportunity to opposition to adding below 2011-2013 numbers (approx. $27 mobile park and the east side of Bishop. “cure” that violation enforce the health a criminal compo- million). As Lohmann said, “You may want to within twenty-four nent to the urgency By category, livestock and livestock get flood insurance before the changes hours. orders, but we can’t ordinance.He be- products was down 8%. Field crops are implemented,” so you can get grand- As Griffiths ob- enforce the mask order. lieves it would create were up 2%. But the biggest movers fathered in. served, a notice of major liability for the were nursery products (up $2 million, or The new report can be accessed at civil violation would county to empower 78%) and fruit and nut crops (up 84%). https://msc.fema.gov or visit the city of be fairly useless in staff to issue crimi- Livestock and field crops make up Bishop’s website and find the report in -Inyo Sheriff Jeff Hollowell a party situation, nal citations without 77% of the county’s total production, the August 24 agenda packet. which tends to extensive training. while nursery products account for 20%. resolve itself within The District At- Mono County agricultural production No Allmon Joy a few hours, unless torney had offered value was up 1% in 2019 over 2018. there’s a Motley ” his office’s assistance Jessica Allmon, Veteran Services Of- Crue reunion tour if training were Bishop occupancy numbers ficer for Inyo and Mono Counties, has happening. required. been dismissed from her position by A principal rea- Ultimately, the At Bishop City Council’s regular Inyo County Sheriff Jeff Hollowell. son Inyo Supervisors would prefer the Supervisors voted unanimously to ap- meeting on Monday, Bishop Chamber Allmon is appealing her termination. Sheriff’s Department participate as a prove the civil component of the ur- of Commerce Executive Director Tawni Pete Peters, Commander of Bishop’s “partner” in health order enforcement is gency ordinance and to toss the criminal Thomson made available Bishop’s tran- American Legion Post 118, Joe Davis, sheer optics. Sending a deputy to serve component, which Supervisor Rick Pucci sient occupancy numbers over the past Commander of Big Pine’s American papers is a lot more powerful message observed, “has contributed to most of three months. Legion Post 457 and Members of local than sending a building inspector. the negativity around this.” VFW Post 8988 have all written letters in But as Hollowell explained in a phone As citizen Craig Barrett said in his May 2019: 69% May 2020: 38% support of Allmon and against the clo- conversation this week, “Within reason, public comment (read by Assistant June 2019: 82% June 2020: 66% sure of Bishop’s Veterans Service office. we’ll enforce the health orders, but we to the CAO Darcy Ellis), “People are July 2019: 86% July 2020: 71% Local calls are now being routed to can’t enforce the mask order. If a person under stress. They don’t need a further Bakersfield. has an underlying medical condition, emergency order [to make them more She said August, 2020 is tracking As it’s a personnel matter, Sheriff Hol- and they say they do, we can’t go further.” stressed].” about 20 points down from 2019. lowell could not comment. Ms. Allmon did not return calls for Updated flood maps comment. The fractured relationship between Edie Lohmann and Eric Simmons of Hollowell and Allmon has been docu- FEMA (Federal Emergency Manage- mented in previous Sheet stories in ment Agency) spoke to both the Bishop the February 15 and March 14 issues. Council and Inyo Supervisors this week Those stories can be accessed at www. regarding the update (first since 2011) thesheetnews.com. NEW CHAPTER AT ALDRIDGE Gabe Distel takes over at Aldridge Plumbing By Lunch abe Distel is the new owner of Aldridge Plumbing in Bishop. G He recently bought the busi- ness from Russ Aldridge, who’d been in business in Bishop for a quarter cen- tury. Distel is a fourth-generation local who graduated from Mammoth High School in 1997. He had been working at Dean’s Plumbing and Heating since 2016. Distel will, at least initially, be a one-man show. And he can handle pretty much anything: Leaks, slab leaks, remodels, fixtures, sinks, faucets, water heaters, tankless heaters, swamp cool- Gabe Distel ers … got a leak and needs someone to turn a “That’s a big deal come summer,” says wrench, that’s great. She’s thankful, and Distel, who estimates he services about nice people get treated nice. That’s what 100 swamp coolers every year. “People I like.” don’t like to get on roofs anymore,” he This echoes Aldridge’s philosophy: If grins. you take care of the clients, they’ll take Distel’s career has always been in cus- care of you. tomer service in some form or another. Aldridge said he finally had to sell the Interestingly, he served as a paralegal business because an injured back made for nearly a decade in a previous incar- it a struggle just to get in and out of the nation. truck. “I’ll never be out of pain for the As for the plumbing trade, Distel says, rest of my life. But I have no regrets. I “I don’t mind being in difficult, small, was able to provide for my family … but cramped spaces.” And, “If I can help the the trade is hard on the body.” little old lady in the Highlands who’s THE SHEET I Saturday, August 29, 2020 www.thesheetnews.com LOCAL NEWS I 9 TRAILS continued from page 1 FIRE GUTS GORDO’S trend,” he added in describing the trash a campsite inventory for certain areas situation. Butcher posited that a lot of in the backcountry. This year, Friends the agencies that traditionally are up of the Inyo sent some people into the there (U.S. Forest Service, police) are wilderness to help out. dealing with severe budget constraints Overall, the trail ambassador program that limit the number of people in recre- attempts to mitigate some of the issues ation management. that Eastern Sierra residents have been Covid-19 and increased visitation complaining about this summer. has exacerbated the trash problem this When asked what the average person summer. can do to help in this effort, Butcher “We need to do better to take care of said, “I would tell them to get involved our trash,” said Ertaud, “We can’t forget with local organizations like Friends that all these things are still going to be of the Inyo, or putting on trash drives a problem [next year].” through Facebook [shout-out to Sierra He stressed the need to maintain the Trash Eliminators]. Another thing is image of “picking up trash and leaving to always hike with a trash bag. I was no trace,” and praised Mammoth Lakes taught from a young age to leave a place Tourism for its marketing campaign cre- better than you found it.” ated to spread awareness. One final question: “What is the The Forest Service’s lack of personnel difference between this program and has made this job tougher. Due to the the new Trail Host program that was visitor centers being closed, tourists just created by the Town and MLTPA [Mam- discovering the Eastern Sierra do not moth Lakes Trails and Public Access]?” have an outlet for their basic informa- Ertaud responded, “I am not sure. I tion questions. “There are probably can only speak to what we are doing.” more first-time backpackers and people Ertaud stressed that he has a good rela- not accustomed to the Eastern Sierra. tionship with Joel Rathje, the Mammoth Because these ranger districts are Trails Manager and MLTPA - his boss closed, they are not getting a ‘leave no Wendy Schneider sits on the board of trace’ background of information,” said that organization. Butcher. The Sheet then asked, “What would *A temporary Mammoth Welcome you have been able to do with the Center was reopened about two weeks $14,000 MLT gave to the Town for the ago. Trail Host program?” Ertaud said, “Well Those personnel restraints cause ours is a plug-and-play model. I could more problems than just a lack of in- have had a full time trail ambassador formation. Friends of the Inyo attempts almost as soon as I got the money.” A fire broke out early Wednesday morning at Gordo’s Mexican Restaurant in June Lake. A to fill in some of the gaps. For example, Again, Ertaud mentioned he had no June Lake Brewery employee told The Sheet it was an electrical fire that sparked in the area every 5-10 years, the USFS needs to do qualms with any other organizations. separating the restaurant from the upstairs apartment. The interior of the restaurant sustained significant damage.

skip the crowd. scn & order onine or review the Located in Mammoth Lakes, in the Rite Aid/ DIY Center menu 10 I LOCAL NEWS www.thesheetnews.com THE SHEET I Saturday, August 29, 2020 LOCAL BIZ CONTINUES TO ADAPT TO COVID Food delivery service sees demand spike By Page ono County was officially brought new restrictions for lodging in period (2-3 days at the shortest). This re- Mammoth Taxi Company took on removed from California’s Mammoth Lakes. Monday was the first duces overall costs as longer stays require some of the delivery burden during the MCovid-19 watchlist on Sunday, day of a new health order that required fewer cleans and are more likely increase pandemic as well, offering free delivery August 23rd. lodging operations to run at 70% occu- food and beverage sales. to those in quarantine or unable to leave The change in status comes after the pancy while keeping rooms empty for 24 Operators reported that while overall their homes. county completed three consecutive hours in between guests. stays were down, guests were indeed “I wanted to reach out to the restaurant days below the state’s data thresholds for Lodging operators gathered on Zoom biting on multi-night stays more often. group, knowing that things will change Covid-19 positivity rates and reflects the that same day for their weekly roundtable 1849 Condos reported a large increase ... but until they do, we need a proactive county’s efforts to avoid further cases. meeting hosted by Mammoth’s Chamber in owner use while other hotels have plan,” said Mammoth Taxi owner Scott As of noon Thursday, Mono County of Commerce. In regard to the new re- reported increased guest interest in wifi Marzonie. has not recorded a new case of Covid-19 strictions, Snowcreek Director of Opera- strength, a sign that some guests may be Both Marzonie and Calderon offered since August 19, resulting in a 7-day tions John Morris expressed concern that thinking about working more from Mam- their services to restaurateurs looking positivity rate (# of people who test the new restrictions may conflict with moth Lakes. to capitalize on the booming takeout positive divided by # of tests) of 0% and previous reservations made for the 2020 Restaurateurs, meeting later that same market. a per capita positivity rate of 14/100,000 holiday season. day, heard from Doorstep Deliveries Molly Horner, Local Marketing Man- residents. “It’s obviously a source of great frustra- owner Cathleen Calderon, who has seen ager for Mammoth Lakes Tourism also Inyo County’s outbreak continues to tion for all of our local businesses … that a marked increase in the services she sought to provide assistance to restau- take a toll, with the number of cases in they can’t operate at least to their full provides since the pandemic began in rants, asking “How can we help promote Inyo exceeding those in Mono by 10, 172 capacity,” Morris said. March. you guys without discounting?” to Mono’s 162. Inyo also recorded an ad- Brent Truax, Managing Director of Calderon reported Doorstep Deliveries Horner suggested developing special ditional 2 deaths, bringing the total num- Sierra Nevada Resort, also explained that has seen 400% growth in food delivery deals at a specific price point or designat- ber of deaths in the county to 13. Inyo the town would be conducting audits on in the time period between March and ing a day of the week for restaurants to was placed on the watchlist last week as a lodging operators for reservations dating August. promote takeout specials. result of the increased positive cases. back to March in order to verify that all “It’s blown my mind a little bit how Sean Turner, President at Mammoth So what does getting off the watchlist guests during that initial time period (be- people have depended on us,” Calderon Brewing, asked where his staff could tell mean for Mono? fore June 19) were essential workers. said. guests to bring their takeout if the restau- Not much, as it turns out; the only sec- Looking to the future, the general Calderon explained that summer has rant was full. tor allowed to open is schools, provided consensus is that visitation will drop off traditionally been a slower business Horner pointed him to a recent MLT the county has been off the watchlist after Labor Day, although there are some period for deliveries but noted that she blog post about picnic spots in and for 14 days and even then, students will bright spots for lodging operators. has seen a large increase during June, around Mammoth Lakes. require a waiver to attend in person. The 24 hour turnaround time on rooms July and August. In July alone, Doorstep Both groups agreed that they would An announcement by California means that hotels lose two nights on did 1,317 deliveries, up from 465 the year continue to meet on a weekly basis given Governor Gavin Newsom on Wednesday either of a booking, making one night prior. the potential for new information or afternoon indicated that there would be stays a less viable option to promote. In addition, Doorstep has gone from guidance. news about the watchlist and changing Operators reported that they’ve begun delivering meals averaging $47.45 a ticket Covid-19 guidelines on Friday, August 28. to promote, and in some cases require, to almost $60 a meal during the pan- Conversely, the beginning of the week that guests stay for a specific minimum demic. THE SHEET I Saturday, August 29, 2020 www.thesheetnews.com LOCAL NEWS I 11 OBITUARY DENNIS FLAHERTY 1953-2020 Dennis, my friend, as I write and think Result: Another slow-going, four-hour home. about you, I must say, ‘life well lived’. tow to the next, larger town! I talked to I will forever cherish those early years I had the good fortune of meeting the driver the whole way there to try and we spent together, friends, building our Dennis some 30+ years ago. We became make the trip a little more upbeat and photo careers. Time had slipped by, but friends immediately when he would the time go by faster while Dennis sat just a couple weeks before he knew of stop by Mammoth Gallery and talk pho- quietly contemplating what else could his illness, we were talking on the phone tography with Brad Dawber and me. At be wrong with his car. about photo submissions. Then we both the time he was a chef, but photography When we learned the Trooper needed laughed, realizing we had that same was his passion. Not long after that, he a new engine which would take a couple conversation about 30 years ago! quit his job at the restaurant in order to of weeks to repair, I figured we were Thank you for all the beautiful pic- make photography his profession and done in, but Dennis decided we needed tures and for our dear friendship. he went after it with a vengeance. to redeem some of the expenses and so You will always be missed. In the beginning, he photographed we rented a car and continued on pho- -Londie G. Padelsky close to home and I remember how he tographing in Arizona then Colorado. would go to Mono Lake - at least a zil- Around this time in our lives Dennis lion times. The effort paid off later when and I taught a few workshops and cre- Dennis Flaherty Dennis produced a beautiful photo ated some Sierra products including the places-Ireland, where he did several book of Mono Lake. Eastern Sierra Calendar. Later, I went on stunning solo calendar titles. Over the Recently, JC Leacock, a fellow pho- to do my own calendar while he contin- years, his photographs decorated thou- tographer and longtime friend from ued with the ES calendar. sands of calendars, books and national Colorado, shared with Dennis and me After twenty-five years, he retired the magazines - many of them selected for a picture of the three of us - perfectly calendar, and that was when I real- the cover page. He was proud to have titled, “The Three Amigos.” The photo ized what a huge impression Dennis an image selected for a U.S. stamp, and took me to my faded photo journals and that single calendar title had made also for two more pictorial books, The from trips starting in 1992 when Den- on the Eastern Sierra community. For Eastern Sierra, and the Ancient Bristle- nis and I met up with JC to photograph when I delivered my calendars, every- cone Pine Forest. places in Oregon, Utah, Wyoming, Mon- body, would ask about Dennis and then Dennis definitely had an undeni- tana, New Mexico and all the backroads say many kind words about him. Dennis able force of energy to learn and then in-between. was one of those people that was a do the best he could at whatever he set From dawn until way after dark, we good-hearted, treasured, trustworthy An original oil of Temple Crag painted by out to do. He enjoyed being creative made every hour count on these trips. friend, the kind you have forever - like Robert Clunie from his camp at Fifth Lake with his art, cooking, studying his faith, If we weren’t photographing, we were those from high school. 30" x 36" / oil on Belgian linen / 1974 fishing, hiking, and recently working Labor Day Special: $6500 Reg. $8500 exploring, or we were driving, driving, He was humble about his work and at the sporting goods store in Bishop. driving - all the while talking only one his accomplishments. Dennis had pho- He always looked forward to his yearly subject - photography. I tographed all over the U.S. and abroad & & hunting trips with his buddies. Of all Coons Gallery Dinner at 10 p.m. was normal. including Japan, Korea, Czechoslovakia, 2399 N Sierra Hwy., Bishop (760) 872-1524 the places Dennis had been, he would So was a cold can of beans with tor- and several times to one of his favorite Open Labor Day, Sunday & Monday 1-5 always say to me the Eastern Sierra was tillas. Then we’d all load film ‘til midnight in order to be ready for sunrise. I’m so glad for my extensive note HEY EASTERN SIERRA! taking as I recalled the laughter, and the anxieties we shared traveling on a shoe- Do you do something string budget; as well as those exhilarat- outside? ing moments photographing (virtually Have ideas to make alone) in the midst of beautiful light and it better? extraordinary landscapes. I spot the page with a scribbled drawing of a tow truck pulling a broken- We want to hear them! down Isuzu on a long straight road - the sun on one side of the road and stars Get involved to... at the other. I chuckled out loud to myself and I’m quite sure Dennis heard Submit a sustainable me, and did too. That was when Den- recreation project idea nis’s Isuzu Trooper broke down on the See what others have Navajo Indian Reservation in the Utah submitted Desert. I thought we were doomed for And keep up with sure. But Dennis flagged down the only the initiative other car out there and traded a couple of his books for a ride into town. Dennis didn’t like the idea of leaving me out there alone so I told him I would hide out on a nearby mountaintop with our camera gear. After several hours had gone by - I was just starting to worry SUSTAINABLE RECREATION that Dennis couldn’t get a ride back & TOURISM INITIATIVE

Funded by a grant from Proposition 68 (this was before cellphones). Then, sud- and the Sierra Nevada Conservancy denly, I heard a siren down below and then Dennis’s voice on a loudspeaker hollering my name. He had gotten a ride back in a police car. VISIT THE WEBSITE! We waited another hour ‘til a rusty ¡VISITE EL SITIO WEB! tow truck arrived and then down a long, long road we went to the mechanic. Once at the station, a group of Indi- Funding for this ans gathered around to try and figure project has been provided by the Sierra Nevada Conservancy, an out what was wrong. We had noticed agency of the State of California, under the California Drought, Water, Parks, Climate, Coastal Protection, and oil leaking earlier on the trip and so Outdoor Access For All Act of 2018 (Proposition 68) and in support of the Sierra essrp.org thought that was the issue, but they dis- Nevada Watershed Improvement Program covered worse and of course, the parts weren’t available. 12 I NO CLASS-IFIEDS/LEGALS/LETTERS www.thesheetnews.com THE SHEET I Saturday, August 29, 2020

LETTERS NO CLASS-IFIEDS continued from page 5 have a wilderness permit or bear cannis- ter for overnight camping. Help Wanted Help Wanted Help Wanted Forest Rangers are required to have a Hiring- cleaning company looking for a “Forest Protection Officer” (FPO) certi- housekeeping position immediately. Hours fication before they can issue violation are flexible monday-friday with occasional notices. I completed this ~week long weekends. Car and insurance +. Wages training/certification in the 1990s as a job based on experience and ability. $17-$22 requirement to be a wilderness ranger on The Alpenhof Lodge is accepting applica- to start. Must be reliable, detailed, hard Sierra Employment Services, Inc. tions for full-time & part-time, year round worker with the ability to meet deadlines. the Inyo. We were issued uniforms, photo is hiring for the following positions positions. Flexible hours for front desk, Email directly to Tracie.cleanqueens@ FPO ID cards to present upon request Cust Screener B - $15.75 maintenance and housekeeping positions yahoo.com or call 530-414-4551 and a badge. Retail Clerk B - $13 are available. Applicants must be available This training included understanding Bilingual HR Asst ML/B - $15 - 18 to work weekends and holidays. Housing General Laborers ML & B - $15 - 20 available for the right individual. Please Moving Sale the regulations, how to avoid unsafe situ- Tow Truck Driver ML - $DOE apply in person at 6080 Minaret Rd, Mam- ations, issuing citations, and probable moth. Huge moving sale Saturday 8/29. 8 a.m.-1 cause statements. Doing law enforce- Call Us Today p.m. No early birds, please! 313 Sierra 760-924-0523 or 760-873-8599 Springs Drive in Crowley - South Landing ment contacts, advising one of the laws/ regulations in a wilderness environment www.SierraEmployment.com Road to WildRose in Sierra Springs. Clothes, Books, Fishing, Camping, Golf, Dishes, is entirely different than in more easily Kitchen Appliances, Tools. Everything must accessed environments. You are alone. Mammoth Spa Creations is looking for an go. Great stuff, cheap! Our downsizing is additional member for it’s team. We cur- your gain! You rarely have communication so rely- rently have an immediate opening for a spa Town of Mammoth Lakes Open Positions ing on backup is not an option. You do Maintenance Technician position, we are The Town is looking for dedicated people not have arrest authority, are not armed also hiring an Office Assistant.These are Full with experience in snow removal, street Wanted nor are you trained to defend yourself as Time Positions (Monday through Friday). maintenance, and/or construction to join Forest Service law enforcement officers These positions offers vacation accrual, our dedicated Public Works Department. Retiree seeking rental in Bishop area. benefits and paid holidays. Experience is Permanent and temporary positions avail- (760) 920-5800; (760) 937-4136. (LEO) are. When you do a visitor contact preferred, but not required. Heavy lifting is able. and start asking for papers the “suspect” required. Please call 760-924-3091 or stop Public Works Maintenance Worker may have a warrant out for a serious by the store located at 1401 Tavern Road $43,258 - $60,870 + competitive benefits Fictitious Business Name Statement crime putting yourself at risk. In the four Mammoth Lakes for more information and Temporary Snow Removal Operators The Following Person to pick up an application. Resumes can be $24.54 - $28.41/hr – CDL required Is Doing Business As: seasons I was a ranger I did thousands e-mailed to [email protected]. Positions will be filled asap. For more in- Z Pizza of visitor contacts with a handful going formation and to apply, visit www.townof- badly. These risks are real. mammothlakes.ca.gov, or call (760) 965 Mammoth Slices Inc. It is obvious this forest has been in 3604. 26 Old Mammoth Road, P.O. Box 4093 Mammoth Lakes, Ca. 93546 managed decline for 20 years. In the past Convict Lake Resort has immediate 3 years, the Inyo has had two permanent job openings for maintenance personnel, This business is conducted by an Corpora- forest supervisors and three acting ones, tion.The registrant commenced to transact grounds keeper and store personnel. giving many the impression that it is Please email resumes to lcornwell@con- business under the fictitious business name Vacasa is hiring full and part time house- listed above on December 12, 2010. This dysfunctional. While the agency M.O. is victlake.com or stop by for an application. statement was filed with the County Clerk keepers in Mammoth Lakes/June Lake with Convict Lake Resort hiring a full-time of Mono County on July 27, 2020. to blame budget cuts, I believe it is their pay starting at $18/hour. Apply at vacasa. Janitor for facilities cleaning and mainte- File Number 20-126 mismanagement. There is no communi- com/careers. nance.$17/hour with some overtime. Ben- 2020-0134 (8/8, 8/15, 8/22, 8/29) cation between the agency and the com- Mammoth Taxi is accepting resumes for efits available. Please call 760-934-3800 ext. experienced drivers with great customer munity they serve except through one 32 or email to [email protected] Fictitious Business Name Statement service and clean driving records. We are Mobil mart/ We are looking for a line cook. public relations person. In the past two also looking for office staff for the right The Following Person Grill experience. Free housing available.Stop Is Doing Business As: decades, the Inyo has become detached person with great organizational skills by or contact [email protected] from our community. Two decades ago and customer service background. Please Mammoth Subway inquire with Scottie at 760-914-7433. www. Laundry Attendant at High Mountain most locals knew the forest supervisor mammoth-taxi.com. Mammoth Subs Inc. Services (HMS) HMS, located in Mammoth 26 Old Mammoth Road, P.O. Box 4093 and district rangers by name. Not now. Mammoth outdoor-related retail busi- Lakes, is seeking Full-Time laundry atten- Mammoth Lakes, Ca. 93546 The agency is obviously top heavy. Cut- ness seeks year-round, full time store dants. We offer flexible work hours, and will manager. Basic computer skills i.e. Word, ting two staff would free ~$1/4 million train the right candidate for $16 an hour. This business is conducted by an Corpora- that could go fund 10+ seasonal rangers, Excel, etc. required. Salary negotiable based Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs, maintain a tion.The registrant commenced to transact on experience and what applicant brings to fast pace while multi-tasking, follow instruc- business under the fictitious business name you know, the ones who actually do tan- the table. Call 760 914-1476. tions, be safety conscious, trustworthy, listed above on April 21, 2006. This state- gible work and interact with the public. Town of Mammoth Lakes and work well in a team environment. You ment was filed with the County Clerk of I would appreciate Acting Forest Su- Open Positions will be required to wear a face mask and Mono County on July 27, 2020. The Town is looking for dedicated people File Number 20-125 pervisor John “Pancho” Smith justifying vinyl gloves while working. Email mam- 2020-0136 (8/8, 8/15, 8/22, 8/29) with experience in snow removal, street mothlakesjob.com or text (760) 790-9310 for to the public he serves why visitors have maintenance, and/or construction to join an application. } to give up our 4th Amendment rights to Fictitious Business Name Statement our dedicated Public Works Department. Help wanted! Mammoth’s high volume visit the wilderness areas he administers. Permanent and temporary positions avail- The Following Person fishing store is seeking full time / part time Please include how many wilderness able. Retail sales consultant starting immediately. Is Doing Business As: Public Works Maintenance Worker Candidates must possess strong customer Eastern Sierra Appraisals rangers on the Inyo have FPO certifica- $43,258 - $60,870 + competitive benefits service skills. If you have a passion for fish- tion? Data on the number of violation Temporary Snow Removal Operators ing, then , come join our team .We will train Mary P. Hallum notices issued for wilderness permits $24.54 - $28.41/hr – CDL required 180 Crawford Ave., P.O. Box 249 the right personality please contact JERI June Lake, Ca. 93529 violations for years 2020 and 2019? I Positions will be filled asap. For more infor- @760 914-1476 mation and to apply, visit www.townofmam- Full-Time Maintenance Personnel will assume the number is less than one mothlakes.ca.gov, or call (760) 965 3604. This business is conducted by an Individual Needed Position available for busy rental The registrant commenced to transact if you fail to provide that information. management company. Previous experience business under the fictitious business name Make available public documents that preferred, training provided. Looking for re- listed above in June 1, 2020. justified having Friends of the Inyo do For Rent liable, responsible, hard-working candidates This statement was filed with the County with positive work ethic. Competitive pay. Clerk of Mono County on July 29, 2020 law enforcement/visitor contacts includ- 2 BDR/I BA unfurnished ML apt. Ground Email resume to sarah@mammothsierraon- File Number 20-133 ing any reviews by the Office of General floor. Huge kitchen. Deck. No garage - two line.com, call 760-934-8372 or stop by 1914 2020-0133 (8/8, 8/15, 8/22, 8/29) cars max. Backs to green belt. $1,750/mo. Counsel or DOJ? I look forward to your Call 760.937.7569. Meridian Blvd. reply, Supervisor Smith. Snowcreek #79. 2 bedrooms, loft, 2 full Fictitious Business Name Statement baths, in-unit laundry, plenty of storage The Following Person Is Doing Business As: Gary Guenther and parking, fully furnished. Access to Mammoth Lakes jacuzzi and sauna in complex. Step off the The Laurel M Bdr deck onto the meadow, 30 feet from Obsidian Private Residence is seeking a creek. Sweeping views of the Sherwins. responsible, outgoing Reservation & office Lou & Marc Margulies Short walk to free Mammoth Red Line bus administration employee! 1535 Clear Creek Road, P.O. Box 2695 stop. Utilities inclusive except internet and Work independently to manage the front Mammoth Lakes, Ca. 93546 electricity. Available starting July 1st or desk responsibilities. • Demonstrate excel- August 1st for six-month to one-year lease. lent written and oral communication skills This business is conducted by Husband and $2600/mo, first month and deposit due be- • Possess extremely strong organizational Wife. The registrant has not yet begun to fore move in. No smoking. Pets negotiable. skills with the ability to focus • Previous transact business under the fictitious busi- reservation Experience preferred ness name listed herein. Send email to [email protected] or text This statement was filed with the County 818.554.0035. Contact : 760.934.5490 or email joe@obsidi- anprc.com Clerk of Mono County on August 17, 2020. Office For Rent 2nd floor location w/ File Number 20-136 views, New floors, Closet, Common Bath- 2020-0148 (8/29, 9/4, 9/12, 9/19) room, Parking, 1 Year Lease, Commercial use only. Please call Sarah at 760-934-8372 THE SHEET I Saturday, August 29, 2020 www.thesheetnews.com I 13 calendar of events TOWN STUFF TOWN STUFF MAMMOTH LIQUOR August 28-September 3/ 19 Testing @ Memorial Hall in 12th Annual Lands and Legacy Bridgeport. Time: 10 a.m. -1 p.m. Celebration Online hosted by Testing is limited to 75 tests per day, Beer lovers’ candy store Eastern Sierra Land Trust. ESLT has arrive no later than 12:45 p.m. Selection of more than 300 beers put together a week of activities as The New Normal: Coping With A FORGET THE BUBBLE part of the celebration. Registration: Covid World. Seminar conducted FOCUS ON THE SUDS $25, with a 10% discount for ESLT by Mono County Behavioral members; $10 for first responders, Health. 5:30-6:30 p.m. Viewing students, educators, or AmeriCorps https://monocounty.zoom 934.6260 Main St. Next to Rick’s members. Registration and info: us/j/99456162274/ ESLT.org/lands-legacy or call 760- 873-4554. Thursday, September 3/ Mono County Public Health Covid- Friday, August 28/ 19 Testing @ Mammoth Lakes Main Street Market @ Eastside Community Center, 1000 Forest Guesthouse, 777 N Main Street, Trail. Time: 10 a.m. -1 p.m. Testing is Bishop. Time: 5-8 p.m. limited to 75 tests per day, arrive no later than 12:45 p.m. Saturday, August 29/ Covid-19 Community Drive-in Concerts @ The Tri- Conversation hosted by Mono County Fairgrounds in Bishop. and Mammoth officials. English: ThundHerStruck (AC/DC cover 5:30 p.m., Spanish: 6:30 p.m. Visit band plays at 7 p.m. Metallica/Three https://coronavirus.monocounty. Days Grace encore (pre-recorded ca.gov for the Zoom link show) at 9 p.m. Go to tricountyfair. Mammoth Lakes Chamber of com for tix and info Commerce hosts an Events & Gatherings Round Table. 10-11 Monday, August 31/ a.m. Meeting ID: 891 6512 8379 One Mono County Public Health Covid- tap mobile +16699006833 19 Testing @ Mammoth Lakes Community Center, 1000 Forest Friday, September 4/ Trail. Time: 10 a.m. -1 p.m. Testing is Verily Project Baseline Covid-19 limited to 75 tests per day, arrive no Testing @ Lee Vining High School. later than 12:45 p.m. Sign up for a time slot at https:// Mammoth Lakes Chamber of www.projectbaseline.com/study/ Commerce hosts a Restaurant covid-19/ Round Table discussion. 3:30-4:30 11th Annual Western Night @ p.m. Zoom Meeting ID: 858 8786 Bridgeport Barns and Terrace. BBQ 6342. One tap mobile +14086380968 + fundraiser benefits Bridgeport Fish Enhancement Foundation. 6 Tuesday, September 1 / a.m.-11 p.m. Verily Project Baseline Covid-19 Testing @ Sierra Nevada Resort. Ongoing: Sign up for a time slot at https:// www.projectbaseline.com/study/ Evolution of Storytelling Project covid-19/ - September 2020 - June 2021 A Mammoth Lakes Chamber PPE series of virtual workshops will be Distribution. 10 am - noon @ the delivered by diverse members of USFS Welcome Center parking lot. Mono County communities in order *WHILE SUPPLIES LAST. to provide participants with unique Mammoth’s Recreation perspectives as well as techniques Commission meets. 5 p.m. Visit and tools for developing voice. Free www.townofmammothlakes.ca.gov to all Mono County teens and young to access. adults in grades 9-12. Learn more Mono County Supervisors meet. at monocolibraries.org --> Programs uwe're Here to Serve You Day and Night, We Do the Job anflDo ft Right" 9 a.m. via Zoom. Visit www. --> Evolution of Storytelling Project Eric K. Hermansen monocounty.ca.gov to access. for Teens. See ad page 2 760-784-4701 I I Free Covid-19 Testing in Bishop Quality Clean Dependable Service I Wednesday, September 2/ every Monday, Wednesday, Friday CA Contr. Lie. #470265 ____ /2 Mammoth Lakes Town Council @ Church of the Nazarene, 8 a.m.- meets. 4 p.m. via Zoom. Visit www. 12:45 p.m. townofmammothlakes.ca.gov to access. Mono County Public Health Covid-

I , • 14 I NOTICES www.thesheetnews.com THE SHEET I Saturday, August 29, 2020 PUBLIC NOTICES Notice Inviting Bids Notice of Availability Notice of Public Hearing TOWN OF MAMMOTH LAKES, CA Technical questions should be directed to Haislip Hayes, Notice of Availability of a Draft Supplemental Environ- NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF PROPOSED 2020- PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT PE Engineering Manager, Department of Public Works, mental Impact Report for the Casa Diablo IV Geothermal 2021 COUNTY BUDGET DOCUMENTS AND PUBLIC NOTICE INVITING BIDS Town of Mammoth Lakes, California, telephone (760) 965- Power Plant Project HEARING THEREON BY THE MONO COUNTY CAP 15-008 3652. Oral clarifications are non-binding and any changes BOARD OF SUPERVISORS The Town of Mammoth Lakes will receive sealed bids for shall be issued by written addenda only. The Great Basin Unified Air Pollution Control District is the work shown on the plans entitled: the Lead Agency pursuant to the California Environmental Notice is hereby given that the proposed County This project is subject to compliance monitoring and Quality Act (CEQA) and prepared a Draft Supplemental budget documents for fiscal year 2020-2021 will be TOWN OF MAMMOTH LAKES COMMUNITY RECRE- enforcement by the California Department of Industrial Environmental Impact Report (SEIR) for the proposed available to members of the general public on August ATION CENTER Relations. Pursuant to Section 1773 of the Labor Code, Casa Diablo IV Geothermal Power Plant Project (proposed 29, 2020, on the Mono County website and in the north In the Town of Mammoth Lakes forThe Town of Mammoth the general prevailing wage rates have been determined Project). The District prepared the Draft SEIR in response and south county offices of the County Administrative Lakes, California by the Director of the California Department of Industrial to the 2019 Appellate Court’s decision in Covington v. Officer, Courthouse annex 1, Bridgeport, California Relations. These wages are set forth in the General Prevail- Great Basin Unified Air Pollution Control District (2019) (760) 932.5412 and 1290 Tavern Road, Mammoth Bids will be received at the Office of the Town Clerk of the ing Wage Rates for this project, available at Town offices. 43 Cal.App.5th 867, which addressed a CEQA challenge to Lakes, California. Town of Mammoth Lakes located at: Future effective general prevailing wage rates, which have the 2013 Final Environmental Impact Statement/Environ- 437 Old Mammoth Road, Suite 230, been predetermined and are on file with the California mental Impact Report (EIS/EIR) for the proposed Project. Notice is also hereby given that the Board of Supervi- Mammoth Lakes, California 93546 Department of Industrial Relations are referenced but not sors, County of Mono, will meet at the time and place until 4:00 pm on Friday September 25, 2020 at which time printed in the general prevailing wage rates. A copy of the In response to the decision made by the Court of Appeals, specified below for the purpose of conducting a public they will be publicly opened and read. rates shall be posted by the successful bidder at the job the Draft SEIR contains supplemental information and hearing regarding the fiscal year 2020-2021 proposed site. The successful bidder and all subcontractor(s) under analysis to the 2013 Final EIS/EIR to adequately inform the budget, preparatory to making a final determination Proposal forms and Contract Documents for this work are him shall comply with all applicable Labor Code provi- public and local officials in the planning and decision- thereon. Any member of the general public may appear included in the specifications. sions, which include but are not limited to the payment making process regarding two potential and additional at the hearing and be heard regarding any item of the of not less than the required prevailing wage rates to all mitigation measures to address reactive organic gas (ROG) budget or for the inclusion of additional items. The GENERAL DESCRIPTION: Project includes the construc- worked employed by them in the execution of the Con- emissions from the plant: (1) a stronger leak detection and public hearing will commence at 1 p.m. tion of the Town’s Community Recreation Center. The new tract, the employment of apprentices, the hours or labor repair (LDAR) program, and (2) the additional use of leak- 41,000SF multi-use facility is to be located at Mammoth and the debarment of contractors and subcontractors. less or low-leak technology. As part of the meeting of the board on Tuesday, Sep- Creek Park at 686 Old Mammoth Road, Mammoth Lakes, tember 8, 2020 via teleconferencing with members of CA. The Tensile Fabric Structure will house an Olympic Pursuant to Public Contract Code section 22300, the suc- Copies of the Draft SEIR and the NOA will be available for the board attending from separate, remote locations, sized ice rink/multi-purpose court along with associated cessful bidder may substitute certain securities for funds review at the District’s website at http://www.gbuapcd. members of the public may join the public hearing public and private spaces such as entry hall and lobby, withheld by the Town to ensure performance under the org/cd4. Copies of the Draft SEIR will also be available for by logging into the Zoom webinar. The Board may restrooms, locker rooms, mechanical rooms, and storage Contract. review by appointment only at the District office located at continue the public hearing to Tuesday, September 15, areas. The ice rink will be a complete turnkey system with 157 Short Street, Bishop, CA 93514. Please call 760-872- 2020 if necessary and thereafter in its discretion. all mechanical, plumbing, and ancillary systems incor- This Project is subject to compliance monitoring and 8211 to schedule an appointment. Copies of the Draft porated as specified. The project also includes site work enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations. In SEIR are also available for review at the Mammoth Lakes Robert Lawson such as concrete curbs and sidewalks, entry canopy and bidding on this project, it shall be the Bidder’s sole respon- Branch Library at 400 Sierra Park Rd, Mammoth Lakes, County Administrative Officer drainage improvements. The Town will be furnishing the sibility to evaluate and include the cost of complying with CA 93546. ice rink dasher boards, ice rink chiller system, and Tensile all labor compliance requirements under this contract and TS #2020-0144 Structure. Contractor to coordinate Scope of Work with applicable law in its bid. Comments on the Draft SEIR will be accepted during others, as necessary. The Contract will be awarded to the responsible bidder the 45-day public review period that will commence on submitting the lowest responsive bid on the base bid. August 27, 2020, and ending at 5:00 p.m. on October 12, The engineer’s estimate to complete the base bid is The Town reserves the right to waive any informality or 2020. Written comments may be submitted via email to between $7,000,000 and $7,300,000. The work includes irregularity in a bid. The Town of Mammoth Lakes reserves permits@gbuapcd or via mail to the District’s office at 157 Fictitious Business Name Statement full compliance with all applicable laws, rules, and regula- the right to reject any and/or all bids, or to utilize any Short Street, Bishop, CA 93514. Names and addresses of The Following Person tions. The work shall be completed within the time set alternative procedures authorized by the Public Contracts commenters will become part of the public record. For Is Doing Business As: forth in the Contract. Codes Sections 20166 and 20167. Submission of a bid further information, contact Ann Logan, Deputy Air Pollu- shall be deemed conclusive evidence that the bidder has tion Control Officer at (760) 872-8211. Subway # 13428 A non-mandatory pre-bid meeting will be held at the thoroughly examined the plans, specifications and the site main conference room at the Town Offices on September of all work and the bid takes all costs into account. Each TS #2020-0147 Mammoth Subs Inc. 15,2020 at 10:00AM, located at 437 Old Mammoth Road, bid shall remain good for a minimum of sixty (60) days 26 Old Mammoth Road, P.O. Box 4093 Suite 230, Mammoth Lakes, California. This meeting will after bid opening. be hosted using zoom please contact hhayes@townof- Mammoth Lakes, Ca. 93546 mammothlakes.ca.gov to be sent presentation materials TOWN OF MAMMOTH LAKES, CALIFORNIA before the meeting. Jamie Gray, TOWN CLERK This business is conducted by an Corpora- DATED: August 21, 2020 tion.The registrant commenced to transact The contractor shall have a valid Class B Contractor license, a Driver’s License, and a current Business Tax TS #2020-0145 business under the fictitious business name Certificate and shall maintain all required licenses listed above on April 21, 2006. This state- throughout the duration of the Contract. The Contractor ment was filed with the County Clerk of shall demonstrate their qualifications by having adequate Mono County on July 27, 2020. equipment in good working order, experience, and ability Notice of Property Tax (Delinquent )List File Number 20-125 to perform work. The Town will be the sole judge as to the 2020-0137 (8/8, 8/15, 8/22, 8/29) qualifications of each bidder. PROPERTY TAX DEFAULT (DELINQUENT) LIST §3371 and §3372 The Director of Industrial Relations has determined the I, Janet Dutcher, Mono County Tax Collector, State of California, certify that: general prevailing rate of per diem wages in the locality The real properties listed below were declared to be in tax default at 12:01 a.m. on July 1, 2017, by operation of law pursuant Fictitious Business Name Statement in which this work is to be performed for each craft or to Revenue and Taxation Code section §3436. The declaration of default was due to non-payment of the total amount due for The Following Person type of worker needed to execute the Contract which will the taxes, assessments, and other charges levied in fiscal year 2015-16 that were a lien on the listed real property. Is Doing Business As: be awarded to the successful bidder, copies of which are Tax-defaulted real property may be redeemed by payment of all unpaid taxes and assessments, together with the additional on file and will be made available to any interested party penalties and fees, as prescribed by law, or it may be redeemed under an installment plan of redemption. Subway upon request at Town Hall or online at http://www.dir. The amount to redeem, including all penalties and fees, as of September 2020, is shown opposite the parcel number and next ca.gov/dlsr. A copy of these rates shall be posted by the to the name of the assessee. Mammoth Subs Inc. successful bidder at the job site. The successful bidder and all subcontractor(s) under him/her, shall comply with all All information concerning redemption of tax-defaulted property will be furnished, upon request, by the Mono County Tax 26 Old Mammoth Road, P.O. Box 4093 applicable Labor Code provisions, which include, but are Collector, P.O. Box 495, Bridgeport, CA 93517, (760) 932-5480. Mammoth Lakes, Ca. 93546 not limited to the payment of not less than the required PARCEL NUMBERING SYSTEM EXPLANATION prevailing rates to all workers employed by them in the The Assessor's Parcel Number (APN), when used to describe property in this list, refers to the assessor's map book, the map This business is conducted by an Corpora- execution of the Contract, the employment of apprentices, page, the block on the map (if applicable), and the individual parcel on the map page or in the block. The assessor's maps and tion.The registrant commenced to transact the hours of labor and the debarment of contractors and further explanation of the parcel numbering system are available in the county assessor's office. subcontractors. business under the fictitious business name ADDENDA TO PUBLISHED TAX-DEFAULT (DELINQUENT) LIST listed above on April 21, 2006. This state- Pursuant to Labor Code sections 1725.5 and 1771.1, all The properties listed below were legally assessed and the taxes and/or assessments duly levied for the fiscal year shown. The ment was filed with the County Clerk of contractors and subcontractors that wish to bid on, be taxes and/or assessments and other charges remain unpaid as of the date of this publication. Mono County on July 27, 2020. listed in a bid proposal, or enter into a contract to perform These properties were declared to be tax-defaulted for nonpayment of taxes and/or assessments and other charges levied in the File Number 20-125 public work must be registered with the Department of fiscal years shown. 2020-0135 (8/8, 8/15, 8/22, 8/29) Industrial Relations. No bid will be accepted, nor any These properties may be redeemed in the same manner as other tax-defaulted properties. Information concerning redemption, contract entered into without proof of the contractor’s and or initiation of an installment plan of redemption, may be obtained from the tax collector, whose name appears in this notice. subcontractors’ current registration with the Department Property tax defaulted on June 30, 2017, for the taxes, assessments and other charges for the fiscal year 2016-17: of Industrial Relations to perform public work. If awarded Fictitious Business Name Statement a Contract, the Bidder, and its subcontractors, of any tier, ASSESSOR’S ASSESSEE NAME AMOUNT TO REDEEM shall maintain active registration with the Department PARCEL NUMBER The Following Person of Industrial Relations for the duration of the Project. 001-221-014-000 BRUMLEY 02 REV. TRUST $ 5,736.06 Is Doing Business As: Notwithstanding the foregoing, the contractor registration requirements mandated by Labor Code sections 1725.5 026-200-025-000 DUNES40, LLC $ 13,179.19 Commerce Buliding and 1771.1 shall not apply to work performed on a public works project that is exempt pursuant to the small project 060-360-005-000 ENTRUST ADMINISTRATION TRUST $ 2,544.14 Lou & Marc Margulies exemption specified in Labor Code sections 1725.5 and 1535 Clear Creek Road, P.O. Box 2695 1771.1. 019-040-017-000 FIELD, DAVID $ 394.13 Mammoth Lakes, Ca. 93546 Plans and specifications may be obtained for a NONRE- 031-212-014-000 FOLLETT, JEFFREY T $ 13,433.72 FUNDABLE FEE as listed below: This business is conducted by Husband and Description 032-161-538-000 GILLESPIE, ANDREW $ 11,188.35 Wife. The registrant has not yet begun to Plans & Specifications (incl. bid forms) transact business under the fictitious busi- Reduced plans only (11X17) 002-343-002-000 HAYDEN, BOYD B. JR $ 683.77 ness name listed herein. Picked up at the Town Offices $75.00 This statement was filed with the County Shipped UPS, FedEx, or US Mail $150.00 013-180-008-000 KASS, DANIEL S $ 580.58 Clerk of Mono County on August 17, 2020. Town of Mammoth Lakes Offices located at 033-133-003-000 KOSEN, GERALD E. & BRENDA E. $ 18,253.87 File Number 20-136 437 Old Mammoth Road, Suite 230, Mammoth Lakes, 2020-0149 (8/29, 9/4, 9/12, 9/19) California 93546. 032-052-230-000 LAMAIRE, THIERRY & JULIE $ 3,885.37 To order the plans and specifications by telephone call 001-210-008-000 LOZANO FAMILY TRUST (ET AL) $ 2,917.96 (760) 965-3652. Plans and specifications will be available for download for free. Please email hhayes@townofmam- 019-052-014-000 PAIN, MICHAEL DOUGLAS $ 3,236.58 mothlakes.ca.gov to be placed on the Bidders List and PERSONALS receive download instructions. The Town requests all bid- 002-370-001-000 PIERCE, WILLIAM L. $ 3,687.91 der information including project name, company name, I saw you ... were having fun out on the contact name and title, phone number, and email address, 002-370-018-000 REMES CARLA E $ 17,787.29 when making a request for the bid package. trails. Why don’t you come on over later and 022-350-006-000 REY, JOHN H. TRUSTEE $ 6,539.25 we’ll do a little bushwhacking of our own? Each bid must be accompanied by a certified or cashier’s I saw you ... were having a convention this check payable to the order of the Town of Mammoth 016-111-011-000 SEAY TY K & MISTRETTA ELISHA S & ORLANDO $ 2,114.83 week. Here’s hoping for clear skies, Donald, Lakes, or by a bid bond in the sum of not less than 10% of the total amount of the bid, as a guarantee that the bidder 033-250-002-000 WALKER, GAIL E. $ 8,857.70 and no golden showers. will enter into the proposed contract if it be awarded him/ I saw you ... were about to tear through her. A labor and materials bond and faithful performance 064-090-016-000 WILCHER, DENNY 2003 REV. TRUST $ 1,535.90 Texas and Louisiana this week. That’s the Laura bond each equal to 100% of the bid are required to be provided by the awarded contractor. All bonds shall I certify or (declare), under penalty of perjury, that the foregoing is true and correct. I remember! be executed by an admitted surety insurer meeting the Janet Dutcher, CPA, CGFM, MPA I saw you ... are attending college online. requirements of California Code of Civil Procedure Section Mono County Treasurer-Tax Collector Any interest in an anatomy tutor? 995.120. Executed at Mono County, California, on August 20, 2020 cont. TS #2020-0146 LOCAL BRIEFS THE SHEET I Saturday, August 29, 2020 I 15 eastfeedin NATIONAL at USC in 2015 in the fall and the next Leo: In the astrologicalr world, Leos are g known asB “The Stars.” That’s because year I went back home... I think that Leos tend to shine bright, especially being able to see the gentrification TIGHTENING SENATE RACES Mammoth Lakes Film Festival is going and the intensity in which the city had By Casselman virtual this year. Surprise, surprise. changed in one year, I think it was a bit ontrol of the U.S. senate in the overshadowed by the state’s other VIP passes as well as individual of a shock. It was a rough visit.” next term is still undecided, nine senator, Amy Klobuchar. GOP senate tickets are available for purchase at Which is what the film is ultimately Cweeks before election day, but nominee Jason Lewis is aggressive, but https://www.mammothlakesfilmfesti- about. Gentrification and its trickle a new trend favoring most Republican controversial, and always needed a val.com/2020-tickets. down effects that are almost undetect- candidates, appears to be currently de- Republican tide in 2020 to win this race. The Film Festival, in part put on by able by the people experiencing it. veloping after several weeks of seeming If the current GOP surge continues, and the Mammoth Lakes Repertory The- The film follows Jay, played by GOP decline in most polling. Mr. Trump carries Minnesota, this could atre and the Artistic Director for the Obinna Nwachukwu, as he returns to Of course, polling isn’t the only indi- be a big upset on election night. Theatre, Shira Dubrovner, is a five-day DC from California hoping to make cator that’s useful, and this cycle many Aside from the New Hampshire sen- festival showing emerging filmmakers a movie about the neighborhood he observers, myself included, have raised ate race, which is not now close, the op- and independent feature films before grew up in. questions about those polls, even pres- portunities for additional GOP pick-ups they become commercially available. The movie slowly descends into Jay’s tigious ones, which employ question- currently seem very slim. The Mammoth Lakes Film Festi- tumultuous thoughts and feelings able techniques such as low samples, Democratic possibilities for pick-ups val website boasts that it has been, regarding where he grew up. Through a registered voters (RVs) instead of likely are more numerous. “Named as one of the Top 50 Festivals mix of reality, dreams, and flashbacks, voters (LVs), and arbitrarily weighting Perhaps the most vulnerable GOP Worth The Entry Fee by Movie Maker Gerima contextualizes why Jay is dis- their raw results. incumbent this cycle is Arizona Senator Magazine in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, turbed by what he came back to. But, as I have long pointed out, as the Martha McSally. Republican McSally & 2020 MLIFF showcases the work Jay is the metaphorical black sheep. election draws very close, the pollsters lost in 2018, was then appointed to fill a of emerging, innovative filmmakers He is shunned by his old friends and (seeking to avoid embarrassment when vacancy, but faces a former astronaut, against the backdrop of California’s does not appear to have a place in his the results are known) usually make an Mark Kelly, in 2020. McSally has consis- ruggedly beautiful Eastern Sierra.” old community. On top of that, he is extra effort to be accurately predictive. tently trailed Kelly in polls. searching for his old friend ‘Deme- In addition, especially in a presiden- The other highly vulnerable GOP Residue trius’ and no one is willing to tell him tial election year, there are waves of ups incumbent, Colorado Senator Cory anything regarding his whereabouts. and downs for candidates and their par- Gardner, seems to be faring better. He This year’s virtual experience opens What this all creates is a feeling ties, and Mr. Trump and his colleagues has been rated the underdog against with a film scheduled to release on of isolation. Jay can’t connect to his had seemed to be in some decline while former Democatic Governor John Hick- Netflix in September titled ‘Residue.’ friends or, at times, his family. On top Mr. Biden and his colleagues were en- enlooper, but the challenger’s campaign Residue is the debut film for Merawi of that, the neighborhood is com- joying a bump up. has been marked by missteps and con- Gerima, a filmmaker from Washington pletely different than it used to be. Latest polls, however, are signaling a troversies, and Gardner might survive. DC, who graduated from USC. Without spoiling, Gerima superposi- tightening in many competitive races. North Carolina GOP Senator Thom In an interview by the USC Alumni tions a Jay memory flashback on top of Of particular note, three consecutive Tillis has also trailed his Democratic spotlight, Gerima said, “It was a very white women laughing and eating food major polls in the usually “blue” state opponent Cal Cunningham in polls, and personal project. You know, I started to create an appropriate dichotomy of Minnesota, indicate a virtual tie in this race might also depend on the pres- between the old and the new. the presidential race, a circumstance idential vote in the state. North Carolina Th And within this isolation, Jay faces confirmed by local reports, especially had been dependably “red,” but recently e F many demons tando memories a that in rural areas where Mr. Trump seems has been trending “purple.” irst Scontinuouslytep haunt him. possibly stronger than he was in 2016 As in Colorado, incumbent Montana Gerima also does a great job of only when he almost carried the state. Min- GOP Senator Steve Daines is facing a showing you what he wants you. You nesota has not voted for a Republican well-known Democratic challenger aren’t really sure how many houses for president since 1972. --- in this case, current Governor Steve Healthyhave been Life gentrified or the extent of One important caveat: Just because Bullock, who entered the race at the the neighborhood change. You just voter sentiment seems trending their last moment. Down-ballot, Montana is hear the construction. The white peo- way, does not mean Republicans are somewhat “purple, but has been reli- ple in the movie are purposefully given going to win. There is still enough time ably GOP in the presidential race. no depth. Many of the black characters for a trend toward the Democrats to Finally, among the most vulnerable too. But there is enough depth within develop. The next several weeks will see GOP incumbents, Maine Senator Susan Jay’s inner circle that stimulates inter- the relatively small, but nonetheless Collins is facing a well-funded chal- 2020est in the events to come. key, number of undecided voters make lenge from Democrat Sara Gideon. The movie was well worth a watch. up their minds. The pandemic, and the One of the few remaining GOP centrist BreastfeedingIt shows gentrification from a point exceptionally large numbers of absen- conservatives in the senate, Collins has of view that is often left untold when tee voters, also inject more uncertainty been a popular iconic Maine figure with Awarenesseconomists Month and policymakers are in the outcome. her own base, and remains favored to discussing what to do about it. There What about the specific competitive retain her seat. is a personal story to be told for every U.S. senate races? Less vulnerable, but nevertheless house, every neighborhood, and every There are 10-12 races which are bat- competitive GOP incumbent senate person who has ever been economi- tlegrounds. Democrats will need to pick races are taking place in Iowa (Senator- cally put between a rock and a hard up a net of 3 or 4 (depending on who is Joni Ernst vs. Democrat Theresa Green- Irene J. Mason, MS,place. RD, IBCLC elected vice-president) to take control of field), Georgia (two GOP incumbents It is also impressive that the Mam- the chamber in 2021. facing liberal challenges), and Kansas Kendra Turner,moth NA, Lakes FilmCLC Festival got an Although about twice as many GOP (open --- GOP nominee Roger Marshall early screening of a movie that Netflix incumbent seats are up this cycle, vs. Democrat Barbara Bollier). Remote Phoneclaimed Numbers: for themselves earlier in the the most endangered incumbent is a Democrats assert they can also pick year. Democrat, Doug Jones of Alabama. He up senate seats in Alaska, Kentucky, 760-920-9538 or 760-920-7052Tickets are $8 and the movie will be is likely to lose to Republican Tommy Texas and South Carolina, as Repub- shown on September 16. This is the Tuberville, the former Auburn Univer- licans contend they can add a seat in debut movie for the Mammoth Lakes sity football coach. New Mexico, but so far, these seats are Film Festival which runs from Septem- In addition, incumbent Michigan leaning clearly to the incumbent party. ber 16 - 20 Democratic Senator Gary Peters is fac- In October, another evaluation of ing a strong challenge this year from the above will be in order. For now, Republican John James. Peters leads however, control of the U.S. senate is in now, but this could be too close to call contested doubt. in November. Barry Casselman is a syndicated col- I had not, until now, thought that umnist who has been covering national Minnesota Democratic Senator Tina politics since 1972. For more insight, visit this institution is an equal opportunity provider Smith was very vulnerable this cycle. www.barrycasselman.com Like Peters, Smith is low profile and A NEW HOME FOR FAMILY FUN CALL TO SCHEDULE A PRIVATE TOUR.

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