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Joyce Turner, Katy Grans Drake, Crystal Medhust and Liz Grans check News,sheet Views & Culture of the Eastern Sierra out Mammoth Mountain’s new TechReation space in the Sierra Center Mall on Saturday, March 11. More photos, p. 15. Saturday, March 18, 2017 FREE Vol. 15, No. 11 WE’LL HAVE A GOGO CELEBRATES HER 5TH GAY OLD TIME! Elevation founder Tom Whitman is Top Shelf By Rea hen Tom Whitman California didn’t really have a first decided to hold gay ski week like some other Wa gay ski week in resorts. So we modeled the Mammoth Lakes, he sent out vibe of Elevation after [the a single email through his Whistler event]. Friendly, events company, Tom Whit- gregarious guys and girls com- man Presents, thinking he ing around from all over the might get a few dozen attend- country and the world.” ees. He got 250. Flash-forward “Unlike some other LGBT fifteen years, and 2,500 revel- events, its not just about go- ers identifying as LGBTQ (Les- ing to a party,” says Whitman. bian, Gay, Bi, Transgender and “There’s an activity involved. Queer), and even some who It’s a destination.” identify as plain old straight, He says that attendees range will descend on Mammoth from double-black-diamond Mountain this year for the an- skiers to bunny slope cruisers, nual Elevation Gay Ski. It’s the and some come just for the PHOTO: BELLE third largest gay ski event in apres-ski events and skip the Gogo Lunch turned 5 last Saturday. From left: Partygoers Tulie Saenz, J.P. Farber, Rilynn the country, surpassed only by slopes. However, “I’d say about Schneider, Frankie Farber, Gogo and Cora Johnson. events at Whistler and Aspen 90-95 percent of people who “We’ve built such huge us from the beginning…over than anyone else, and you will (with Aspen being the largest). attend go out on the hill.” event despite the fact that the years we have had some run out of vodka!’” says Whit- “We pretty much grown ev- Whitman has now expanded there are challenges getting really great advocates.” man. ery year, with the one drought Elevation to events in Lake to Mammoth,” said Whitman. He said that during one of Whitman also emphasized year [2014-15] being the Tahoe and Park City, Utah, but At Wednesday’s welcome the first years of the event, that all of Mammoth is wel- exception,” said Whitman on the Mammoth event remains party at Lakanuki, “I met a “when we were kind of getting come to attend the fabulous Thursday, March 16 over a cup the big party. couple from Sydney, Austra- big, there were two cops in parties that Elevation puts of coffee at Black Velvet. “I love it, so it doesn’t feel lia, someone who came from front of me, and they were on. “We definitely [welcome] He became enamored with like that much work, but Miami, some people spend talking about Elevation. And locals who are not LGBT. It’s a Mammoth in college, when it is a ton of work,” he says 10-14 hours traveling just to they said, ‘That group is amaz- welcoming event. We get big he was a ski racer for UCLA. “I with a smile. “We start plan- get here.” ing, not one person got into a groups of guys and girls and just loved it. And a year later, ning 7-8 months before the And Whitman said that fight!’” couples coming up just be- three of us—a gay guy who event, booking talent and DJs. Mammoth has had a welcom- Service industry staff in cause we have great music.” worked at Intrawest, myself, Between everybody, the tech ing attitude toward the group Mammoth also love Elevation. Visit www.mammothgayski. and a guy who worked at Out crew, dancers, and perform- from the event’s inception. “I “I tell the businesses where we com for a list of this weekend’s Magazine were talking about ers, about 30 people” for five have to commend the town have our parties, ‘be prepared, events and info on Elevation’s our love of skiing and how days of events. and everybody for welcoming we will drink more premium “zero attitude” core mission.

CountiesWATER, and LADWP WATER try to figure EVERYWHERE out what to do with all the runoff By Bodine arly spring runoff is Power customers’ need about onto fields and meadows in already filling canals and 500,000-acre feet to get them the Owens Valley, an early Eopen fields in Inyo Coun- through the year. start on letting go of some ex- ty following of one of the wet- The Los Angeles Depart- cess water and It has released, test winters on record as the ment of Water and Power or spread, 17,000-acre feet snow is just beginning to melt. provided the water numbers between Pleasant Valley and And, there could be more and explained to Inyo County Tinnemaha Reservoir, another runoff coming with spring Supervisors at its meeting 5,000 between Tinnemaha rains. As of March 14, Sierra Tuesday, March 14 what it, and Haiwee Reservoir and snowpack was at 217-percent and they, can do about all the another 4,000-acre feet south of normal and predictions are water. to slightly within Kern County for approximately 750,000- LADWP has been letting and Indian Wells Valley. PHOTO COURTESY TOM WHITMAN acre feet of runoff. Los Angeles water spill out on the ground, The water will recharge the Tom Whitman (right) with Mammoth Resorts minority owner Shaun White. Department of Water and literally. Water is running out see WATER, page 21 EIFDead Hose job Int’l embargo 5th down and F.A.R. Kids and cupcakes

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57 MILLION PENNIES FOR YOUR THOUGHTS? the Ted Carleton...... Jack of all Lunches It was with a palpable sense of deja vu that I took in Wednesday’s 760.937.4613 / [email protected] “Walk, Bike, Ride” workshop which preceded the Mammoth Town June Simpkins...Jack of everything else Council meeting. 760.937.3967 / [email protected] There was a very bright consultant with his PowerPoint presentation sheet Mike Bodine ...... Writer and his archetypal starched casual look. There was the rapt attention of News, Views & Culture of the Eastern Sierra Council which pretended it had never seen a PowerPoint presentation [email protected] before. There were the big dreams we’ve dreamed before but which, “Ritatem brunneis illud, quod ea melius Sarah Rea ...... Writer perhaps, Mr. Consultant was hoping we hadn’t dreamed, so he put ‘em agere.” [email protected] in his report to help justify his exorbitant fee. -Danny DeVito as Frank Reynolds Charles James ...... Contributor But what really stirred the deja vu was when Mr. Consultant talked 760.614.0546 about how we would pay for his THREE proposed 150-300 space park- JACK LUNCH Clouds McCloud ...... ing garages, or the proposed $24 million town-wide gondola system PUBLISHER Ass-trologer with its $4 million annual operating budget. P.O. Box 8088 Abagael Giles ...... Writer He said we would simply have to create an EIFD (Enhanced Infra- Mammoth Lakes, CA 93546 [email protected] structure Financing District). 760.924.0048/[email protected] An EIFD is the latest craze among consultants and politicians who are An adjudicated paper of general circula- For a subscription to The Sheet contact always struggling how to mask their appetite for taking and spending tion. ©2016 The Sheet, all rights reserved. money. Lunch at his above e-mail address, or call the office. Issues are mailed out bi-weekly. Cost www.thesheetnews.com Here’s how it generally works. The politicos set a tax baseline for a Check out for is $65/year. particular area. That’s the cap. If property values rise in that area, the more content, daily updates and free online difference between the old valuation (and tax collection) in that area classifieds. and the new valuation (and projected tax collection) is siphoned off The County and MCWD, when they finally weighed in, said no way, into an EIFD slush fund which can be used for neighborhood improve- we’re not interested in sacrificing tax revenue to such a district. ments. Two years later, a consultant again comes in and makes a splashy The EIFD would have its own board, just like MLH and MLR and proposal without doing his homework and consulting affected agen- MLT and all the other non-governmental organizations we’ve created cies. It’s as if consultants are afraid to do research which involves around here. speaking to actual people. The whole thing is D.O.A. EIFDead. The Here’s the catch. All sorts of different governmental agencies have a consultant could’ve known that just by a cursory look at The Sheet claim on property tax. The Water District, School District, County, Fire, archives. etc. Schools are automatically exempt. Other agencies can choose to Councilman Bill Sauser observed voluntarily participate, or not. at the meeting that Alta’s report Here’s where the deja vu comes in. Two years, Mrs. Consultant (Jamie “ amounted to what would be yet Licko of Centro, Inc.) came to town to talk about how to fix parking. Her another “dust-collecting folder” on idea: Finance parking via an EIFD. She didn’t consult any of the affected It’s not about keeping Town Manager Dan Holler’s shelf. parties like the County before she made her presentation. While fellow Councilman John Wen- one’s friends close and tworth followed that up and tried to one’s enemies closer. be nice by saying, “There are a lot of great ideas in here,” it’s hard not to It’s about keeping Dan believe Sauser’s blunt truth as op- Holler closest of all posed to Wentworth’s fuzzy general- ity. because Dan Holler I decided to check the agenda packet for the meeting scheduled knows how to make it later that evening, and as is my cus- rain! tom, I glanced through the register of demands to see what bills the -Lunch town had paid over the past two weeks. There were seven bills from con- ” sultants totaling $197,974. Here’s the breakdown:

Reinard Brandley for Mammoth/Yosemite Airport: $82,063 Darin Dinsmore for Downtown revitalization: $24,863 Alta for the Walk, Bike, Ride workshop: $3,950 Michael Baker Int’l for the CEQA work on the M.U.F. $7,335 HMC Architects for Police Facility $9,000 HMC Architects for M.U.F. $68,250 PCR for the CEQA work on Floor Area Ratio $2,513

I then tracked payments for these entities dating back to last August. Along the way, I added payments made to EDS (Environmental Diver- sion Solutions) for its consulting regarding solid waste issues. The result: The Town of Mammoth has spent approximately $575,000 on the above consulting work dating from approximately July 1, 2016 to March 1, 2017. Approximately $200,000 was spent on the M.U.F. during that time, a project we haven’t even formally decided to build. Dinsmore has smartly collected $50,000 on his contract already. He knows the score. Better collect on that contract now before someone starts spreading rumors about the emperor. Smart man. It’s not about keeping one’s friends close and one’s enemies closer. It’s

see EDITORIAL, page 4 SCT TBD 4 I www.thesheetnews.com THE SHEET I Saturday, March 18, 2017 EDITORIAL continued from page 2 about keeping Dan Holler closest of Some other news and notes ... will result in failure. As we have seen off-site parking. We are setting our- all, because Dan Holler knows how Betsy Truax and Stu Brown have this winter, demand for parking is selves up for conflict, and at some to make it rain! both been honored by the California at a premium between snow storage point there will be no place for these I also tracked payments made on Parks and Recreation Society District and occupancy rates. guests to park and locals and visitors the police building planning and Seven. We have seen residential projects will be left with a horrible experi- construction. To date, the Town has The Town of Mammoth Lakes won lose enough parking by adopting ence. paid Howard CDM (the general con- the “Outstanding Facility” award for zoning practices that have been If we continue down this path, the tractor) $1.1 million. The Town has Trails End Park. applied to low elevation communi- change from 0.75 FAR to 2.0 FAR will also paid the Water District $90,000 In addition, Brown won an award ties and still wonder why parking is result in parking chaos, something for the permit fee and has paid HMC as being the most Outstanding Full- not adequate. Examples are projects that we created in the Village and Architects about $150,000 since Time Employee. such as Juniper Crest, Mammoth won’t admit to. The notion that we August. In the press release announcing Gateway, and most recently Hoop- can create parking years after the Though I can’t quite determine the the award, Brown properly gave er’s Rainbow project. As a result of development is very shortsighted. If breakdown between HMC’s police credit where it is due, citing Jane inadequate parking spots, visitors the plan is to establish parking early, facility work and M.U.F. work, it’s Baer as the driving force behind the are forced to find creative parking through Assessment Districts, then safe to say the Town has laid out creation of the skatepark. spots, many times interfering with The Town needs to identify these $1.25 million for the police facility roadways and causing potential locations upfront. Part of the evalua- project thus far. According to Rea, The following letter was submit- hazards for others, let alone jeopar- tion of both of these proposals [The the approved (as of June 15, 2016) ted by Fire Marshal Thom Heller to dizing their own vehicle safety. Walk, Bike, Ride Action Plan and budget for the project was $3.07 mil- Community Development Director We are in the process of reviewing Minimum F.A.R] needs to include lion. Sandra Moberly as public com- a new grocery store and while the the costs and how the parking loca- Here’s a blast from the past, cour- ment regarding the Floor Area Ratio calculation works out to 52 parking tions are going to be obtained. tesy of Dan Holler in October, 2015, (F.A.R.) issue. spots, they are only proposing 41. We are getting too far down the which Rea has not tired of quot- If they are permitted to use some- planning process to avoid such a ing: “We’ve made it very clear that Sandra, one else’s parking spots, then that critical component for each of the this isn’t a $2 million construction location will be underserved and the Walk, Bike, Ride and Minimum budget. This is a $2 million project I will be out of town this week, but new location will benefit at the cost F.A.R proposals. To avoid the need budget.” would like to provide some com- of another business. Even if [those for adequate parking… needed in So here we go. I’m gonna sponsor ments to the Planning Commission businesses] are reimbursed for those our environment with our inherent a bean counting contest right here. concerning both the Walk, Bike, spots, where are those displaced issues just continues to compound Guess the final police facility cost Ride and F.A.R discussions. While patrons going to park? We seem to the problem. Thank you for sharing to the thousands place and you win my comments are really not directly be assembling a house of cards, and this information with the appropri- a half page color advertisement in about either of these two items, my it is our guests and locals alike that ate parties at the appropriate time. The Sheet featuring you and your concerns center around the parking are going to suffer. winning number. Whatever else you needs for both of these topics. With- We approved a bowling alley with Thom Heller put in the ad is your own business. out the requirement for adequate off-site parking and now we are Fire Marshall, Mammoth Lakes Submit entires to jacklunch@yahoo. parking for all projects going for- going to add the Mammoth Creek Fire Protection District com. ward, both of these proposed items Inn expansion counting the same

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CALI4NIAPASS.COM • 800.MAMMOTH THE SHEET I Saturday, March 18, 2017 www.thesheetnews.com I 5 LOCAL NEWS FIFTH DOWN AND F.A.R. TO GO While PEDC weighs its decision on a minimum F.A.R for downtown, Grocery Outlet may look elsewhere By Giles fter nearly two hours of staff fees from developers to provide com- stories of these buildings.” Halferty TOWN presentations, board discus- munal off-site parking within walking pointed out that the minimum F.A.R Asion, and public comment at distance of Main Street. Lehman said, discussion was focused on commercial Tuesday’s Mammoth Planning and “If you build a store, you need that zones, which are already zoned to al- BULLETIN Economic Development Commission parking right away, not whenever it low nightly rentals, a far more lucrative NOTICE OF PUBLIC (PEDC) Meeting, commissioners de- gets done.” Lehman said developers investment. INFORMATION MEETING: cided not to make a recommendation would be right to distrust the town’s Moberly said that Grocery Outlet is REDS MEADOW ROAD to Town Council regarding a minimum promise that any in-lieu fees would be currently the only entity with a design IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT Floor Area Ratio (F.A.R) for develop- allocated to construct a parking struc- review application pending. She said The Federal Highways Administration ment projects within the Town of ture. “Look at the Village. We have to that the PEDC can recommend that Central Federal Lands Highway Mammoth Lakes (TOML). This is the finish that project. It’s just not practical Grocery Outlet’s application be exempt Division (FHWA-CFLHD), in fourth time that the commission has to have your entire town laid out like from any future zoning code amend- partnership with the USFS and Town of Mammoth Lakes will hold a public postponed a vote on the matter and Disneyland.” ment involving a minimum FAR, but information meeting for the Reds asked town staff for additional infor- Former TOML Mayor Kathy Cage that the decision will rest with Town Meadow Road Improvements Project mation about the topic. expressed her concern that a mini- Council, which will make a final deci- on March 20, 2017 in Suite Z at 9am According to a staff report from De- mum F.A.R would “ghettoize” the sion in June at the earliest. and 5pm. The meeting format will be cember 2016, F.A.R is equal to the total commercial districts in which it was At Tuesday’s meeting, local architect open house, with an opportunity for the floor area of a building divided by the imposed. She said that imposing a Elliott Brainard warned the PEDC that public to provide comments directly to total area of the lot on which it is locat- minimum F.A.R would increase the retroactively enforcing a zoning code the project team members. Following ed. Imposing a minimum F.A.R would cost of renovations and and construc- amendment could lead to litigation. the presentation, project staff will be require a zoning code amendment. tion in general. “What happens if those “Talk to your legal counsel…The code on hand to answer questions. Staff presented several options that is what it is on the [application] sub- stick-in-the-mud, long-time property RECREATION OPEN HOUSE included imposing a minimum FAR owners can’t afford to develop their mission date… You don’t get to redact Mark your calendars for the annual of either 0.5 or 0.75 on all or portions properties? If there are no improve- that permit if it’s been approved and Recreation Open House on Tuesday, of the existing commercial zoning ments made to existing properties on applied for.” March 28 at the Mammoth Elementary districts, with most of the discussion Main Street ... then property values Lehman, who represents 37 and 77 School MPR from 5:00-7:00pm. The focusing on the downtown district. will decrease, and those people will Old Mammoth Road, estimated that open house is a great opportunity Planning and Economic Devel- be forced to sell, and big corporations Grocery Outlet has spent hundreds of to learn about Parks & Recreation opment Manager Sandra Moberly will come in and develop a resort,” said thousands of dollars on the applica- Department summer programming, reported at the March 14 meeting that Cage, who, along with her husband, tion process and said the group has as well as gather information and register with other summer recreation the town is currently processing a de- owns and operates three small busi- yet to purchase the properties it seeks providers. Attendees will receive a sign review application for a Grocery nesses on Main Street. to develop. When asked if the PEDC’s 5% discount coupon for registering Outlet in Mammoth Lakes. The grocery Mammoth Lakes Housing (MLH) decision to delay a recommenda- for Parks & Recreation Department chain is seeking to develop land at 37 Executive Director Jennifer Halferty tion until June would affect that sale, summer programs! Please contact and 77 Old Mammoth Road. Currently, warned Commissioners that it was Lehman said, “They are getting a bad Lindsey at (760) 965-3699 for more there is no minimum F.A.R require- unrealistic to equate a minimum F.A.R taste in their mouth about Mammoth information. ment at that site, and the proposal with affordable housing. “Unless you Lakes. As long as this minimum F.A.R is for a building with an F.A.R of 0.3. also create inclusionary requirements, is out there, people looking to develop WINTER PARKING Moberly said that if a 0.75 minimum there is no incentive to build afford- in town won’t know what they can and RESTRICTIONS IN EFFECT FAR were imposed, the site would have able housing units on the second can’t do.” The Mammoth Lakes Police to be developed as a two story build- Department is reminding citizens that there is no street parking from ing. Only twenty parking spaces could November 1 through April 30.Vehicles be accommodated on site, requiring found parked in violation of these either underground parking or off-site ordinances are subject to receiving a parking. Moberly reported that, if a 0.5 parking citation and/or in some cases, F.A.R were imposed, all of the parking vehicles may be impounded at the requirements for the store could be owner’s expense. met on site (if it were 2 stories). Mammoth Mountain Ski Area Meetings / Events:. (MMSA) Vice President of Develop- ment Tom Hodges gave public com- March 21: Special Meeting of ment at Tuesday’s meeting, saying the Recreation Commission, MMSA supports a 0.75 minimum FAR Suite Z, 5:30 PM across all commercial zones in the TOML. “We live in the highlight of strip April 4: Recreation malls of Southern California right now. Commission Meeting, Suite Z, 9:00 AM We’ve got to take a stand here… every time we under-develop a site, we are April 5: Town Council Meeting, committing to living with that decision Suite Z, 6:00 PM for the next 50 years,” said Hodges. Realtor Matthew Lehman told April 12: Planning and The Commission that imposing a Economic Development minimum FAR would push out small Commission, Suite Z, 2:00 PM property owners and businesses from Twitter the downtown corridor, ultimately pushing the town further away from its Follow ‘TownofMammoth’ desired goal of a walkable main street. daily on Twitter at www. A minimum FAR would require Townofmammothlakes.ca.gov developers to create building space where they might otherwise pro- Town e-News: vide outdoor parking. According to Lehman, underground parking is Town e-News is your direct source prohibitively expensive. “The quote for Town news, events, meetings and I’ve heard is that it costs about $50,000 announcements. Subscribe online per parking space.” At Tuesday’s meet- under “NOTIFY ME” at www. ing, commissioners discussed the townofmammothlakes.ca.gov possibility of requiring in lieu parking 6 I LOCAL NEWS www.thesheetnews.com THE SHEET I Saturday, March 18, 2017 PLAN FOR THE FUTURE RADIATION PREPARATION MUSD discusses upgrading Mammoth campuses By Rea he Mammoth Unified School Another big wish for Mammoth District is looking to the students: A greenhouse. “Numer- Tfuture—both for its students, ous studies point to school gardens and its facilities. Superintendent as a means of academic achieve- Lois Klein held a community ment, promising healthy lifestyles, workshop on Tuesday, March 14 demonstrating the principles of to discuss a vision for Mammoth stewardship… and instilling a sense schools that will be congruous with of place,” wrote Arden Buck-Sporer the changing paradigms of how and Rachel Kathleen Pringle in “How students are learning, now and into to Grow a School Garden.” the future. Students also requested fresher “Learning has changed dramati- food in the cafeterias (not really a cally since 1980 and now we are facilities issue, per se, but another really talking about flexible learning example of their wish to be more … kids solving problems working connected to their food). They together. And that doesn’t take place also wanted indoor connections so much in classrooms with … seats between the campuses, and the PHOTO: GILES attached to the desks, and kids can’t middle school breakout table even The California National Guard 9th Civil Support Team spent the last week in Mam- move.” suggested the idea of making one moth Lakes collaborating with Mammoth Lakes Fire Department (MLFD) and Mam- MUSD has contracted with HMC of those potential hallways into a moth Lakes Police Department on hazardous materials training. According to Deputy Architects to help design the future greenhouse. Brandon Gullotti, a rep- Commander Andrew Hanson, the team has recently acquired new radiation detection of the school’s buildings—the firm resentative from HMC at that table, tools. On Thursday morning, they were conducting a joint drill with MLFD. The presented a video of children learn- voiced a little skepticism about the staged scenario involved an individual who had bragged about harboring hazardous ing in interactive environments, idea, but said he’d look into it. materials while out at the bar the night before, who was holed up in the tower behind incorporating experiential educa- Natural lighting was another huge MLFD Fire Station 2 on Old Mammoth Road. tion such as gardening into their request from the students. “There According to Commander Hanson, the team hid very small quantities of radioactive curriculums. should be no classroom without material, far too small to cause harm to humans, in the building. Hanson said that these The purpose of Tuesday’s meeting natural light,” said Greg Newbry. annual drills promote camaraderie and communication between municipalities and was to break participants out into Chris Taylor of HMC also sug- National Guard crews. three groups, each campus with a gested that students have more op- table of their own, to discuss visions portunity to be outside, even during WILL YOU BE MINE? for each of the campuses. Each table the “three-fourths to two-thirds of Anger over mining restrictions in Inyo County BLM areas also had suggestions from the stu- the school year that is winter.” He By James dents themselves, written by classes suggested activating the courtyard nyo County Supervisors are not staff consistently raised concerns of students from each school. The at Mammoth High School with a pleased with the Bureau of Land about multiple land use with BLM students suggestions were quite sturdy covered patio that loaders IManagement’s recent mining during the Desert Renewable Energy revealing—among the requests for could plow around in order to allow withdrawal notice published in the Conservation Plan, including min- classroom X-Boxes were overarching students more outside time during Segregation Notice in the Federal eral extraction, and were told that themes that students reiterated all the winter. Register December 28 2016. It places we did not have to worry about that. the way from first graders through to “The school is designed for Pasa- 270,000 acres in Inyo County within He then said that the notice was “a high school seniors. dena, not snow country,” said New- California Desert National Conser- bait and switch.” Quiet spaces, or calm-down spac- bry, who served on the school board vation Lands off-limits from metallic Inyo County Supervisor Matt es, were requested again and again. for 8 years. He said that 59 doors mineral mining for two years and Kinsley, whose Fifth District is where Research is growing on the positive had to be dug out this winter, legally, the supervisors are not just con- Inyo County has had much of its effects mindfulness and meditation because it is against the law to have cerned, they’re angry about the lack mining claims and projects found can have on students, especially doors blocked. Another suggestion of concern such restrictions on min- the BLM notice baffling and that those most prone to outbursts. CNN from community members and stu- ing present to the economy of Inyo “This (metallic mineral extraction) visited students at Robert W. Cole- dents was to do away with the “use- County which has long had a history disturbs something like .05 percent man Elementary School in West Bal- less doors” that dot the campuses. of mining. in all of Inyo County.” timore, Maryland in 2016 and found MUSD plans to fund upgrades The Segregation Notice means County Interim Planner Cathreen that many students who formerly to the schools by introducing a there would be no new metallic min- Richards told the supervisors that faced detention for acting out ended bond measure onto the June, 2018 eral claims allowed within those two the county maintains 105 miles of up visiting their “Mindful Moment mid-term ballot, Klein said. “At this years. There will be a 90-day public road within the withdrawal area Room” instead. Principal Carlillian time, the school district has not scoping period and the development drawn by BLM. It is unknown if Thompson told CNN that she’d had determined the amount for a bond of an environmental impact state- these county roads are included in zero student suspensions since the measure. Once the facility master ment. And to make matters worse, the disturbance cap baseline of 1 room was created. see PLAN, page 20 it could result in the withdrawal of percent currently being allowed by public land from mining metallic BLM. mineral for another twenty years. The supervisors approved a let- Mining company representatives ter to the state director of the BLM discussed their concerns at the about their concerns over what they board of supervisors meeting on consider a last-minute change in Tuesday. Supervisors were told that policy direction with the Notice of restrictions would have a negative Proposed Withdrawal that took them impact on the because the mining by surprise given what they had companies “hire locals” said one been led to believe over the past sev- speaker. Angela Johnson, project eral years. The letter also mentions geologist for Canadian-based Silver the county’s concern over its ability Standard, to the supervisors that to maintain its roads within the af- “The state already has strict regula- fected areas as well under the distur- tions on mining.” She noted that bance cap guidelines proposed. Silver Standard employees stayed in It is hoped by many who support Lone Pine last summer while work- the continuation of mining in Inyo ing on Phase I of the Perdito Project, County that with both a new Trump which is looking to extract gold in administration in Washington D.C., the local mountains near the Nevada and a Republican-majority Con- border in Inyo County. Johnson told gress, both promising to cut back the supervisors that “We brought a regulations hindering economic PHOTO:REA decent amount of money to town.” growth, will result in the BLM Segre- A roundtable discussion to gather input on the proposed MUSD facilities master plan Second District Supervisor Jeff gation Notice being greatly changed. takes place at the Mammoth High School multi-purpose room on Tuesday, March 14. Griffith said that county officials and THE SHEET I Saturday, March 18, 2017 www.thesheetnews.com LOCAL NEWS I 7 PAVED WITH LOCAL GOLD Mammoth wants to fix Reds Meadow Road, needs help THEBy Bodine BIG PINE HOSE JOB By Bodine he pipe that carries irrigation said the pipe had become clogged he Reds Meadow Road is deteri- pared to assist all agencies involved water for the Big Pine Paiute with roots. The water spilled out onto orating quickly. Built on the side to achieve the desired outcome. TTribe reservation is busted. The LADWP lands, and the tribe received of a steep hill, its two lanes are Maintenance is another economic landlord, the Los Angeles Department little water that year. As a result, gar- T of Water and Power (LADWP), has not dens withered, trees turned brown and becoming one and drivers cannot see issue for the road. approaching vehicles. It is a Forest John Helm, Executive Director for fixed it, and the irrigation season starts the fire danger increased. Service road but that agency doesn’t the Eastern Sierra Transportation April 1. LADWP workers have been On March 7, the Tribe sent LADWP have the resources or money to repair Authority (ESTA) said at a meeting fixing a pipe near Highway 395 in Big an invoice for $1,258,390 for its losses it. If the road is not repaired quick, in May 2016 that the cost of main- Pine for the past week. LADWP has had and the “gains” by LADWP for not hav- it will degrade until there is nothing tenance for the road could be ap- little to no correspondence with the ing to supply water in 2016, according left. Aside from hikers, visitors would proximately $1.8 million for twenty tribe, except an ultimatum. to the invoice. The tribe was denied a be denied access to the iconic Devil’s years. If ESTA wants to assist with According to Jill Paydon, Big Pine total of 1,258 acre-feet of water, and Postpile National Monument. maintenance costs it could raise fares Tribal Administrator, LADWP has feel $1,000 an acre-foot is an adequate The Town of Mammoth Lakes is on the Devil’s Postpile Shuttle an ad- offered to hand over ownership and price. An acre-foot is about 395,000 planning to fix the road itself. It is ditional $1 to $1.50 (the current ticket responsibility of the 18-inch pipe gallons of water. applying for a Federal Lands Access price is $7 for adults and $4 for kids, to the Tribe, but only after the Tribe As part of the 1939 Land Exchange, Plan (FLAP) grant to help cover the unchanged since 2008). repairs the pipe. The Tribe says it will LADWP is obligated to provide 4 acre- estimated cost of the project, $23.5 Approximately 125,000 annual be willing to talk about ownership after feet per year to the Big Pine Reserva- million. The town would be respon- visitors travel to Red’s Meadow, LADWP fixes the pipe. tion. The 1939 Land Exchange involved sible for a 11.47 percent match, or Schweizer said. The access fee goes LADWP has sent a document for the trading LADWP lands for land the about $2.7 million. toward maintenance and upkeep of Tribe to sign for repairs to be com- Native Americans were living on. The This would be nearly the entire the Forest Service’s programs in Red’s pleted. One of the conditions in the LADWP land became the Lone Pine, road work budget for the Forest Meadow valley. document is that the Tribe will agree to Big Pine and Bishop reservations. Service, said Deb Schweizer, Pub- There could also be a possible sur- other conditions, but it didn’t say what Paul Huette of the Tribal Utility De- lic Information Officer for the Inyo charge to the town’s road rehabilita- those other conditions are or will be. partment called LADWP “slumlords” National Forest. She added that the tion to pay for maintenance, too. In November 2016, LADWP sent the by refusing to fix a broken pipe on its job is too small for the Department The Forest Service can’t afford to Tribe a Letter of Understanding de- land. Huette addressed Jim Yannotta, of Transportation, but too big for the fix roads and the state isn’t faring scribing the ‘you fix it, you buy it’ pipe Aqueduct Manager, at the Inyo County Forest Service to handle. much better. Road repairs are funded, project. It has not responded to any of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday, She said there’s no way the repairs primarily, through gas tax. Carter ex- the Tribe’s requests since then. March 15. Yannotta was explaining will happen without a local entity plained that the increasing popularity “We didn’t sign anything,” Paydon LADWP’s plans to let some of this stepping up. of fuel-efficient vehicles and electric said, adding that LADWP keeps telling year’s massive runoff spill onto Owens There will be a public information/ cars means less gas sold and less tax the Tribe it’s not going to do anything Valley lands. comment meeting on the project on revenue. until the Tribe signs the agreement. “They act like they’re doing us a March 20 from 9-11 a.m. and from 5-7 State legislators will be asking The pipe had been in disrepair for favor, but if the aqueduct was bigger p.m. in Suite Z in Mammoth Lakes the public to pay for new roads and years and was getting worse until it they’d take more,” Huette said. (above Starbucks). repairs with two new bills planned finally burst in 2016. Sally Manning, LADWP did not return requests for The town is hoping to collaborate for the 2017-18 budget year. SB1 will environmental director for the Tribe, comment to The Sheet. with other stakeholders like Mono, raise as much as $4.3 billion annually Madera and Inyo Counties, the Mono to try and catch up with a projected County Local Transportation Com- $59 billion shortfall in transportation mission (LTC), the Forest Service and funding over the next 10 years. the National Park Service. Californians already pay 30 cents a Devils Postpile National Monument gallon in excise tax, plus sales tax and is in Madera County, but there is no another dime per gallon for cap and vehicle access from the west side. trade fees and another 18 cents in Deputy Public Works Director of federal taxes. SB1 would raise excise Madera County Jared Carter told The tax another 12 cents for gasoline, 22 Two Events: Sheet on Monday, March 13, that he cents for diesel, and vehicle registra- has been approached by Scott Burns, tion fees would rise from $43 to $88, Planning Director, and Mono County plus an extra $100 for zero emission Principal Planner Gerry Le Francois vehicles. Mar 25: Tactical Shooting Class but, so far, nothing formal has been decided between the counties. The LTC is hoping Madera kicks Apr 1: CCW Class Up to 42 States in its fair share, $5 million or so, but Permits: CA, OR, AZ, NV, UT Carter said Madera has no money to pitch in. He said Madera County will write a letter in support of the grant. Contact Gene 760-935-3830 Schweizer said anytime there’s work [email protected] being done in the National Forest, the Forest Service wants to be a part of it. She said the agency may be able to assist with contracting and the com- petitive processes for funding. Local entities are asking for con- trol over federal roads for a variety of reasons, Schweizer says, from rights- of-way to economic incentives. Bobby Tanner, owner of Red’s Meadow Pack Station, told The Sheet it is too early in the planning stages to comment on the project. Representative Paul Cook (R-8th Congressional District) said in an email to The Sheet, “I believe strongly in the idea of local control. State, county, and city governments should be given latitude in determining how best to spend federal dollars.” Cook added he was aware of the upcoming public forum and is pre- 8 I www.thesheetnews.com THE SHEET I Saturday, March 18, 2017 BIG TURNOUT FOR HOUSING MEETING NATIONAL Town, County team up on Housing Survey By Giles n Wednesday, March 15, estimate for how much of the existing ALMA MATER SNUBS Mammoth Lakes Housing housing stock is being used for long O(MLH) hosted Town of Mam- term rentals. They hope to find a way THE DONALD moth Lakes (TOML) staff, various to include data for illegal transient By Casselman board commissioners, Town Council rentals as well. he Pennsylvania Gazette is today nia Gazette barely noted Mr. Trump’s members, Mono County planning Also new to this study is a peer the name of my college alumni achievement, in spite of him being the staff, and community members at resort town evaluation, whereby WSW magazine, although the name only Penn graduate ever to be elected the Community Housing Action Plan consultants will study and compare T has a lineage that goes back to 1729 president, and then wrote about it Kick-Off Meeting. The event, which housing shortages and solutions in when it was first published as a news- only with a certain waspish ambiguity. was held at the Town/County Con- Crested Butte, Breckinridge, Truckee, paper by Benjamin Franklin. Lest the I now have received the second is- ference room, had such successful Telluride, Steamboat, Vail, Aspen, reader assume the name was some- sue since the election, and its letters to attendance that the audience spilled and Jackson Hole with the data they how inappropriately borrowed from the editor pages were dominated with into the hallways. collect in Mammoth Lakes. Sullivan such a distinguished origin, I need to correspondence from Penn alumni Late last year, Mammoth Moun- said she hopes to have a draft report point out that my alma mater, the Uni- expressing both indignation at the tain Ski Area (MMSA) provided MLH published for community review and versity of Pennsylvania, was founded slight, or delight. with funds for a Housing Needs As- comment by the beginning of June. by Mr. Franklin himself in 1740. In full disclosure, I attended Whar- sessment update. The existing data Town Council member John Wen- Like so many other Ivy league ton as an undergraduate, but after two regarding the status of housing in tworth asked Sullivan and her team alumni publications, The Gazette is years transferred to Penn’s College of Mammoth Lakes has not been updat- to focus on reaching local entrepre- quite a lavish, thick, sophisticated and Liberal Arts where I received my B.A. ed since 2011, before nightly rental neurs. “We need input from folks who well-written effort, and I do look for- degree. I received early journalism booking agencies such as Airbnb are working two, three, four jobs to ward to reading its bi-monthly issues. experience there as a reporter for The were popularized in town and started create a living for themselves here,” Perhaps like most college graduates Daily Pennsylvanian before reviving sucking up long term housing stock. Wentworth said on Wednesday. of a certain age, I usually find myself and editing its historic college humor WSW Consulting, the firm that MLH board member Bill Taylor going to the back of each issue to read magazine under a new name. Penn oversaw the 2011 Housing Needs recommended that the surveys and about the news of my classmates— today is usually rated in the top five Assessment, has been contracted to website include an option for transla- and the obituaries. Decades ago, my or ten universities in the U.S., but update the data in tion into Spanish. class would list numerous short notes only its Wharton School and a few of that study and de- Town Council of those who had passed away, but the its graduate schools had such a high velop a Communi- member Bill Sau- miracle of modern medicine has so far rating in those days (Nevertheless, it ty Housing Action “ ser recommended kept that number quite low. In fact, I had then a distinguished faculty, in- Plan to address I just don’t think that the study be ex- am constantly amazed by the number cluding preeminent guest professors. the deficiencies it panded to assess of Penn men and women who make it Economist Peter Drucker, philosopher finds. WSW Prin- Crowley is ever going to redevelopment past 100. Arnold Toynbee, architect Louis Kahn, This winter, the magazine faced a sociologist E. Digby Baltzell and novel- cipal and Project be the next Carbondale. opportunities in Manager Wendy Long Valley com- certain crisis (the publication is usu- ist Philip Roth taught there in my day). Sullivan presented munities such ally set up a month or two in advance I realize that most Penn alumni, the scope of the as Crowley Lake, of printing) that would not only be many of them living on the East Coast, study at Wednes- Long Valley, Ben- peculiar to Penn, but would have did not vote for Donald Trump. I -Mammoth Lakes resident also know that the Penn administra- day’s meeting, ton, and Sunny confronted all other Ivy League uni- and workshop participant versities and most, but not all, liber- tion and faculty are overwhelmingly emphasizing that Slopes. Sullivan ally minded colleges and universities liberal. it will focus on the warned that, back across the nation. Like all institutions I have been aware for some time status of housing in 2011, there was of higher learning, Penn is proud of its that Penn, like most colleges and within the Town of heavy community distinguished graduates, and employs universities in America, subscribes to Mammoth Lakes, ” backlash to the its alumni magazine to boast not a what is usually called “political cor- not in outlying idea of commut- little about them. In my class alone, rectness.” Penn President Amy Gut- communities such as Crowley Lake or ing. “People said they would choose there are numerous figures who are mann recently affirmed the university Sunny Slopes. to move away,” said Sullivan. today quite prominent and accom- as a “sanctuary” place (like a “sanc- Mono County has already initiated One community member, who plished, including an award-winning tuary city”). Readers can draw their its own Housing Needs Assessment in identified himself as a fifteen-year best-selling novelist, a famous Broad- own conclusions about all of this, and preparation for the expiration of its resident of Mammoth Lakes, warned way/TV series star, and a recipient of should. It’s a free country. existing housing data in 2019. Data that there is no role model resort the Nobel Prize for medicine (28 Nobel Recently, at another East Coast insti- collection for that project is being town for Mammoth Lakes to look to. laureates have been affiliated with tution of higher learning, Middlebury conducted by the Denver-based firm “I’ve lived in all of those places Penn). College, one of America’s most distin- BBC Research and Consulting, and you’ve mentioned, and none have There is a certain rivalry among Ivy guished thinkers, Charles Murray, was was funded in entirety by a Commu- been successful at solving this prob- League schools, especially in their prevented from speaking because of nity Development Block Grant and lem… there is no perfect model out alumni who become cabinet officers his conservative views. It was only the Planning and Technical Assistance there, especially for the really iso- and justices of the U.S. Supreme latest incident in an alarming epidem- Grant secured by Mono County. Ac- lated communities. I just don’t think Court. As we know, Harvard, Yale ic of anti-free speech demonstrations cording to Mono County Community Crowley is ever going to be the next and Princeton have dominated these at colleges and universities across the Development Director Scott Burns, Carbondale.” posts for a very long time. Dartmouth nation. BBC is collecting data using phone, WSW Consultants is seeking com- (Treasury Secretaries Paulson and In its current issue, The Gazette employer, and online surveys. As of munity input about where they Geithner), Columbia and Brown proudly announced the appointment press time, phone surveys were un- should look to collect data about have fewer, and Penn (until recently) of former Vice President Joe Biden to derway, and averaged between 14 and housing needs. They are working trailed, along with Cornell, its fellow its faculty. 18 minutes in length. on getting their website running for Ivy schools. It should be proud about that. WSW Consulting has secured next week. If you would like to have On November 8, 2016, however, But the editors of The Pennsylva- permission to use the data collected them speak at an event or have ideas, Penn hit the alumnus jackpot. nia Gazette can only mumble a few by BBC Consulting for its study. Sul- contact Wendy Sullivan at wendy@ One of its own was elected president ambivalent words about the election livan and her staff are in the process wswconsult.com. of the United States. of a Penn graduate as president of the of meeting with local employers and Of course, Donald J. Trump then ap- United States. seeking information about how to peared on the cover of the next issue Ben Franklin would be ashamed of best target community members for of its alumni magazine, with a glowing their lack of courtesy to the man and personal interviews regarding com- story of his life and his time at Penn to the office he now holds. munity housing needs and goals. (where he received a graduate degree Barry Casselman is a syndicated Unlike in 2011, they will be reviewing from its acclaimed Wharton School of columnist who has been covering national politics since 1972. For more, Transient Occupancy Tax data pro- Finance and Commerce). Not. vided by town staff in order to get an visit www.barrycasselman.com. I must report that The Pennsylva- THE SHEET I Saturday, March 18, 2017 www.thesheetnews.com LOCAL NEWS I 9 BISHOP COUNCIL TALKS VALUES, AIRBNB Residents express concern about safety; some neighbors say they feel “invaded” by free market lodging By Lunch he Bishop City Council played bers [she was born and raised in which would make this redundant, Kabala said there are 3-5 Airbnb to a packed house on Monday Bishop] getting harassed about her a proclamation equates to a decla- purveyors currently operating in Tnight. Most present were there sexual orientation. ration of intent, and he was more Bishop, and she reported having to support a “Values Statement” (see Mike Gable, a 12-year resident, than happy to have the city issue a received no formal complaints thus sidebar, next page) that they hoped believes the recent presidential elec- proclamation embracing the points far. Council would adopt. tion has emboldened some people made in Muchovej’s draft. Karen and Ron McCoy are one Dr. Stephen Muchovej, who au- to treat others with disrespect. “It’s Other Councilmembers agreed such purveyor. They own a home at thored the statement, led off public time for a statement to be made on and the audience expressed satisfac- the end of Rome Drive and Ron Mc- comment on the agenda item. He the other side.” tion with the outcome. Coy said they rent to Airbnb guests is a 10-year resident of Bishop who Council- approximately 10 to 15 nights a moved here from New York City for member Karen Airbnb month. a job (Owens Valley Radio Observa- Schwartz was They offer on-site parking and tory) and decided to stay. completely sup- “ In other Council they are on-site hosts. The motivation for the statement? portive of adopt- This statement is our business, Council Karen McCoy said Airbnb is more Muchovej says he’s been harassed ing the statement made a first attempt tailored for the destination traveler four times in the past 18 months and in a resolution. public face, and our at addressing what looking for local flavor and experi- believes Bishop needs to reaffirm its Other Council- promises to only ence. With the limited housing sup- values of mutual respect and inclu- members, while public image could use become a larger is- ply in Bishop, she thinks Airbnb is sivity. supportive of sue going forward: good for the city and offers a creative He said Council’s adoption of the those making a little burnishing. short-term vacation way to promote tourism and sup- statement “would let me know that public comment, rentals. port the local economy. these [incidents of harassment] are did not wish to Associate City Ron McCoy said he currently pays one-off events versus [an indication pass an official -Eric Leitch Planner Elaine tax on income but he does not pay of] an atmosphere of intolerance.” resolution. Laura Kabala said con- bed tax (yet), though he says he is Muchovej was then followed to the Smith said the cerns expressed by open to that. podium by a score of fellow citizens. proposed state- local hotel owners Chuck Kilpatrick, who lives on Eric Leitch: “This statement is our ment is a restate- ” prompted the initia- Sunset Drive, said he bought into his public face, and our public image ment of language tion of the discus- neighborhood based upon CC&Rs could use a little burnishing.” which already sion. (covenants, conditions and restric- Virginia Figueroa: “The hispanic governs the country, state and city. She said current “Bed and Break- tions) and privacy. The other day, he community lives here in a lot of fear “It’s more about living it,” she said fast” rules call for a minimum one- found out a neighbor was renting via … people want to feel welcome and in an interview Wednesday. “That’s a acre lot size in R-1 districts, and the Airbnb. “I look at it as a little bit of an cared about.” louder statement than anything.” businesses are subject to condition- invasion,” he said. Ann Strom said she was hesitant Mayor Joe Pecsi ultimately offered al-use permits. David Bhakta, owner of Holiday to hold her wife’s hand in public just a compromise, saying that while a Inyo County code prohibits rentals Inn Express, says it’s a free enterprise because a simple display of public resolution equates to law, and there of less than 30 days. Bishop code economy. But that said, people have affection leads to her family mem- are already many laws on the books does not contain such language. see BISHOP, page 10 10 I LOCAL NEWS www.thesheetnews.com THE SHEET I Saturday, March 18, 2017 BISHOP continued from page 9 CITY OF BISHOP to live by the same rules. In his eyes, CUPs [Conditional Use Permits]. I PROPOSED VALUES STATEMENT Airbnb = de facto hotel. “It’s like a don’t think these Airbnbs have ac- ishop, California is a city tion, gender identity and abilities are duck, and we’ve got to treat it like a quired CUPs yet.” whose wealth derives in equal welcome in Bishop. duck.” Councilmember Laura Smith ex- Bmeasure from the natural Safe: Everyone should feel Translation: purveyors need to live pressed the concern of losing hous- beauty of its surroundings and the equally protected by our local law by hotel rules, charge bed tax, offer ing stock to “business” which would strength and health of its diverse enforcement. handicap access, et. al. mean less housing for local residents. community. Neighborly: No one should feel Bhakta says it would be a heckuva Mayor Pecsi said he liked the idea We value our pristine natural singled out for persecution lot better investment to simply buy that the owner must be required to setting for the asset that it is—one Compassionate: We are a com- a condo complex and rent it out on a live on-site. that is integral to our livelihood and munity who cares for the needy, nightly basis if he didn’t actually have Kabala was directed by Council to to our well-being. It was here long and understand that hard times can to abide by any rules and/or regula- do further research before it decides before us and will be here long after befall anyone. tions. whether or not it wishes to put an we are gone. It is a resource that at- Accepting: We recognize that City Attorney Ryan Jones had this ordinance together. tracts the visitors who fuel our local intolerance leads to discrimination to say: “I wouldn’t say it’s illegal now economy, inspires all of us who live and discord, both of which threaten … but … BnBs are supposed to have Plenty for everyone here, and provides the clean air and the health and safety of our com- water that lead to healthy lifestyles. munity. Manager of the Aqueduct for the We are committed to good steward- Brave: Fear threatens the diversity Los Angeles Dept. of Water and Power ship of this land, so that generations and strength of our community; we James Yannotta addressed Bishop’s to come will know this place as we are a city dedicated to freedom from Council Monday to confirm what have. fear. many have suspected—that there will We value our community for the Trusting: We are a community be “plenty of water for everybody,” asset that it is—one that is integral based on mutual understanding, this year. to our livelihood and to our well- where people trust each other, but LADWP is projecting 750,000 acre- being. We are not the first live here, also trust their local government for feet of water runoff this year, about nor will we be the last. A diverse its crucial role in providing for the double the average. and welcoming community is a health, safety and security of the Despite the good news, Inyo resource that ensures prosperity on entire community. County Supervisor Jeff Griffiths noted Main Street and provides a rich and Respectful: We treat everyone in his public comment that Supervi- supportive environment for all of us with human dignity and respect sors still plan on suing LADWP over who live here. We are committed to Proud and prosperous: People of its intent to drill wells in West Bishop. good stewardship of our commu- all races, nationalities and cultures Griffiths said that while LADWP nity, and to that end we declare that live and work together to bring pride has the right to drill the wells per the Bishop is: and prosperity to our community. LTWA (Long Term Water Agreement], Welcoming: all people, regard- Supes cite CEQA as the reason to de- less of culture, race, nationality, mur given current groundwater levels religion, gender, age, sexual orienta- LADWP’s James Yannotta. based upon the latest drought.

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12 I www.thesheetnews.com THE SHEET I Saturday, March 18, 2017 OFF THE SLOPES CAN’T WE ALL JUST GET ALONG? SOMETIMES! The residents of Mammoth’s “International House” share food, culture and ... bathrooms By Rea hen I walked into unit 113 the night of my visit (both are cooks in the Mammoth Estates at the Westin). WCondominiums, 22-year- The couple, according to their old Sumit Suthar met me at the door roommates, make incredible fu- with a huge hug and the offer of slip- sion food together. “You’ll have pers, as the smell of Kharai Chicken Asian food, and it’ll be wrapped in a wafted through the house Suthar tortilla,” said Patrick Sippel, 27, who shares with six other roommates— is the token American in the inter- from six different countries. Up until national house and is possessed of a couple weeks ago, seven countries a dry wit that makes it hard to tell were represented in “House 113,” as when he’s joking until he cracks a sly the roommates refer to it, but their smile. roommate Chris Basco, 24, from the Suthar assumed the role of am- Philippines, had recently returned bassador during my visit, giving me home after his U.S. J-1 Visa’s term a tour of the house, showing me had ended. photos of the roommates, asking if I The rest of the roommates still needed anything. “He even elected have the flags from their coun- himself Prime Minister,” Sippel says tries artfully displayed on the wall of Suthar, who clearly takes pride of the Mammoth condo (which in the house, its occupants, and the PHOTOS: REA sports classic “ski town” decor, like a multi-cultural vibe they have cul- chairlift seat next to the wood stove Patrick Sippel (U.S.), Ruslana Holovakha (Ukraine), Sumit Suthar and Ashwin tivated in House 113. It was Suthar and a lamp decorated with old skis, Anthony (both from India) are four of the members of House 113 in Mammoth Estates who arranged the flags in a “V” bindings still attached). Represent- Condominiums. These four share their house with three other members not pictured: shape on the wall, and his habits ing India are Suthar, from Mumbai, Angus Malcon (New Zealand), Leo Castillo (Mexico) and Richell Luna (China). tend to dictate some of the practices and Ashwin Anthony, 25, from Patna Ukraine, just finished working as a parently eschews the spotlight and of the community. “We don’t do a lot in the north of India (Anthony was hostess at the Westin Monache and was working out at the gym during of partying, because Sumit doesn’t the one cooking Kharai Chicken for plans to leave House 113 in about a the dinner party the housemates in- drink,” says Sippel, who says it’s nice my visit, both young men currently week in order to do a bit of sightsee- vited me to. Leo Castillo, 30 (Mexi- to have the house as a kind of respite work in food service at the Wes- ing before she returns home. Angus co), and Richell Luna, 23, (China), from the party atmosphere of a ski tin). Ruslana Holovakha, 21, from Malcon, 24, from New Zealand, ap- were unfortunately called in to work see House 113, page 13 THE SHEET I Saturday, March 18, 2017 www.thesheetnews.com OFF THE SLOPES I 13 HOUSE 113 continued from page 12 town. but I did happen to notice they were operator—he’s the only roommate “We played beer pong at one party out of toilet paper during my visit, in House 113 that owns a car, “so of we had, and I kept asking, ‘Who can and Suthar fetched me a hand towel course I told my roommates [dur- drink for me?’” Suthar recalls. to use as a napkin during dinner. ing the snow storms in January and Suthar kept the dinner table con- How do seven roommates keep their February], if you dig out my car, I’d versation moving at even the hint of food straight, and what happens be happy to give you a ride!” a lag. He’s clearly got a future in hos- when the last egg gets cracked or the The crew, unfortunately, is bound pitality, which is his field of study. “It last of the milk disappears? to part. After Holovakha leaves, was my dream to make an interna- “Sometimes we end up with an Anthony takes off on May 1, and the tional house,” says Suthar, who says international embargo,” jokes Sippel couple—Castillo and Luna—also he has learned a lot from his multi- in his deadpan. leave for their home countries at the tude of roommates. He admittedly For Sippel, living in House 113 end of May. Sip- hand-picked Anthony after vetting sparked an entre- pel is thinking of his Facebook profile and determin- preneurial spirit— organizing another ing that he “seemed like a good he started a busi- “Sometimes we end up house in Mam- candidate” for House 113. Though ness, Horseshoe moth, though the they’ve adopted some of his habits, Snow Removal, af- with an international chances it’ll be as he’s in turn adopted some of theirs. ter witnessing the diverse as his cur- When Suthar first moved to condo’s overloaded embargo [when food rent one are slim. Mammoth, he “lost four kilograms roof being shov- As for their ex- [almost nine pounds]” because he eled one fateful goes missing in the perience in Mam- was essentially a vegan and didn’t evening. “I was sit- fridge]. moth, they’ll take have easy access to vegan food like ting in the jacuzzi, away friendships Ashwin Anthony shows off the spices he he did in his native Mumbai. Now he and I saw some- -Patrick Sippel from one of the brought from his native India. “I knew eats almost everything, and says his body shoveling the most formative pe- favorite food in the U.S. is “Number I could not get them in the U.S. so I roof, and I thought, planned ahead,” he said. riods of their lives. one, pizza, and number two, burg- ‘That’s got to be They’ve traveled ers.” Anthony, however, says his in Ukraine?” I ask. “Yes, of course, good money!’” says ” together, shoveled favorite American food is Sloppy but they don’t have Ben & Jerry’s in Sippel. He now together, cooked Joe’s, which he discovered when he Ukraine!” employs about a dozen people, and together, and all during one of the was working in Keystone, CO dur- Undeniably, living in a house full though he often spends his sum- biggest winters Mammoth’s ever ing his last U.S. Visa stay four years of people can cause tensions, even mers in Los Angeles (before he was seen. “Right now I’m feeling like I’m ago. Though, he admits, they’re a when constantly learning about one a business owner, he was a full-time in heaven,” says Suthar. “Because rare treat since he studies nutri- another’s cultures keeps things in- ski instructor), he’s thinking about Mammoth has the highest snowpack tion and makes eating healthy a top teresting. Suthar (in his role as self- staying in Mammoth to see what in the country.” priority. Holovakha, for her part, appointed Prime Minister) keeps a work he might be able to do dur- says what she’ll miss the most is ice whiteboard list of all the roommates ing the summer to keep his busi- cream. “Don’t they have ice cream and the various household chores, ness running. He’s clearly a shrewd

Your Home For 14 I OFF THE SLOPES www.thesheetnews.com THE SHEET I Saturday, March 18, 2017 MLT’S NEXT BIG THING? StudentsA WORTHY from Orange Lutheran MISSIONChurch clean up Owens Valley By Bodine A $270,000 VIDEO Cutting edge virtual reality video will tell the story of Mammoth By Rea ammoth Lakes Tourism’s Di- be competitive in the marketplace. rector of Marketing Whitney Google is saying virtual reality 360 ads MLennon wants you to em- are outperforming standard [advertis- brace the next new thing. ing] banners.” At the MLT Board meeting two The drone and its operators will weeks ago, she told the Board about come back in late summer, Kaylor this incredible new 360-degree virtual said, to film the Eastern Sierra without reality video that MLT was producing snow in order to create a year-round for use in trade shows and advertise- experiential video. “Basically it takes ments. somebody like Joe Schmo who is sit- Lennon said that the drone was ting on the couch and maybe can’t one-of-a-kind, had five cameras, and go ski Scotty’s, but they can have an had never before flown at the altitude experience of all the Mammoth activi- it reached to film MLT’s new pro- ties though this video,” said Kaylor. motional video. “It’s like they’ve According to Len- dropped into the non, its operator, middle of the Dave DiLillo, said “ We have to be story of Mam- that it was the moth Lakes.” “most compli- competitive in the Kaylor de- Students from Orange Lutheran High cated project he’d scribed the School in Orange, Orange County, nearly ever worked on.” marketplace. Google virtual reality 200 of them, have ventured to the Owens The sound is saying virtual reality headsets that Valley for the tenth time in five years, as technician for will be used to a part of their church’s mission program. the project, John 360 [degree] ads are watch the video, The city kids clean up community garden Hendicott, spoke saying that the beds, help with construction and paint- on this drone’s outperforming standard viewing stations ing projects, serve lunch at the Methodist cutting-edge will have chairs Church soup kitchen, meet the locals and banners. spread the gospel. Drew Heim, Director technology at because “the first of Student Life, said the field trips bring South by South- -Whitney Lennon time you do this, together kids that would normally not west on Wednes- it can be kind of hang out together and drops them into an day, March 15, in overwhelming… environment most had never experienced a lecture on “The so it would be before. Photo above: Maddy Boezinger, Photo above: Parker Killian, student at Impact of Audio ” like all of a sud- Alexa Velasquez, Leah Lehner and Ma Orange Luthern High School, found some on the [Virtual den they’re sit- Fransen stand under a hoop house. new friends in the Owens Valley. Reality] Story.” ting on a mountain bike going down Lara Kaylor, Director of Commu- Kamikaze.” The whole point is to have nications for MLT, told The Sheet on a display at various trade shows so Wednesday that “nobody else is really that folks can really get that Mam- doing their [virtual reality] videos with moth experience. They’ll be able to audio yet, so it makes us stand out visit, even if they’re sitting in a confer- from the rest of the crowd.” ence center in San Diego. That was Lennon’s main talk- “It’s like [being in] a video game, re- ing point as well—that “we have to ally,” said Lennon at the meeting. Of course, cutting-edge technology has a price. A steep price. $270,000. In addition, MLT will have to lease the virtual reality equipment (goggles) to view the video. As Kaylor explained, while MLT was ahead of the curve with the video, she suspected that the virtual reality goggle technology would continue to improve in the next several years, which is why MLT would be leasing that equipment for the trade shows as opposed to buying it. Kaylor said the video will be primar- ily used at trade shows. “Yes. That’s the biggest draw point,” she said. “As well as the web site. It’ll be used in paid ad campaigns as well.” Urdi said in the meeting that the video would be “evergreen content, this is something that will live for a while.” THE SHEET I Saturday, March 18, 2017 www.thesheetnews.com OFF THE SLOPES I 15 TECHREATION (ALMOST) OPEN FOR BUSINESS Revamped space in Sierra Center Mall spearheaded by Mammoth’s RudyDeFelice Photos by Rea ammoth’s new TechReaction work space held a soft open- Ming on Saturday, March 11. Though the space won’t be officially open for several more weeks, Mam- moth Mountain Senior Vice President of Business Development and Entre- peneur in Residence Rudy DeFelice told The Sheet that events are already being scheduled for the hip new space in the Sierra Center Mall. Mammoth movers and shakers gathered on Saturday to nosh on charcuterie and sweets provided by 53 Kitchen & Cocktails and explore Left to right: Rusty Gregory addresses the crowd; Dan McConnell, who shares a build- the new space, which was designed ing with the new workspace, films the event; Mike Britton and Caroline Casey chat. by Swedish-born, Seattle-based Sormeh Azad (Azad also designed the complimentary tech space at Mam- moth’s Main Lodge, which will open around the same time as the down- town location). A Ping pong table (and workspaces that channel the game), potted succulents and funky lighting features recall big-city instal- lations. “What we’d really like to do Above: Micah Painter, 7, takes on his is have people from our market here brother Emile at the ping pong table. every day of the week living the locals’ Below right: Nick Swiatek, General Man- life,” DeFelice told The Sheet. Mam- ager of 53 Kitchen & Cocktails, serves up moth is offering add-on workspace a chardonnay while Komal DeFelice, 9, packages to its lift tickets “so that clearly has a future in hospitality. Below people don’t always have to go home left: John Wentworth and Rudy DeFelice on Monday,” says DeFelice. talk about the future of Mammoth.

Four photos above, clockwise from left: Neil and Sara McConnell enjoy cheese and char- cuterie from 53. Janet Francis, owner of Mama’s Kitchen Table, and daughter Abigail Nabiha. Jacqueline Hamel, Sales and Marketing Manager for Tesla, with drivers. Chris Hawk, Chef at 53, wowed the crowd with salted chocolate brownies and other vittles. 16 I OFF THE SLOPES www.thesheetnews.com THE SHEET I Saturday, March 18, 2017 THE KILLER IN YOUR VENTS Carbon monoxide danger lingers even as snow loads diminish By Giles n February 23, Mammoth place when a tenant moves in. “There Lakes resident Mike Lach was is no process to assure that landlords Oalerted to a noise no home- get in there to do the recommended owner wants to hear: the hollow, monthly checks, or to change the electronic drone of a carbon monox- batteries every six months as recom- ide detector going off in his house. mended,” said Reed. Perry recom- Lach rushed to find his teenage mended concerned tenants “grab the daughter, who was doing homework bull by the horns” and buy plug-in in her bedroom at the time. The combination smoke, carbon monox- alarm that was activated was the one ide, and combustible gas detectors at immediately outside of her room. the local hardware store that they can “Had we not had a carbon monox- take with them to their next rental ide device in the hallway outside of unit. her room, we wouldn’t have had any Reed advised that if a carbon mon- idea, and she would have just gone oxide alarm goes off, residents vacate to bed,” said Lach this week. “I got the affected building before open- lucky because of a $70 device that ing any doors and windows, and call I recently installed after a home in- 911. He said that doing so allows the spector told me I needed one. Had he fire department to conduct monitor- The Lach family may owe their lives to a $70 carbon monoxide detector—it alerted them not come out or not told me I needed ing tests and isolate the source of to the presence of poison gas, caused by a blocked vent 14 feet off the ground. it, things could have ended up very the leak in the building. He said the differently.” According to the Center for Disease danger if they had fallen asleep. best preventative measure, other Lach said that he had used the Control, carbon monoxide poisoning Lach said that subsequent inspec- than having the appropriate alarms instruction manual to set the alarm is the leading cause of death in house tion (by him) revealed that the source installed per manufacturer recom- so that it was programmed to go off if fires. It’s a byproduct of combustion of the gas seemed to be a snow and mendation, was knowing where it detected concentrations of 50 or 60 and is produced by common house- ice covered vent on the side of his appliance vents are in your home or parts per million of carbon monox- hold appliances such as wood stoves, house, just above his daughter’s first condo. ide molecules in the air surrounding pellet stoves, propane boilers, and story bedroom. The vent is an outlet Lach said he recently installed a it. Lach said he opened doors and running cars. Concentrations of 400 for the propane boiler that heats six-foot extension to his vent pipes to windows and had everyone leave the ppm are considered life threatening his hot water and the floorboards make sure they stay clear. “I’d rec- building. Some time after the alarm within 2 to 3 hours of exposure. in his home. “Who thinks to worry ommend having at least two [detec- stopped going off, he re-entered his The symptoms of carbon monoxide about a vent that’s fourteen feet off tors] in your home,” said Lach this home, and found that it detected poisoning include headache, nausea, the ground? You shovel your roof, week, while driving his daughter to about 30 ppm carbon monoxide in disorientation, and drowsiness. While your chimney. I have to believe other Montana to compete in the Junior the hallway. When he brought it into short term exposure to the gas at the people may be at risk of this happen- Olympics for ski racing. “I went out his daughter’s bedroom, with the concentrations reported by Lach may ing in their homes.” and bought three more, just for good windows wide open, it still read 130 not pose an immediate health risk, According to Town of Mammoth measure. It’s worth the peace of ppm carbon monoxide. he and his family could have been in Lakes Building Code Officer Tom mind.” Perry, carbon monoxide has unique properties that make it particularly dangerous. It is odorless, tasteless, and lighter than air. It tends to pool at the high points in homes and work its way downward from there. Mammoth Lakes Fire Department Fire Inspector Brett Reed said this week that California building code requires smoke alarms in all bed- rooms and hallways leading up to bedrooms. The same code requires carbon monoxide alarms be installed in all hallways leading to bedrooms. Fire and building inspections are typically carried out only when homeowners apply for building per- mits or for business licenses to oper- ate their homes as transient or long term rentals. Reed was clear that it is Mike Lach’s freshly unburied boiler vent- the landlord’s responsibility to make 14 feet off the ground on the second story sure that all required alarms are in of his house. Photo: Mike Lach. THE SHEET I Saturday, March 18, 2017 www.thesheetnews.com I 17 NO CLASS-IFIEDS Help Wanted Help Wanted Help Wanted For Rent Now Hiring FT & PT Shift Managers 2BR/1BA Mammoth Town House The Old New York Deli & Bakery Co. is $1795.00 ,1700 Old Mammoth Rd G102, looking for outgoing and energetic people overlooking Mammoth Creek and Snow to join our team. Qualified candidates Creek Athletic Club Pool, 1 Car garage will have prior restaurant experience, parking, N/S, N/P, W/D Hookups, Call Ray excellent customer service skills, the abil- 619 993-1329 The Town of Mammoth Lakes is looking ity to understand policies & procedures, 3BDR, 2 BA Single family home. 2 car for Crossing Guards to work through the and be available to work flexible hours & garage. Washer, dryer, gas heat, electric Sierra Employment Services, Inc is end of the school year. $17.96/hr, must holidays. Salary DOE. Apply via e-mail hiring for the following positions pellet stove. Great views. 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Friday at 7 p.m. and Saturday at Outlaw Saloon. 4-7 p.m. daily and all 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. Tix: $15/$12 934.6260 Main St. Next to Rick’s night on Mondays. seniors & students (online at www. Roberto’s 4-6 p.m. every day. mammothlakesrepertorytheatre.com) Austria Hof. 4-6 p.m. Sun.-Thurs. or $18 at door. Fri.-Sat. 4-5 p.m. Backcountry Horsemen Rendezvous Whitebark Restaurant Bar & Lounge at the Tri-County Fairgrounds in Unwind with daily drink and food Bishop feat. Dave Stamey. See sidebar, specials 4-6 p.m. Half price sushi next page. Mondays. Eastern Sierra Interpretive Clocktower Cellar Happy Hour 4:30-7 Association leads organized p.m. daily and all day Sunday. $5 snowshoe tours. Trips depart from dollar menu items, drink specials. the Mammoth Lakes Welcome Center Petra’s Bistro Happy Hour, $22 pasta on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays bolognese, salad and glass of wine, at 11 a.m. RSVP at 760.924.5501 or 5:00-6 p.m. Specials on cocktails, meet at the USFS Welcome Center. wine, beer and menu items. Snowshoes provided. Happy Hour @ Sushi Rei. 4-5 p.m. daily. Half off apps and $5 hand roll March 17-19/ +small sake. Sundays are all-night Playhouse 395 presents: Mary happy hour. Late night happy hour Poppins. 7 p.m. on Friday and Fri-Sat 9-11 p.m. Saturday, 2 p.m. on Sunday. Tix: Happy Hour @ The Bistro at $18.00 for adults available on www. Snowcreek, 4:30-6:30 p.m. daily. brownpapertickets.com. Mammoth Tavern Happy Hour Tuesday-Sunday 3:30-5:30 p.m. Friday, March 17/ Closed Mondays. St.Patty’s Dinner courtesy of the June Smokeyard weekend Happy Hour Lake Women’s Club. Location: J.L. DAY ENTERPRISES INC 4-6 p.m. in the bar only. Community Center. Time: 5:30 to 7. Ron Day // Owner // General Contractor Side Door Happy Hour daily 3-6 p.m. Cost: $10 per adult. There will also be Mammoth’s famous Slocums Happy music, raffles and libations. SNOW & ICE DAMAGE Hour Mammoth’s famous Slocums We will handle the Insurance Co. Happy Hour: Mon thru Fri 4-6; March 18-19/ Saturdays 4-5. Closed Sun. The Progression Sessions by Oakley 760.934.3931 // Cell 760.914.0209 Giovanni’s Happy Hour, daily 4-6 at MMSA. Learn new tricks with [email protected] // MammothRemodeling.net p.m. Large pizza and a pitcher of beer female riders. Sign up at www. Contractor Lic #B-502872 gets you free wings. progressionsessionscamp.com. Lakanuki Happy Hour daily 3-6 p.m., $4.50 margaritas, Mai Tais. Happy Saturday, March 18/ Hour drink specials 10 p.m.- close. Mammoth Winter Biathlon at Black Velvet Coffee’s Happy Hour, Tamarack XC Ski Center. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. from 4-6 p.m. every day. $7 glasses of No experience required to compete. wine. Volunteers also needed. Visit www. Morrison’s Happy Hour Daily mammothbiathlon.org for info. 4-6 p.m. $50 for two-person three The Second Annual Mammoth course meal on Wednesdays. Backyard Rail Jam @ Sierra Nevada Resort. Free to compete! Purses for Friday, March 17/ podium finishes. Open and Groms Celtic Music performed by Wild divisions. Live Music from The Mountain Thyme at the Imagination Kitchen Dwellers. Co-sponsored by Lab., 621 W. Line St., Bishop. 6:30- Sierra Nevada Resort, Wave Rave, TFC 8:30 p.m. Seating fills up quickly so Construction, Mammoth Fun Shop. please call 760.872.2446 to make your Centennial flat exploration with reservation. Light refreshments to be Friends of the Inyo. Visit petroglyphs served. Donations appreciated. at Centennial Springs. Space is Drunken Kung Fu (Afro-Beat funk limited, so RSVP to Jora at jora@ trio) play Rafters. 10 p.m. Free. friendsoftheinyo.org. St. Patrick’s Day Party @ Liberty Ski/Snowshoe in Sunny Slopes Bar. Corned Beef & Cabbage, DJ with the Sierra Club. Meet 10 a.m. Freshtracks. See ad, p. 13. Mammoth Union Bank or 10:15 at intersection of Hwy 395 and Saturday, March 18/ Owens Gorge Rd. Contact Sandy at Kitchen Dwellers (Jamgrass) play 714.336.8729 or [email protected]. Rafters lounge, 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Free. Community Reads: Family Movie, Happy Feet. 3-6 p.m. at the Lone Pine Tuesday, March 21/ Film History Museum. BBQ and music on the Rafters Owens Valley Committee: Annual sundeck. Starts 1 p.m. with Chef Jon Fundraiser at Whiskey Creek, 524 Karr and DJ Chronfucius. Main St. in Bishop. 5-8 p.m. To RSVP online, email [email protected] or call Wednesday, March 22/ 541.829.9788. • Chicken & Beef Teriyaki David Grier, grammy winner, plays at Alabama Hills Geology hike with • Tempura • Tonkatsu • Sukiyaki the Inyo Council for the Arts. 7-9 p.m. ESIA. Meet 10 a.m. at the Visitor • Calamari • Sushi Tix: $15. Visit ICA or call 760.873.8014. Center, Lone Pine, cnr. Routes 395 and BUY AN AD NOW • Full Service Cocktail Bar 136. Info: Nancy Hadlock at nancy. & Lounge Thursday, March 23/ [email protected] or Visitor Center, Your ad here makes you $$$ Afroman feat. DJ Rodney O play 760.876.6222. Know why? 760-872-4801 Lakanuki. Tix: $20, available at Kids Paint the Park @ MMSA, near Open at 5 p.m. Lakanuki or ticketweb.com. 9 p.m. the Tusks sundeck at Main Lodge. People read... 635 N. Main St. Kids make their mark on a park Bishop Friday, March 24/ feature to celebrate 20 years of Call June 937.3967 25 years of experience Groove Session play Rafters in Unbound terrain parks. 1-4 p.m. japanese Restaurant & Sushi Bar Mammoth. 10 p.m. THE SHEET I Saturday, March 18, 2017 www.thesheetnews.com I 19 calendar of events CALENDAR PAGES SPONSORED BY: Rec Department open house Broadband advisory committee TOWN STUFF UPCOMING The Bishop City Council is The Recreation Department would accepting applications to fill three Monday, March 20/ Thursday, March 23/ like to invite you to the 3rd Annual stakeholder positions on the Inyo- Inyo Associates meet this month at Cody Tuttle is the featured speaker at Summer Recreation Open House on the Sierra Adventure Center in Big Mono Broadband Consortium ESIA’s Mammoth Winter Adventure March 28, 2017 from 5:00-7:00 p.m. Pine. 5:30 p.m. RSVP: 760.876.4444. Series. Tuttle’s topic: Untouchable: Advisory Council: One representing at the Mammoth Elementary School Notice of public workshop re Red’s Earthquakes and Paragliding in the MPR. The event is free. the public sector, one representing Meadow Road improvements. Times: Himalaya. Location: USFS Welcome Attendees of the open house will the private sector, and one 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Location: Suite Z, Center. Doors 6 p.m. Program 7 p.m. representing Tribal interests. The Minaret Mall. The meeting format will Cost $10, includes a local beer. also receive a coupon code valid term for these positions is two years. be open house, with an opportunity Board of Education regular meeting, for 5% off one transaction (no limit The Advisory Council will for the public to provide comments 6-8 p.m. Mammoth High School on number of programs in the be charged with providing the directly to the project team members. multi-purpose room. transaction) for registering for Parks Consortium Board of Directors clear & Recreation Department summer direction to help guide its efforts to Tuesday, March 21/ Friday, March 24/ programs! Please contact Lindsey at Community Reads: Book Discussion educate and provide assistance to Film screening of “The Cats of 760.965.3699 for more information, or @ Spellbinder Books. Join the Mirikitani” @ the Imagination Lab in businesses, residents, and visitors to to register your organization for the Spellbinder “Teen Reads” book club Bishop. 621 West Line St. (upstairs). event. the region on effective and innovative to discuss the novel Hoot by Carl Info: 760.872.2446. 7 p.m. Free. uses of broadband technologies Hiaasen. 7-8 p.m. at 124 Main St. Registration for summer programs with the end-goal of bolstering the Bishop. Saturday, March 25/ will open on April 3. Stay tuned for local economy and improving digital Mammoth Lakes Chamber of Community Reads: The Miracle more details on registration. literacy. Commerce Power Lunch. 12 p.m. Migration, Owens Lake. Join local If you are interested in serving Speaker: Tom Painter, scientist at bird expert Mike Prather to witness Archaeology projects at Manzanar on the Inyo-Mono Broadband Jet Propulsion Laboratory, will give the annual migration of Owens Lake. Consortium in one of the above- a presentation about his team’s new Space is limited. Call ICA for info and Join Manzanar National Historic snow measurement technology. to RSVP. 760.873.8014. Site staff to assist with historic mentioned stakeholder categories, Location: Mammoth Techreation, please submit your request for preservation projects anytime from co-working space at Sierra Center Monday, March 27/ March 24-29. appointment on or before 4:00 p.m., Mall. Tickets are $20 for Chamber Bishop City Council Meeting, 6 Spend a day outside learning, Friday, March 24, 2017, to the Bishop members, $30 for non-members. p.m. 377 W. Line St. Questions: City Council at 377 West Line Street, Special Mammoth Lakes Recreation 760.873.5863. working and preserving. Projects Bishop, California 93514. For further Commission meeting. Time: 5:30 include raking, digging, removing information, call (760) 873-5863. p.m. Location: Suite Z, Minaret Mall. Wednesday, March 29/ brush and vegetation, painting rocks, Sierra Club monthly meeting @ Visit California’s fascinating and mixing and placing concrete. Space is Help restore off-road damage in Crowley Lake Community Center, extremely informative Global Ready liited, RSVP 760-878-2194, ext. 3312 or Death Valley 482 S. Landling Rd. Optional potluck China Seminar. The seminar is $30, email [email protected]. at 6:15, lecture at 7. “Monarchs, and will be held from 9:30am to gov. Milkweed and Citizen Science,” with 12:30pm on Wednesday, March 29th Visitors from around the world Rachel Williams, wildlife biologist. in the Sierra Events Center at 452 Old Discussion on Reds Meadow Road complain about off-road vehicle Everyone welcome. Mammoth Road in Mammoth Lakes. tracks marring the beauty of Death Toddler Time @ Mammoth Light breakfast and refreshments are Valley National Park. The National Community Center with Angela and included. Please register at industry. The Federal Highways Park Service seeks public support for Victoria, 9:30-11:00 a.m. visitcalifornia.com/GlobalReady. Administration Central Federal Lands a grant application that would help Sierra Classic Theatre limited five- Highway Division (FHWA-CFLHD), fund restoration of these damaged March 21-24/ day run begins for its production in partnership with the United States areas. MakerSpace at the Mammoth of John Patrick Shanley’s “Outside Forest Service and Town of Mammoth Lakes Library. Tuesdays: 2-6 p.m. Death Valley National Park has Mullingar” to be staged at Edison Lakes, will hold a public information for elementary aged children; Theatre in Mammoth. Showtimes 7 applied for a grant from the Off- meeting to discuss the completed Wednesdays 2-6 p.m. for middle p.m. Wednesday-Saturday and 4 p.m. Planning and Environmental Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation school; Thursdays 1-6 p.m. all ages; Sunday. Tix: $20. Students/seniors Linkages Study (PEL), conceptual (OHMVR) Division of California State Fridays 10 a.m.-noon for adults. $18. Parks. The requested grant would help design, and the NEPA/CEQA analysis support a three-year project to restore and documentation currently damage done by off-road drivers AT THE MOVIES underway for the Reds Meadow Road throughout the park. Improvements Project. Following Public opinion is a significant the presentation, project staff will factor in the grant evaluation Minaret Cinemas be on hand to answer questions. process. The public can show their Information gathered at the public Kong: Skull Island (PG-13): A team of scientists enter into the battle between support by commenting online meeting will be used in conjunction man and nature. Bonus: King Kong is 100 feet tall. Bummer: No Fay Wray. at http://ohv.parks.ca.gov or by with feedback received as part of the Beauty and the Beast (PG): Beloved tale retold for the big screen, with CG writing to California State Parks, stakeholder meetings and agency magic and live-action lens. Stars Emma Thompson. OHMVR Division, 1725 23rd Street, coordination to help guide future Sacramento, CA 95816, Attention: efforts on the project. For movie times, call 760.934.3131 or visit mammothlakesmovies.com. Custom- Grants Manager. Comments are The roadway is currently in a er appreciation nights on Tuesdays. All seats, all shows $6 accepted until April 7, 2017. deteriorated state, and the steep one- lane roadway in the upper 2.5 miles Backcountry horsemen gather hinders user mobility as opposing vehicular traffic cannot readily and Coming home to the Mule Capital safely pass each other. The resulting of the World, the Backcountry conditions include long queues of Horsemen Rendezvous will feature waiting vehicles and ongoing safety Free Clinics, Western Art Show, concerns. A PEL study and conceptual Packers Scramble, Kids Activities, and design were completed in late 2016. more. The project is now moving into the The event will also feature Dave NEPA/CEQA clearance phase of Stamey live in concert on Friday. If project development with technical you haven’t heard this cowboy poet analysis and documentation both in person, you are missing out on underway. an amazing experience. Many of his Questions or comments regarding songs capture the beauty of being a the public meeting can be directed to: high country horseman right here in Wendy Longley the Eastern Sierra. March 17-19 at the Project Manager Bishop Tri-County Fairgrounds. Dave FHWA-CFLHD Stamey plays at 8 p.m. on Friday, and 720.963.3394 a beer, wine cheese tasting will be [email protected] held 3-5 p.m. on Saturday. Visit www. bchcalifornia.org/rendezvous for info. 20 I NOTICES www.thesheetnews.com THE SHEET I Saturday, March 18, 2017 PLAN PUBLIC NOTICES continued from page 6 planning process is completed, the Board, with community input, will Notice of Right to Claim Excess Proceeds Notice of Petition determine the top priorities,” Klein wrote in an email to The Sheet. “The NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER school district will look at all avail- ESTATE OF Darryl Gene Clark (Amended) To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent able funding sources. With advise- creditors, and persons who may otherwise be ment from an financial consultant, interested in the will or estate, or both, of Darryl Gene Clark the Board will then determine if they want to conducer a bond measure A Petition for Probate has been filed by Harmony and if so, will determine the amount Moore in the Superior Court of California, County of Mono, Mono County Superior Court Case No. of the bond measure.” PR17-2003 Klein’s disseminating aside, the The Petition for Probate requests that Harmony rumored ask is $50 million - ed. Moore be appointed as personal representative to Newbry told The Sheet that he administer the estate of the decedenThe petition requests authority to administer the estate under believes such bond measures have the Independent Administration of Estates Act. ( a higher likelihood of passing when This authority will allow the personal representa- tive to take many actions without obtaining court they are introduced in a special appoval. Before taking certain very inportant election. “In a special election, it’s actions, however, the personal repersentative will likely that people who are coming be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the out to vote are going to vote in favor proposed action.) The independent administra- of schools,” said Newbry during the tion authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows breakout session. Measure G, which good cause why the court should not grant the was on the general election ballot in authority. 2016, extended the “parcel tax” origi- A hearing on the petition will be held in Mono nally passed in 2003 which charges County Superior Court as follows: Date: April 13th a flat fee of $59 per year to property , 2017, Time: 9:30 am. The address of the court: 100 Thompson’s Way, Mammoth Lakes, California owners within MUSD boundaries. 93546. TS #2017-0053 Newbry also said that the up- If you object to the granting of the petition, you grading of the schools was crucial should appear at the hearing and state your objec- if Mammoth intends to attract the tions or file written objections with the court before Public Information Meeting Public Hearing Notice the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or kind of new residents desired by by your attorney. Mammoth Mountain’s tech push NOTICE OF PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON THE (see Techreation space, p. 15). Reds Meadow Road Improvements Project COUNTY OF INYO’S ELECTION TO BECOME A If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the CA FTFS 03S11(1) GROUNDWATER SUSTAINABILITY AGENCY decendent, you must file your claim with the court “Anybody who can afford an When: March 20, 2017, Morning Session: 9-11 AM; and mail a copy to the personal representative ap- $800,000 home, there’s an 80 percent Evening Session: 5-7 PM NOTICE IS HEARBY GIVEN that pursuant to pointed by the court within the later of either four California Water Code section 10723(b) and months from the date of first issuance of letters to a chance they don’t have to live where California Government Code section 6066, Where: 437 Old Mammoth Road Suite Z, Mammoth the Board of Supervisors of the County of Inyo general personal representative, as defined in sec- their job is [based],” said Newbry. Lakes CA 93546 shall hold a public hearing on March 21, 2017, tion 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or 60 days at 1:30 p.m. at the Board of Supervisors Room, from the date of mailing or personal delivery to “And if you ask them why they chose What: The Federal Highways Administration Central County Administrative Center, 224 North Ed- you of a notice under section 9052 of the California to live where they do, they’ll tell you. Federal Lands Highway Division (FHWA-CFLHD), in wards St., Independence, California, 93526. partnership with the United States Forest Service and Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal Schools.” Town of Mammoth Lakes, will hold a public informa- authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You The Board will consider and determine at may want to consult with an attorney knowledge- tion meeting to discuss the completed Planning and the public hearing whether the County shall If the bond passes, the primary Environmental Linkages Study (PEL), conceptual file notice with the California Department of able in California law. focus of funds will be on Mammoth design, and the NEPA/CEQA analysis and documenta- Water Resources to become a Groundwater tion currently underway for the Reds Meadow Road Sustainability Agency for a portion of the You may examine the file kept by the court. If you High School and Mammoth Elemen- Improvements Project. Owens Valley Groundwater Basin (designated are a person interested in the estate, you may file tary School. That doesn’t mean that The meeting format will be open house, with an op- as basin 6-12.01 in California Department of with the court a Request for Special Notice (form portunity for the public to provide comments directly Water Resources Bulletin 118 Interim Update DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal Mammoth Middle School is getting 2016, California’s Groundwater) pursuant to of estate assets or of any petition or account as to the project team members. Following the presenta- the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act left behind—they just have to be tion, project staff will be on hand to answer questions. of 2014. provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request Information gathered at the public meeting will be for Special Notice form is available from the court more creative. used in conjunction with feedback received as part of clerk. the stakeholder meetings and agency coordination to Written comments may be submitted prior to Principal Annie Rinaldi told her help guide future efforts on the project. the hearing by mail to: Inyo County Board of Supervisors, PO Drawer N, Independence, CA Attorney for Petitioner: Douglas Buchanan, PO Box table that she had recently applied 93526; by hand delivery to: Board Clerk, 224 816, Bishop, California 93515, (760) 873-4211. for a $55,000 grant for modular, flex- Project Description: The purpose of the project is to North Edwards, Independence, CA 93526; or improve the deteriorated condition of Reds Meadow via e-mail to: [email protected]. The Board ible furniture so her students could Road and improve vehicular travel mobility so as to shall also consider oral or written comments TS # 2017-0061 continue to provide access to recreational resources. received during the hearing, but the Board change their seating arrangements The roadway is currently in a deteriorated state, and Chair may limit oral comments to a reasonable at will depending on what they were the steep one-lane roadway in the upper 2.5 miles length. hinders user mobility as opposing vehicular traffic participating in. “Don’t rule us out” cannot readily and safely pass each other. The result- ing conditions include long queues of waiting vehicles TS #2017-0052 just because the other two campuses and ongoing safety concerns. Inadequate sight Fictitious Business Name Statement distance at curves and narrow shoulders also hinder Fictitious Business Name Statement are more in need of upgrades, Rin- passing and create additional safety concerns. With- The Following Person The Following Person aldi said. out improvements, the roadway deterioration will Is Doing Business As: Is Doing Business As: continue and vehicular mobility further constrained. The next public meeting on the Horseshoe Snow Removel Mammoth Strength Gym A PEL study and conceptual design were completed facilities master plan will be the in late 2016. The PEL concluded a one/two lane Patrick Sippel Rachel Rainey Mammoth Unified School District combination or a continuous two lane roadway would 1404 Tavern Rd. Unit C-8 most successfully address the improved mobility 221 Canyon Blvd. #213, P.O. Box 8259 Board meeting on Thursday, April Mammoth Lakes, Ca. 93546 P.O. Box 1235 needs for the project. The project will also consider Mammoth Lakes, CA 93546 other improvements, including repaving the Minaret 27 at 6 p.m. in the Mammoth High Vista parking lot and minor realignment of Reds This business is conducted by an Individual School multi-purpose room. “At this Meadow Road near Devils Postpile National Monu- The registrant commenced to transact This business is conducted by an Individual time, HMC Architects will present ment to improve the poor sight distance curve. business under the fictitious business name The registrant has not yet begun to trans- listed above on February 02, 2017. act business under the fictitious business both their findings and ideas gath- The project is now moving into the NEPA/CEQA clear- name listed herein. ance phase of project development with technical This statement was filed with the County ered as well as share concepts being analysis and documentation both underway. Clerk of Mono County on February 02, This statement was filed with the County Contact: Questions or comments regarding the public 2017. Clerk of Mono County on February 08, developed,” wrote Klein. meeting can be directed to: File Number 17-021 2017 2017-0049 (2/25, 3/4, 3/11, 3/18) File Number 17-027 Wendy Longley 2017-0046 (2/25, 3/4, 3/11, 3/18) Project Manager FHWA-CFLHD Fictitious Business Name Statement 720-963-3394 Fictitious Business Name Statement Fictitious Business Name Statement [email protected] The Following Person The Following Person The Following Person Is Doing Business As: Is Doing Business As: Is Doing Business As: TS #2017-0058 Fern Creek Lodge Hansen’s Snow Removal Walker Western Art Gallery Steve Hansen Sandra Powell Jon Coats,Shanna McGeary 40 Paoha Dr., P.O. Box 369 107038 US HWY. 395, P.O. Box 440 4628, P.O. Box 735 Lee Vining, Ca. 93541 Coleville, Ca. 96107 June Lake, Ca. 93529 This business is conducted by an Individual This business is conducted by an Individual This business is conducted by an co-part- The registrant commenced to transact The registrant has not yet begun to trans- ners.The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business act business under the fictitious business business under the fictitious business name listed above on September 8, 2006. name listed herein. name listed above on March 7, 2017. This statement was filed with the County This statement was filed with the County This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Mono County on February 21, Clerk of Mono County on February 28, Clerk of Mono County on March 7,2017. 2017. 2017. File Number 17-049 File Number 17-043 File Number 17-046 2017-0059 (3/18, 3/25, 4/1, 4/8) 2017-0054 (3/11, 3/18, 3/25, 4/1) 2017-0060(3/18, 3/25, 4/1, 4/8) THE SHEET I Saturday, March 18, 2017 www.thesheetnews.com COVER STORY I 21 WATER continued from page 1 aquifer, Yannotta said. “We’re going to minimize pumping as much as we can,” he added. The water graciously spilled by LADWP on its own land, much of it that it leases to ranchers, will not count against lessee’s allot- ment. LADWP is anticipating Crowley Lake filling up soon and the water must go somewhere. James Yannotta said the last thing LADWP wants to do is overflow the Long Valley Dam, for fear of disturbing the endangered tui chub habitat downstream. Crowley can hold about 90,000- acre feet. Maximum capacity for the LADWP aqueduct is about 9,000-acre feet and Yannotta said there could be as much as 1,000-acre feet coming into the aqueduct.

In the other two hitoricaly big PHOTO:BODINE winters, 1968-69 and 1982-83, LADWP No, this isn’t Klondike Lake, but a giant pond on the side of Highway 395 between Big Pine and Bishop. LADWP is spreading water spread more than 100,000-acre feet. onto pastures and meadows decimated by years of drought and over-pumping to get ready for historic runoff. The key, Yannotta said, is to not spread too much and saturate the soil. lake may disrupt some of the dust Ditches near Laws only have water the large runoff. Yannotta said LADWP Mike Prather, Inyo County Water mitigation equipment, Yannotta said. during wet years and so have not seen would be working with local vector Commissioner and a founding father Prather added that water on the lake much water in the past 5 years and control. of the Owens Valley Audubon Society does not equate to bird habitat. could use a dousing. The Five Bridges Supervisor Rick Pucci said the public said there is, visibly, water on the lake From public comment received dur- area, northeast of Bishop, has been im- needs to be educated on what’s going surface and more than what is used for ing Inyo County Water Commission pacted by aggregate mining in the area to happen. He said the public prob- dust mitigation. Some early runoff is meetings, several areas in the Owens and suffered vegetation loss. The Fish ably isn’t as concerned with how much starting to collect at the low spot in the Valley have been identified to spread Springs Hatchery, south of Big Pine water will come down, as LADWP has middle of the lake, but this is a salty, LADWP’s extra water. pumps water all day every day and the been talking about during the meeting, brine pool. This water can be seen Laws area should get as much water surrounding areas have suffered. as much as what to do with it. “People from the highway. as possible. The industrial area and With water comes bugs. Supervisor are going to have to participate if they He added “there’s plenty of room” home of the Laws Railroad Museum is Jeff Griffiths said his constituents are like it or not,” Pucci said. out on the lake for more water. It hasn’t in an unfortunate spot and little water concerned about the swarms of mos- been determined if extra water in the has graced these parcels. The McNally quitoes that are sure to accompany

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FOR TICKETS CALL 760.934.0639 OR GO TO MAMMOTHFOUNDATION.ORG 22 I ON THE SLOPES www.thesheetnews.com THE SHEET I Saturday, March 18, 2017 THREE CHEERS FOR CUPCAKES Kids turn out to say Happy Birthday to Bucky, June Mountain’s mascot, on Saturday, March 11 Photos by Rea

Photos, clockwise from top left: Hailey was chosen to blow out Bucky’s candles for him. Ellie Grossman, 5, and Harvey Greshler, 4, choose their cupcakes. Maribeth Kramer and Eveanna get their grub on (especially Eveanna). Ernesto Gamboa, of Costa Rica, is the man of the hour (he’s the one in charge of the cupcakes). Kids scream and shout for Bucky. Charli and Sam Wolf, both of Simi Valley, share the same birthday and got to celebrate with Bucky and Woolly on Saturday.

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