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PHOTO: REA Mike Bodine prepared his last meal of the summer at the East Side News,sheet Views & Culture of the Eastern Sierra Bake Shop on Saturday, September 3. Lunch waited tables, while Rea and Simpkins drank rosé. You could say it was a real Sheet Show. Saturday, September 10, 2016 FREE Vol. 14, No. 37 THE RECORDS KEEP FALLING July TOT revenue up 21 percent over last year McDONE By Lunch he Town of Mammoth and visitation. SMARI said Lakes continues to set MLT should take credit for Tvisitation and revenue nearly 200,000 “influenced records. trips” to Mammoth and $270 This June was the first June million in enhanced econom- in history which saw Tran- ic activity. It also estimated sient Occupancy Revenue the per-trip expenditure rose (room tax) collections top $1 30 percent last year. million for the month. SMARI claims that every July’s room tax revenue dollar Mammoth spent on came in at approximately advertising created approxi- $1.7 million, 21 percent mately $261 in visitor spend- above last year’s record July. ing and $7 in tax revenue for At Mammoth’s Town Coun- the Town. cil meeting on Wednesday Board member Erik Forsell, evening, newly promoted Marketing Director for Mam- Parks and Recreation Depart- moth Mountain, said MMSA ment Head Stuart Brown said hosted 323,000 unique skiers participation in the Town’s in 2015-2016. summer camp programs was On average, value pass- up 25 percent this year. holders ski eight days per And if you like numbers, season while ticketed skiers PHOTO:REA there were all sorts of ‘em ski about two days every two Signs on the door say “closed during construction,” but they’re not fooling anyone: Mammoth McDonald’s thrown around at the Mam- years. employees received their final paychecks on Monday, September 5. moth Lakes Tourism (MLT) SMARI estimated 859,000 Board meeting on Wednes- winter visitors to Mammoth day, as SMARI (a marketing last year, placing the percent- MAMMOTH MCDONALD’S CLOSES research firm) gave its an- age of skiing visitors at about “We’re hatin’ it,” say employees nual marketing effectiveness 40 percent. By Rea report. The most interesting Mammoth’s “Net Pro- he owner of the Mam- Yessenia Flores, who also receive their final checks. She number: 2.32 million. That’s moter Score” (calculated by moth McDonald’s, worked as a cashier since she said that there was a transla- the number of unique visi- subtracting the number of TKevin Mazzu, called was sixteen at the Mammoth tor there to explain what the tors SMARI estimated that a resort’s detractors from a his employees in at 7 p.m. on McDonalds, told The Sheet in papers said, but “I honestly came to Mammoth last year. resort’s promoters per 100 Monday, September 5, and an e-mail that Mazzu told the didn’t understand what he Mammoth Lakes Tourism visitors) has improved from told the approximately 20 employees the meeting was was reading to me,” nor did Executive Director John Urdi 47 to 56 over the past two employees that it was their supposed to be about “sales,” many of the other employees. said that it is the first time in years according to SMARI last day on the job. but suddenly turned into “Before those papers they nearly ten years that some- research. Some of them got “sev- something else completely. said we were covered with one has made a best guess in Which may explain why erance checks” for $400, Flores also has a child. “By money, because they were quantifying the number of summers have gotten busier according to several of the the end of that meeting there giving us extra hours and visitors that came to Mam- and busier. employees who were let go, [were] no screens anymore at a bonus check that would moth in a particular year. In 2014, SMARI data but after deductions most of the first lobby,” she said. cover from here till we found Another consulting group, showed that 81 percent of those checks amounted to “One week before [the another job,” Flores told The he said, estimated 1.5 million summer visitors made one about $200. meeting], they started to Sheet. However, she said, the visitors back in 2007 and 4 visit during that summer “We never thought that he break the playground down, bonus check only amounted million total visitor days. while 18 percent returned for was going to do that,” Carina and we asked why, they said to $200. Not enough, she SMARI research showed the a second time. Villanueva, who worked as [because] he was getting a feels, to hold her over until average guest stayed 3.2 days. In 2016, 63 percent of sum- a cashier at the Mammoth new playground in. So they she finds another job, partic- Do the math and that equals mer visitors were estimated McDonald’s for 12 years, told lied.” ularly during the slow shoul- 7.44 million total visitor days. to have come one time, 28 The Sheet. “I started when I Flores told The Sheet that der season in Mammoth. MLT increased its ad spend percent two times, 4 percent was sixteen,” said Villanueva, all of the employees were Villanueva said she was from approximately $636,000 three-to-four times and 5 who is supporting a 2-year- asked to sign “papers” (likely taken completely by surprise in 2014 to $1,044,000 in 2015, percent five times or more. old child by herself. “I don’t non-disclosure agreements) by the closure. “He didn’t which SMARI said resulted in know what I’m going to do.” before they were allowed to see HATIN’, page 18 increased market awareness

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Located adjacent to the Adventure Center, open Thursday-Sunday 11am–7pm. 4 I TECHNOLOGY www.thesheetnews.com THE SHEET I Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016 RECTECH continued from page 2 Nager. are very viable and just need a little against. Sure, they give you a few dol- With Snikiddy, said Sankey, the Why Telluride? “I wanted to be in a push.” lars, but that ends up going towards corporate staff lived in Boulder, the mountain town and raise my family And for the mentors, there are the living expenses.” marketing team lived in Bethesda, in a mountain town. And the trends perks of getting connected to fellow In short, he was skeptical of the Maryland, the product was manufac- point to others who want the same mentors. Wheelan certainly enjoyed value-add of the program. “Entrepre- tured in Ohio and Minnesota and its … I had two options growing up the one afternoon he spent on a neurs really need to find their own distribution center was in Chicago. in Mammoth - leave or work your chairlift with the former CEO of Bur- money,” said Sankey. “You gotta grind “Who cares where everybody way through the ranks at Mammoth ton and the former head of the U.S. it out. Execution and capital are what works?” he said. Mountain … I would’ve stayed had Ski Team. make it happen. Advice only goes so Sankey’s brother recently decided there been more opportunity.” Colin Sankey is based in Boulder, far.” to move to Steamboat Springs. So We asked Nager about the chal- Colorado. He’s the past CFO of Izze That said, he could certainly see what did he do? He bought a Sears lenge of trying to provide housing beverages and recently sold Snikiddy, luring a corporate staff to a place like franchise. His brother’s wife works for for tech employees in an already a snack maker, to Utz. He said he Mammoth. He doesn’t see an entire a start-up based in Steamboat that tight market and what ripple effects got ripped into TVA by Wheelan and company locating in a place like focuses on RFID chips, but as Sankey that would have for the people who ultimately reviewed applications and Mammoth where the cost of living is said, “It can be hard to convince ma- already live here. His response: served as a mentor on three projects. high and housing is scarce. jor corporations that they want to go “Consider this … in Seattle, you’ll “They’re doing this all over the “Having ten companies in Mam- with a company off the beaten path pay $2,500 rent for a two-bedroom. country,” he said. “They get guys moth with half a team there is fea- For a person like that, housing in a like me for free whom they can sell sible,” opined Nager. see RECTECH, page 17 mountain town doesn’t seem unaf- fordable. In fact, it seems entirely reasonable. Here’s the irony. Housing is harder in Telluride than in Mam- moth, and yet … people are working with second homeowners and helping eat up inventory that otherwise doesn’t get used. It’s definitely not for everybody and certainly not for huge companies, but you’re building a different economic base as well as a different intellectual base. With housing, instead of worrying about how to regulate it, you [Mammoth] should think about how to provide opportunity.”

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The TVA has a number of “mentors” it identifies who volunteer their time and expertise to its grantees. The Sheet spoke with two of those mentors. The first is Pete Wheelan, who currently serves as the CEO of InsideTrack. A succinct bio courtesy of www.governing.com: “Wheelan is the CEO of InsideTrack, which provides higher-education coaching, analytics, technology and consulting to prove student and institutional success. Before joining InsideTrack, he served as COO and Chief Revenue Officer of Blurb, which provides self- publishing book services. He was also the senior vice president of strategic marketing and business development for Lonely Planet Publications; a co- founder and CEO of Adventureseek, an online portal for adventure travel.” InsideTrack has 350 employees and four corporate offices located in San Francisco, Denver, Portland and Nashville. 30-35 percent of the workforce, however, lives in other locations, including Egypt and Serbia. As Wheelan, who lives in the Bay Area, said, the “geographic nexus” of employees and where a corporation is based is less and less relevant. “So many companies operate efficiently with a remote, dispersed network.” TVA, said Wheelan, focuses on five areas: Clean energy, water, healthy foods, wellness and travel, which “aligns with Telluride’s existing Hike Climb Run Camp economy and values.” In that sense, he said, the RecTech model is a perfect fit for Mammoth. “The goal shouldn’t be to find the next Google,” he said. “Really, there are a lot of potential $5 and $10 million businesses out there which THE SHEET I Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016 www.thesheetnews.com I 5 LOCAL NEWS EH, GOOD ENOUGH SUDDENLINK IMPROVES RANKING Supervisor Stump raises issue of airport safety Company not as hated as others By James By Bodine ecent ratings of cable/Internet In what should be a good thing for uring the Mono County Board neither Urdi nor the Town Council Service Provider (ISP) com- Suddenlink here locally, Altice USA, of Supervisor’s Budget Hear- have the breadth of experience of han- Rpanies by two major national a subsidiary of Altice Group, is the Dings on Tuesday, September 6, dling a disaster or emergency. Stump magazines, Consumer Reports and fourth largest cable operator in the the item on the Mammoth-Yosemite added he wasn’t criticizing anyone, but PCWorld, should make you feel better U.S. Altice (USA). USA says that it Airport turned from money to safety. it is not their arena. about using Suddenlink, even if, living wants to meet its customers’ content District 2 Supervisor Fred Stump said He added that his job is not to decide in the Eastern Sierra, you are thinking, and information needs and that the he would vote to allocate county funds which magazine to put an advertise- “What choice did I really have?” company also offers hyper-local news to the airport if those funds were spent ment in, but in dealing with the first In a Consumer Reports Magazine and programming created specifically on safety. response to a disaster. survey in the Fall of 2015, for bundled for the communities they serve. Stump told The Sheet he doesn’t The Town is awaiting another FAA services (phone, Internet and TV), All of the above sounds great until think the airport is unsafe, but it could grant to install an eight-foot tall Suddenlink Communications was you consider that Suddenlink suddenly always be better. He speaks from chain-link fence around the airport to ranked in second place with a score stopped providing support for local experience as a former Long Valley Fire keep out wildlife. Dutton added if the of 68. While that’s not an overwhelm- news and programming several years Chief. county Supervisors want to contribute ingly high score, in an industry that is ago in what many viewers felt was a Stump pointed to possible new dan- to specific projects, such as the fence, universally disliked by its customers, slap in the face to its claims of being a gers. There is new navigational tech- it would be welcomed. He added that Suddenlink’s customer service was “local business.” nology being used by Alaska Airlines, the airport benefits the entire county ranked, “Good.” Suddenlink is the only cable com- the exclusive carrier for Mammoth-Yo- by bringing in tourist dollars. PCWorld also noted what it called pany locally available for most of the semite Airport, that relies on satellite Airport Manager Brian Picken said “amazing gains by Suddenlink Com- communities in the Eastern Sierra as opposed to ground radar. The new everything is safety-related at the munications,” in an August 30, article. and it generally gets good marks from radar navigational procedure (RNP) airport. “Everything we do is about Suddenlink was purchased last year its customers with respect to Internet allows a plane to reduce required vis- safety,” he told The Sheet. by Altice Group, a Netherlands-based access. Could it be a better local busi- ibility minimums There are an- telecom conglomerate that paid $9.1 ness partner to the communities it from a 1,000 nual inspections billion to acquire a controlling in- serves? The answer is probably “Yes,” foot ceiling and by both the FAA There’s no story now, terest. Altice has been aggressively but that is true of most businesses. In 2 miles to a 724 “ and Caltrans and purchasing U.S. cable companies to the case of Suddenlink, it may depend foot ceiling and but there will be after a the employees counter-act slowing growth in Euro- on whether “being bigger,” under the 1 mile of vis- are trained on the pean markets. Based on 1st and 2nd new Altice USA corporate umbrella, ibility, according crash. proper use of the quarterly reports, it is so far proving a continues to translate into a real com- to Boeing.com. Aircraft Rescue and smart strategy. mitment of truly “being better.” Alaska Airlines Firefighting (ARF) pioneered RNP - Supervisor Fred Stump vehicle, Picken ex- at the Juneau Air- plained. The airport port, also known currently has one for its crosswinds ARF, and an addi- and mountainous ” tional $800,000 ARF terrain. is awaiting approval Mammoth Lakes Tourism Director of a grant from the FAA. Two ARFs are John Urdi told The Sheet in January needed in case one goes down. FAA that many flight cancellations were regulations require at least one ARF for due to high winds and the 1,300-foot an airport to operate. ceiling required at the airport. He In the 1980s the Town was charg- added RNP may alleviate some of ing the LVFD $6,000 a month to store 4:00-6:00 those cancellations. an engine on the airport grounds but The town and MLT have been fo- when the rent doubled, the Fire De- cused on getting people here, Stump partment pulled out. This was before said, now maybe it’s time to divert MLT existed, and none of the Town some funding on getting people here Council that were seated then are as safely as possible. seated now. There is little institutional The Town has met the Federal Avia- memory for people currently work- tion Administration (FAA) regulations, ing for the Town, according to Stump. but Stump suggested emergency re- Dutton could not recall charging LVFD sources should also be focused on re- rent. sponse time. Mammoth Lakes Tourism Stump said he would not want wants to increase the airport’s capacity to give money to MLT, because the to handle more traffic and passengers, money bounces around too much. but the growth needs to go hand-in- He said he’d contribute money to the hand with the safety measures, said County Paramedics budget for added Stump. equipment. Grady Dutton, Public Works Direc- There is no single entity in the tor for the Town of Mammoth Lakes county that could handle a catastroph- told The Sheet that in the case of an ic plane crash, unless all agencies work accident the Long Valley and Mam- together, he said. moth Lakes Fire Departments could He used the Round Fire as an exam- assist. Stump said the two could assist, ple of a situation that was “handled” if they’re not already on another call but could have been handled better. or at work or sick, as most of the LVFD Airport safety may be agendized for and MLFD firefighters are volunteers. a future Town/County Liaison meet- Urdi told The Sheet in an interview ing, but Stump could not confirm on September 7 that a vehicle collision, when or if it would happen. such as a motor coach full of passen- When interviewed, Urdi said there gers flipping on Highway 395, would probably wasn’t a story here. be handled by the two fire depart- “There’s no story right now, but there ments and it would be a similar situa- will be after a crash,” Stump replied. tion. Stump said, with all due respect, 6 I LOCAL NEWS www.thesheetnews.com THE SHEET I Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016 CHECK WITH THE ACCOUNTANT Mono County Supervisors balance a budget By Bodine et out the thermos of coffee erate fluctuations in the economy,” tingencies, approximately $300,000 health problems is going to blow because it’s time for budget according to Chapman. It can also be transfer $256,909 to general fund re- through that pretty quickly,” Chap- Ghearings in Mono County. set aside for salary adjustments due serves to and move $541.830 of salary man warned. County Supervisors spent more than to equity study results, Memorandum savings to the Economic Stabilization The budget was eventually bal- six hours listening to department of Understanding (MOU) negotia- Fund for future personnel actions anced, as is required by law. And heads and stirring numbers around tions and/or capital improvements. and/or other unfunded projects. speaking of the Law, the Sheriff’s on Tuesday, September 6. Chapman recommended moving Not included in the budget was request to purchase Chevy Tahoes The 2016-17 budget is $69.5 mil- one-time revenues, like the unexpect- comprehensive salary survey analysis reared its ugly head again. lion; itemized as follows: Non-Gen- ed windfall of a $770,000 refund from implementation costs; future fis- Mono County Sheriff Ingrid Braun eral Fund revenues of $30,832,995 the Education Revenue Augmenta- cal impact resulting from negotia- requested $76,000 for a new vehicle. and expenditures of $31,813,612 tion Fund, to the Economic Stabiliza- tions with bargaining units as MOUs The request is for the dollar amount with a carryover fund balance of tion Fund for the expire; the Mono only. The board has to approve the $980,617; General Fund revenues long term. This County Jail con- purchase of a new vehicle, but the of $34,539,917 and expenditures of would be differ- struction initial money has to be approved first. The $37,655,427 needing a carryover bal- ent from a con- “We might as well buy a funding $203,000 $76,000 would be the maximum ance of $3,115,456. The total carry- tingency fund (it’s still looking for amount that could be spent and it’s over, or contingency funds, equaled that is filled with Porsche. grant money), and also the amount needed to purchase $4 million, leaving a $884,544 balance roll-over money money for south a Chevy Tahoe. for policy items. from the previ- County facility The Tahoes are nearly twice as However, there was a gap of ous fiscal year. solutions. much as the Ford Explorers which the $513,000 between the carryover and The fund is ba- Funding for department has used. In August 2015, department requests. County Admin- sically cash, but - Larry Johnston radio network Braun requested to purchase five istrative Officer and former Mono as a contingency, replacement was Tahoes, at $65,000 each. The Explor- County Finance Director Leslie Chap- funding sal- $307,692, but that ers are about $35,000 a piece. Braun man explained the $513,000 gap was ary increases for was deemed insuf- also warned the 2016 models would filled with more accurate information example, would ” ficient. “[The seed be more expensive. All price tags are and double-checking figures. have to come out money would] put for a fully-equipped cop car, com- She added that departments sacri- of the budget, and there’s not always a dent in it, but not going to solve the plete with lights and sirens. ficed their wants in order to balance money in the budget to fund added, problem,” said Chapman. According to Braun, the Tahoes are the budget. Unfilled positions and de- unexpected costs. Also not included was $25,000 in a fit for Mono County; they handle layed department restructuring saved “If we had this two years ago, we start-up money to replace the near well in snow, have plenty of clear- $541,830, and this money will be put could have used it instead of fur- end-of-life phone systems; and, a ance, as well as other features that into the newly-created Economic loughs,” Chapman told the board. long-term solution to Bridgeport the Explorer does not have. Johnston Stabilization Fund. The budget is sufficient to maintain Clinic and Inmate Services was argued in 2015 that the Tahoes do The Economic Stabilization Fund senior programs, it meets the Coun- funded at last year’s amount of about not fit the County’s image of being is a savings account to be used for ty’s administrative policy to budget $100,000, and increased funding to environmentally-friendly. “smoothing out the impacts of mod- 1 percent of general fund for con- jail services by $26,500. 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Inyo County Sheriff’s Deputies and the courts open,” said Chief Justice Tani tember 7, adding Ackerson Meadow, a However, there’s no more need to Sheriff injured. G. Cantil-Sakauye, chair of the Judicial 400-acre meadowland, to its western worry about where the building will go, There are leaky and rusty pipes in Council in a press release. “As time border, the Los Angeles Times re- because there’s no more money in the the courthouse, “I do not drink the wa- unfolded, [the redirections] became ported. state coffers for the new facility. ter in the old courthouse,” Stout said loans, and when the recession got The nonprofit Trust for Public Land California’s Judicial Council voted with a chuckle. deeper, the loans turned into takings. purchased the meadow from Robin on Monday, August 29 to postpone All these conditions put everyone at We find ourselves now in a place where and Nancy Wainwright, who wanted the building of 17 risk, he added. the money has not returned, filings are to see the meadow become part of new courthouses Dean was quoted down, and (traffic ticket) amnesty has Yosemite, David Sutton, the trust’s across the state, I do not drink the in Courthouse News changed our financial reality.” California land conservation director, “ told the Times. including in El Do- Service, saying California has a traffic ticket am- rado, Los Angeles water in the old “Communities are nesty program from October 1, 2015 to Robin Wainwright told the Associat- and Mendocino disappointed. Our March 31, 2017. Persons with unpaid ed Press that they lost “a few hundred counties. courthouse. credibility, in a sense, tickets whose fines were originally due thousand dollars” passing up a deal Presiding Inyo is out there. Com- to be paid date on or before January 1, from a developer in order to see the County Judge and -Dean Stout munities spent not 2013, who have not made a payment land donated to the park. Judicial Council only a tremendous after September 30, 2015, may be eligi- “The original Yosemite bound- member Dean amount of money but ble to have both their debt reduced by ary plans of 1890 included Ackerson Stout defended the certain residents had 50 to 80 percent depending on income, Meadow,” Yosemite Conservancy ” President Frank Dean told the Times, need for construc- to relocate to make and their driver’s license reinstated, tion at an August 11 meeting, not just space for our court facilities,” Stout unless an exclusion applies. “so it is exciting to finally have this for the sake of a new building, but told the council. “We’re out of money, and there’s important place protected.” the judicial system’s credibility. Judge “We are facing a huge disappoint- nothing we can do short of getting that The meadow was spared in the Brian Lamb was also in attendance. ment in many of our communities and money back,” Justice Brad Hill, chair of devastating 2013 Rim Fire, preserv- Video of the meeting is available at anything we can do to minimize the the council’s construction committee ing habitat for the endangered www.courts.ca.gov. effect of that in the short term here, said in the press release. southwestern willow flycatcher and a He explained that the courtroom for I think we really have to be creative Other counties in need of a new genetically distinct clan of about 200 the Independence Courthouse is on about,” Stout said. “I also think it’s place to hold court are all “in the same great gray owls, the Times reported. the third floor and there is no elevator, very critical at this time that we have boat,” Stout said. Butte County Com- “The generous donation of Ack- there are no prisoner holding areas, a concerted effort to reach out to our missioner and member of the Judi- erson Meadow will preserve critical there are multiple points of entry into colleagues in the other branches, to cial Council David Gunn said some meadow habitat that is home to a the building from the unsecured outer restore the [funds] or at least other- residents have given up their homes number of state and federall listed to make room for the new courthouse species,” Yosemite National Park in that county, including a widow that Superintendent Don Neubacher told gave up her home that her husband The Times. built for her as a wedding present. “The meadow is a remarkable gift There was no indication of when the to the American people, coming at an money will be allocated. historic time as we celebrate the cen- tennial of the National Park Service.”

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He’d only advertised the service on recycling guru, Farley Spector got “I’ve been wanting to do some- Facebook, so this time he plans to a jaywalking ticket from the Mam- thing nice for a while and just give get the word out with some fliers moth Lakes Police Department a few back,” Conrad Mormann told The around town, and a little help from weeks ago, he thought he might ease Sheet. “In a small town like Mam- The Sheet. the sting. moth, it [seems like it’s] always trag- He wants people to know there “I’m not the type of person that edy that brings people together. It’s is absolutely no catch. He can feed necessarily goes and gets all up- never something good. Why not just about 30 people, and the dinner will pity and tries to light a fire under have a benefit to have a benefit?” be first-come, first-served. the community,” Rahmayer told He said he was finally spurred to Andrea Walker, owner of Stellar The Sheet. “I’m usually pretty under action by the death of his grand- Brew, has generously offered her the radar, but I just read that and mother several weeks ago from can- coffee shop to Mormann for this thought, you take a $200 hit like that cer. “She passed away with nobody coming Monday’s meal. The farm- and who knows where it might put around her,” he said. “She never ers of Seismic Gardens and Apple you in the grand scheme of things.” even told anyone she had cancer.” Hill Ranch, both members of Sierra He said he and his wife had just He said that sometimes people Bounty, have donated produce to been discussing a recent car repair don’t ask for help when they need Mormann for his dinner. that cost more than they’d expected, it. His hope with his dinners, he This week will feature grilled and how easily that kind of blow said, is that people don’t have to ask. chicken breast with marinara, sea- could spiral for someone who might They can just show up, no strings sonal vegetables and a potato salad, be living paycheck-to-paycheck. He attached. completely free, for any who are in decided to start a campaign on the PHOTO: CAITY RAHMAYER “A lot of people are too prideful to need. charity site, www.gofundme.com, admit when they need help. I just For more information, or to volun- to pay Farley’s ticket. “I know ten Jef Rahmayer and Farley Spector. wanted to do something that would teer to help, contact Conrad Mor- people on Facebook that would be gotten the citation in the first place.” actually make an impact.” mann at 760.914.2715. happy to throw down $20, and all of Farley told The Sheet last week a sudden, [the ticket is] not really a that, “It was freakish,” he had gotten problem any more.” the jaywalking ticket. He said the ticket was paid in less He wanted to emphasize the fact than an hour by donations from that the fundraiser was not meant about a dozen people. “We got more to be anti-police, though some of than we needed, I finally had to shut the people who commented on his down the donation feature because campaign on Facebook did criticize we were getting so much money,” he the Mammoth Lakes Police Depart- said. He added that he gave the extra ment for giving Farley the ticket. Re- cash to Farley, anyway. “Maybe he serve Officer Richard Worcester gave can get a new pair of sneakers.” Farley the ticket for running across “The hardest part was track- Minaret Road on a red light, causing ing the guy down,” Rahmayer told a driver to honk his horn. The Sheet. Indeed, even The Sheet “He broke the law and got a ticket, couldn’t track down Farley for a and you break he law sometimes,” comment on this story, probably be- said Rahmayer. “Leniency would cause he’s almost always on the run. have been nice, but then this out- Rahmayer finally caught the pouring of generosity would never running recycler as he was having PHOTO: REA have happened…it’s always great to dinner and handed him the cash. “I have a little bit of ‘feel good’ in your Pepper Murillo and Conrad Mormann hope to serve up some free food next week. think he was a little caught off guard. life.” He said he was surprised to have THE SHEET I Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016 www.thesheetnews.com I 9 NFL THE SUN RISES IN THE ... By Hartley his weekend there will be this much power (which he abuses but usually sounds like someone trying as they have their coach and GM, they more fantasy football drafts with regularity), they should shut up to prove he is old-school. Get a real will. Tthan dumbasses at a Trump and never complain again. analyst and let that jackass go. Sorry LA. presidential rally. A few fantasy draft Former player-turned-talking head The Rams just gave Tavon Austin a I was watching HBO’s Hard Knocks rules to live by: Rodney Harrison said Colin Kaepernick $42 million contract for 4 years. In 3 the other night. The #1 overall draft Don’t draft Teddy Bridgewater. He’s isn’t black. I had to laugh. I didn’t know seasons, he has 1,135 receiving yards choice, Ram QB Jared Goff, did not out for the year. Don’t draft Tony Romo Kaepernick was black, either. I figured and 9 TDs. Not per year, but TOTAL. His know that the sun set in the west and either. He’s got a broken bone in his he was mixed with something but I stats for his career TOTAL were bested rose in the east. He literally didn’t know. back and a clavicle made of bubble didn’t know he was black. He sucks … by 14 WRs LAST SEASON. How in the This is the same guy who they lauded gum. I do know that. But Rodney Harrison hell do you pay this guy that kind of pre-draft for being so smart. If he were Don’t draft players that usually get shoulda been fired years ago. He tries money? Especially when Coach Jeff black, they would have destroyed him hurt: Julio Jones as exhibit A. to throw some outlandish s%$t out Fisher is allergic to the forward pass. over this. Don’t draft San Diego Chargers. there every year to show he has “balls” The Rams deserve to lose and as long Sorry LA. Don’t draft any skill players not named Gronkowski or Brady for the Patriots. Don’t draft Ben Roethlisberger. He’ll have a few monster games and a whole lot of mediocre ones. Don’t draft any RBs who played at Alabama. The most important rule of all: Don’t draft drunk. Minnesota QB Teddy Bridgewater got hurt … in a non-contact drill. He tore his ACL and dislocated his knee. I wish him a speedy recovery, but to be honest, he can throw just as far downfield with the injury from his bed as he did when he was healthy during games. You know it’s true. So the Vikes then completely panicked and traded a first round pick and a fourth round pick for Sam Bradford. Yep, the Vikings fell for the “I’ve got to have a veteran QB” rationale, even if that veteran QB has never accomplished squat. Shut up, Colin Kaepernick. I preface this by divulging I’m black. But I also personally take offense to his sitting during the National Anthem. I get the whole thing about the anthem being written during the slavery period. But I did some time in the military. I still feel something when I see the flag. There are clearly issues in this country but it is still the best one. Protest another way. He has money, do some rallies, do some organized protests. This is just disrespectful and I don’t like it. And the worst part is, I don’t believe him. He hasn’t stood for anything since he joined the league and has continually acted like a petulant child. Now that he is about to get cut he has found the “social activism” within him. So he’s setting himself up to blame his “activist” stance for getting cut. Instead of blaming his lack of focus, lack of common sense and lack of dedication to his job. Oh yeah, and now he is wearing socks on the football field, TO WORK, with pictures of pigs wearing police officer uniforms. See, he isn’t serious. He is a moron. The NFL is out of control. It recently forced three prominent players to do some interviews … I mean interrogations … for supposed PED (Performance-Enhancing Drugs) usage. They were accused by some newspaper from the Middle East and the writer of the article even recanted but the NFL decided to drag these players through the mud anyway. IF the NFL players don’t step up and kill this Collective Bargaining Agreement next time around with Goodell having 10 I www.thesheetnews.com THE SHEET I Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016 OFF THE SLOPES PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT: TEACHING TECHNOLOGY TO SENIORS By James t can be hard for many seniors to in an era of instant gratification. learn how to use today’s computers, Many seniors often simply “give up” Itablets, smartphones or learn how after just a few attempts at learning, to safely navigate the Internet. Many making comments like, “I’m too stupid must feel like Dorothy in the Wizard of to learn this new technology,” or “I’m Oz on a Yellow Brick Road leading to just too old to learn new things.” Of technological Hell; finding themselves course, that is complete nonsense. wishing that they could click their They are not “stupid” or “too old” but ruby slippers together and go back to simply unfamiliar with operating new Kansas, where a phone was still just a technologies. Patience and practice are phone. A device that was used to “talk” the keys to learning anything new. to people. Period. The second biggest problem with Being that ruby slippers are in short teaching people how to use new supply, Desert Mountain Research, technology is that there are five, very Conservation and Development Cor- different, popular Operating Systems poration received grants from the local (OS) being used. There is the world’s non-profit Margaret Pillsbury Founda- most popular desk and laptop OS, tion to provide computer and Inter- Microsoft Windows, with some users net training to seniors in Bishop over still running XP and others Windows 7, the past two years. More than three 8 or 10. There is Apple’s iOS 9 (soon to dozen local seniors responded to the be iOS 10) that is used on the iPhone public service announcement about and iPad. Adding to the confusion with PHOTO: JAMES the classes. There is clearly a need for Apple products, is that the iOS on its A senior computer and internet class taught by The Sheet’s own Charles James. Even technology training …and not just for mobile devices bear little resemblance Fido is invited, it seems. seniors. at all to OSX, the operating system The biggest obstacle with teaching used on its line of desktop and laptop today are still running on some version consumers to buy a new device. seniors how to use a computer, tablet computers. of 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, 4.1 Jelly- And then there are Kindle Fire tab- or smartphone is not what you might The most popular mobile OS is bean, 4.4 KitKat, and 5.0 Lollipop. Why lets from Amazon.com, which are ac- think. It is simply not true that “you Google’s open-source Android, which so many? Many manufacturers and tually Android devices, but which use cannot teach an old dog new tricks.” has multiple versions/flavors running phone carriers deliberately make it Amazon’s own customized Fire OS. The That “old dog,” however, must be will- on smart phones and tablets. The most very difficult for users to upgrade their list of operating systems also includes ing to learn and, just as importantly, to current is Android 6, called “Marsh- Android devices. Rather than “push” have patience, which is in short supply mallow.” Many Android devices in use the upgrade to their devices, they want see TECH, page 16 HCL 1/2 vert. TBD 12 I OBITUARY www.thesheetnews.com THE SHEET I Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016 JACK WINKLER 1933-2016 Mountain man dies at his home on Forest Trail By Rea true Mammoth local, Jack Win- and late,” Bret said, smiling. helping their father move his belong- kler died at the home he lived in Their father was a stubborn man, ings from his home on Forest Trail to Asince 1976 on Sunday, Septem- they said, who loved breeding German help his transition into the Veterans ber 4. Shorthair Pointers, bird hunting, and Affairs (VA) home in Ventura. Winkler Winkler, a graduate of Fairfax High exploring the outdoors in his beloved had decided to move, they said, be- School in Hollywood, the University of Sierra. “He got lost once, and rescued, cause at his age, the winters in Mam- California Los Angeles, and Stanford about two years ago, at the age of moth were simply getting too hard. University, found Mammoth when he eighty,” said Winkler’s oldest son, Erik, They dropped him at his home on was stationed at China Lake during his on the phone from his home in Ha- Saturday evening, and the next morn- service with the U.S. Navy. “His first waii. “I was never lost, I knew exactly ing found his body. Though they are weekend at China Lake, he joined the where I was,” Erik recalled his father struggling to understand their father’s Ski Club,” said Kevin. “He caught a ride saying after his rescue. decision, “Mammoth is where he be- up here, back in the days of the rope Winkler was a big proponent of small longed,” Kevin told The Sheet. tow.” government, his sons recalled. He ran Bret said that they want to keep their Winkler knew he had found the for Mono County Supervisor in 2008, father’s house in the family, but hope place he belonged. Originally a me- and didn’t win, but Mammoth Coun- that it can perhaps be rented to an- chanical engineer, he ended up work- cilman Kirk Stapp recalls him coming other mountain man, or hardcore lo- ing as a lift operator, and then as a up with some pretty profound policy cal, living the dream, like their dad did. ski patroller at Mammoth Mountain, ideas. You’d have to listen pretty close The brothers also want their children and finally in real estate before he for ‘em, recalls Stapp, because he did to experience the same starry skies, the retired. Kevin and Bret shared fond tend to ramble. He was very concerned same bird songs, the same fishing trips memories of their days in Mammoth about Mammoth Lakes, said Bret, to that their father gifted them. “Mam- with their father, side-stepping up to the point of being “kind of a pain in moth is part of us, too,” said Kevin. Chair One and hanging out in the ski the ass…But he really cared about his Jack Winkler is survived by his three patrol locker room. In the late ‘70s and PHOTO: WINKLER FAMILY community, that was his way.” sons: Erik, Kevin and Bret, as well as early ‘80s, Winkler’s sons were at the Jack Winkler and one of his beloved German “He definitely had opinions of his vi- his sister, Janet Deaton, of Bellevue, perfect age to enjoy the Sierra with Shorthair Pointers. sion of how Mammoth should be,” said Washington. He leaves behind four their outdoorsman father—they spent Kevin. “He was the most honest man.” grandchildren: Bret’s daughters Sabine, summers rafting the Owens River and “I was a fourteen-year-old kid with He was friends with Dave McCoy from 14, and Vivian, 10; and Kevin’s son enjoying backpacking trips to Garnet an 80 pound pack on top of Mt. Whit- the old days. “Well,” said Bret with Connor, 4, and daughter Addison, who and Thousand Island Lakes. “We’d ney,” laughs Kevin. “They’d never let a chuckle, “I don’t know if they were was born six weeks ago. His loss is also bring food for three days and stay for kids do that nowadays.” friends, or if Dave just always took his grieved by his girlfriend, Dianna Tish, five days,” said Bret, fondly recalling The two men recalled bathing in Hot calls.” Winkler was also a member of of Mammoth. how the father-and-sons team would Creek when it was still allowed, cook- the local Lion’s Club. Memorial services will be held for reel in the fish. Their father, an Eagle ing steaks and looking up at the shoot- Winkler, 83, died from a self-inflicted Winkler on Saturday, September 24. Scout, lead his sons on Boy Scout trips ing stars over Long Valley. “Everywhere gunshot wound on Sunday morning. Location TBD. The Sheet will post to the top of Mt. Whitney. you went with dad, it was always cold, His two sons, Kevin and Bret, had been date/time in future calendar. SUNDAY DAY FOOTBALL

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Clocktower Cellar Happy Hour 5-7 Info: 760.934.6592. p.m. daily and all day Sunday. $5 dollar menu items, drink specials. Friday, Sept. 9/ Happy Hour @ Sushi Rei. 5-6 p.m. ESIA Convict Lake guided hike. Meet daily. Half off apps and $5 hand roll at Convict Lake trailhead at 10:30 +small sake . Sundays are all-night a.m. RSVP with Jonathan Silva at happy hour. 760.920.1163. Happy Hour @ The Bistro at Farmer’s Market in Independence at Snowcreek, 4:30-6:30 p.m. Mon.-Sat. Mairs Market parking lot. 4-7 p.m. Mammoth Tavern Happy Hour Mono Lake Committee Birding the Tuesday-Sunday 3:30-5 p.m. Closed Volcanoes. Meet at MLC bookstore at Mondays. 8 a.m. For info, call 760.647.6595. Fee Smokeyard weekend Happy Hour required. 4-6 p.m. in the bar only. Side Door Happy Hour daily 3-6 p.m. Sept. 10-11/ Fridays: Half off Moscow and Mono Lake Canoe Tours with the Kentuky Mules. Saturday and Sunday: Mono Lake Committee. Tours begin at Bottomless mimosas 11 a.m.-4 p.m. 8:00, 9:30, and 11:00 a.m. Participants Mammoth’s famous Slocums Happy must arrive 1/2 hour early. $25 per Hour 4-6 p.m. person. Call 760.647.6595. Giovanni’s Happy Hour, daily 4-6 Living on the Edge: Sierra Nevada p.m. Large pizza and a pitcher of beer Bighorn Sheep in the Mono Basin. gets you free wings. Two-day seminar on one of the Lakanuki Happy Hour daily 4:30- most endangered animals in North 10:30 p.m., $4 margaritas, Mai Tais America. Register: Call Mono Lake and food discounts. Sunday Club Committee at 760.647.6595 or www. Nights with DJ Night Audit. Happy monolake.org. There is a charge for Hour drink specials 10 p.m.- close. this program. Rock Creek Lakes Resort, Friday and Saturday, 3-5 p.m. with a happy hour Saturday, Sept. 10/ menu. Good Ole’ Days @ Laws Railroad Tamarack Lodge, Joe Gray Jr. at the Museum. Free admission, great family Baby Grand Friday and Saturday, fun. Demonstrations, train rides, live 5:30-9:30 p.m. entertainment. Pie auction. 11 a.m.-4 The Liberty Sports Bar and Grill, p.m. Bishop. Daily Happy Hour, 3-6 p.m. $1 off Mammoth Gran Fondo begins @ 7 draft beers, $2 off wine, $4 well a.m. See sidebar, next page. drinks, $2 off specialty drinks. Monthly Bishop Paiute Tribe The Monkey Bar Restaurant hosts COSA, Bird Walk and Census Dates. their Happy Hour from 3-6 p.m. and Birders of all levels invited. Contact 10-12 p.m. every day. Food & drink [email protected]. specials including a $5 Mai-Tai. ESLT Great Sierra River Cleanup. Meet at Pleasant Valley Campground Friday, Sept. 9/ @ 9 a.m. Wear appropriate attire for BUY AN AD NOW June Lake Jam Fest pre-party feat. working outdoors. Contact Catherine BR3 @ Rafters. at 760.873.4554 or [email protected] for info. Your ad here makes you $$$ September 10/ Eastern Sierra Certified Farmer’s Know why? June Lake Jam Fest @ Gull Lake Market. Church Street, behind People read... 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Sunday, Sept. 11/ Monday, Sept. 12/ Good Livin’ play the Whoa Nellie Deli Mammoth Lakes Fire Safe Council • Chicken & Beef Teriyaki in Lee Vining. 4-7 p.m. Free. meets @ Mammoth Lakes Fire • Tempura • Tonkatsu • Sukiyaki Department. Intended to restart • Calamari • Sushi Wednesday, Sept. 14/ and begin project planning in order • Full Service Cocktail Bar Café Musique plays Lone Pine HS to promote fire safety education Auditorium @ 7 p.m. Free. & Lounge and to prepare our community for wildfire. 5 p.m. 3150 Main St. Contact 760-872-4801 Thursday, Sept. 15/ Fire Marshal Thom Heller for info Open at 5 p.m. Achilles Wheel, Millpond musicians, 760.934.2300. 635 N. Main St. play the Whoa Nellie Deli. 6 p.m. Free. Owens Valley Radio Observatory Bishop East Pointers, Millpond musicians, Tour, Lasts one hour. Contact Dr. 25 years of experience play Bishop HS Auditorium, 7 p.m. Mark Hodges for info 760.938.2075 japanese Restaurant & Sushi Bar Free. ext. 109. 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The first country Vicarious Climate Activist Tom Steyer at Mono 12:30 p.m. Travellers will be visiting is Vietnam. normal public transit operations will Inn. 5:30-7:30 p.m. No-host bar and Not the war, but the country. We be impacted from the following road appetizers. See sidebar, this page. Saturday, Sept. 17/ closures and traffic delays. NIH: New Mom Support Group. will start off by reading is Catfish Mammoth Trail Days Lakes Basin and Mandala by Andrew X. Pham. • There will be traffic delays on 10-11 a.m. 2957 Birch St. Bishop. Call Clean-up. Meet @ Horsehoe Lake Lake Mary Rd, Main Street and 760.873.2191 for info. parking lot. 8:30 a.m. Visit www. The book is available at Spellbinder U.S. 395 in the morning between ESLT Brown Bag Lunch Presentation: mltpa.org for info. Books and those who would like to approximately 7–7:15 a.m. The View Between Long Ears. Eastern join the book club get 10 percent off. Sierra packers Jennifer and Lee Roeser • There will be traffic delays on Sunday, Sept. 18/ Vicarious Travellers will discuss the of McGee Creek Pack station tell tales Mono County Sheriff Search and book at their first meeting, Friday, Minaret Road between Forest Trail of mules. 12:00-1:00 p.m. at ESLT and Main Lodge in the morning from Rescue Fundraiser @ Snowcreek September 23 at 6 p.m. If you have backyard, 250 N. Fowler St. in Bishop. Golf Course. Check in 7:30 a.m. with 8:30–8:45 a.m. any questions please leave a message breakfast, tee off at 9 a.m. To play: for Genevieve Woods at Spellbinder • The Mammoth Scenic Loop will Wednesday, Sept. 14/ Call Heidi 760.709.6251 or heidi@ be closed in the morning from 8–9:15 Farmer’s Market in Mammoth @ Books 760.873.4511, or e-mail heidivetter.com. To donate: Call Dan [email protected]. a.m. Outlet Mall. 4-7 p.m. 760.709.1515 or mammothdog@ • The HWY 395 northbound Little Creatures and their Wildlife gmail.com. Info: www.monosar.org. on-ramp from HWY 203 will be closed Ecology in the National Parks. Dr. Jim Deer Lakes Hike with the Sierra Weekend Intervalley Shuttle from 7:05–7:15 a.m. Patton discusses wildlife. Mammoth Club. 12 mile trip, with the highest Lakes Welcome Center, 2510 Main St. point being Duck Pass, 11,215’. Meet from Reds Meadow to Devils • Benton Crossing Road, known 7 p.m. as the Green Church Road, will be 8 a.m. Mammoth Lakes Union Bank. Postpile closed to all through traffic between Contact Melissa 760.937.0499 or Thursday, Sept. 15/ [email protected]. Brownstown RV Park and Benton Hot Laurel Pond walk with the Sierra Beginning Thursday, September Springs from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Club. Meet 4:30 p.m. at Mammoth Tuesday, Sept. 20/ 8t,the mandatory Reds Meadow • HWY 120 will be closed to all Lakes Union Bank. Contact Sally for Geoffrey Tabin, M.D. keynote speaker, Shuttle from the Adventure Center at through traffic starting 3 miles off info 760.218.0083 or sges4d@gmail. will share his experiences with the Mammoth Mountain Ski Area through HWY 395 at Dross all the way to com. Himalayan Cataract Project to kick the Reds Meadow Valley will end its Benton Hot Springs from 8 a.m.–1 off the International Disaster and daily service. p.m. September 15-18/ Austere Medicine Conference. Hosted However, due to the extremely Mammoth Kamikaze Bike • Lower Canyon Boulevard will be by Mammoth Meidcal Missions. limited parking available in the valley, Games at Mammoth Mountain. Mammoth Brewing Co. 7-9 p.m. closed between Lake Mary Road and Registration now open. Visit www. the Eastern Sierra Transit Authority Hillside Drive from 5 a.m.–8 p.m. kamikazebikegames.com for info. (ESTA) will run a complimentary Sept. 23-25/ weekend intervalley shuttle service A full schedule of all road closures Oktoberfest in the Village at and traffic delays, as well as more September 16-18/ Mammoth. Celebrate with beer, brats this fall, starting September 10 and information, can be found at www. Millpond Music Festival in Bishop. and music from Bayern Maiden. continuing through the Columbus MammothGranFondo.com. Sweetwater String Band, Joe Craven, Friday: Rocktoberfest. Saturday: Day weekend. This service will Idle Hands, Fiddlin Pete, and more. Game day with MLFD including log reduce vehicle congestion on the Crossing guards sought Info and tix: www.inyo.org/music/ sawing, stein holding, keg toss and road, which has made it difficult millpond. See story, p. 19 tug-of-war. Sunday: Kindergarten to travel throughout the valley in The Town of Mammoth Lakes is presented by Mono Council for the previous seasons. recruiting for two Crossing Guards Arts. The intervalley shuttle will run from to prepare crossing zones, direct the parking area at Reds Meadow traffic, and assist students in crossing AT THE MOVIES Resort to Devils Postpile from 10:00 streets safely. The successful a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Saturdays and applicants must be available to work Sundays. The Devils Postpile parking approximately three hours per day, Minaret Cinemas lot will be closed during this time five days per week, primarily before and visitors will be directed to park at and after school. Come and be a part Sully (PG-13): Starring Tom Hanks and directed by Clint Eastwood, the story Reds Meadow Resort and take the bus of the exciting Town of Mammoth of the plane captain who saved 155 lives. to the Devils Postpile. Lakes team and help to ensure the safety of our local students! Position War Dogs (R): Biographical story about childhood friends who become inter- Climate Activist Tom Steyer at tarts immediately. Visit the Town’s national arms dealers. War crime comedy-drama starring Jonah Hill. Mono Inn for 350 Mono Meeting website for details:http://www. townofmammothlakes.ca.gov. Customer appreciation night returns Tuesdays. All seats $6, food/drink specials Tom Steyer is a well-known Info: www.mammothlakesmovies.com/760.934.3131. business leader and philanthropist, Old Mammoth Road rehab begins and the founder of NextGen Climate, an organization formed in 2013 Partial lane closures and traffic to prevent climate disaster and delays are set to occur on Old promote prosperity for all Americans. Mammoth Road from Main Street Tom will be meeting the members to Sherwin Creek Road. Expect of 350 Mono, speaking about his delays along Old Mammoth Road organization, and listening to the and accesses to and from local ideas and concerns of those on the businesses. Access will be provided Eastside. “It is a huge honor to have to local businesses at all times. For all him attend our meeting, and we are other vehicular traffic, please detour hoping for a great turnout,” said Janet around Old Mammoth Road when Carle. possible. Steyer will be appearing at the Work will be continue until October Mono Inn Restaurant Lake Room on 2016 and affect vehicular traffic and Tuesday, September 13. There will be local businesses. If you require further appetizers and a no-host cash bar for information or have issues during the meeting from 5:30-7:30 p.m. the construction please feel free to The Mono Inn will be available contact: Jamie Robertson, Assistant afterwards for those wishing to stay Engineer at 760.965.3653. for dinner. Please bring a plate of appetizers to contribute if you can. For info, e-mail Janet at jcarle@qnet. com. 16I NO-CLASSIFIEDS/LETTERS www.thesheetnews.com THE SHEET I Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016

TECH NO CLASS-IFIEDS continued from page 10 popular Chromebooks by Google, based upon the Linux kernel. Linux is Help Wanted Help Wanted Help Wanted yet another type of OS. Is it any won- der that consumers are confused? If a senior owns a smartphone, and that’s a big “if,” it is most likely an Android-based phone which uses Temporary Snow Removal Operators any of the before-mentioned flavors $20.79/hour. The Town of Mammoth (versions), an iPhone or, less likely, a Lakes is looking for Snow Removal Op- Windows-based phone. Sierra Employment Services, Inc is erators for the upcoming winter season! hiring for the following positions If you have a valid California Class B li- It is more likely that a senior has a cense, experience operating heavy equip- As a result of recent service expansion flip phone (i.e. a clam phone) which Apprentice Carpenters-M $18-$30/hr ment, and want to secure a temporary in the Mammoth Lakes area, ESTA has has served them well over many years. Tile Setter-M $18-$24/hr job with full time hours for the winter, a need to fill one 100 percent benefit- Bilingual Cashier- B $10/hr this job is for you. For more information ted driving position. The position will be They are happy with it. They can still General Laborers -B,M $12-$16/hr required to work night shifts in Mam- talk on it, even text in some cases. PT/FT Housekeepers-B,M$12-$15/hr on the position and how to apply, visit www.townofmammothlakes.ca.gov. moth Lakes. This is a year-round position They can go online with some of these with 35 and 40 hours per week. Must be responsible, energetic and have clean older phones, but the small size screen Call 760-924-0523 or 760-873-8599 Hotel seeking front desk agent/night makes it difficult—if not a joke—to audit position Must be available to work driving record. Training for a Commercial See our full job list online graveyard shifts. 16-32 hours per week. License, Passenger Endorsements and actually view the screen. Why are they www.SierraEmployment.com Perfect if you already have a part time job Airbrake Certificate is available. still popular? After years of abuse Bleu Handcrafted Foods is HIRING! and are looking to pick up extra shifts. from being dropped many times on Must be able to work most weekends & Pre-employment and random drug Looking for someone to join our amazing screening required. the ground or in the toilet, being sat team at Bleu with a passion for food, wine, holidays. Hospitality experience is a plus but not required.Starting hourly ranges The 100 percent employee category level on, stepped on or even run over by a charcuterie and great customer service! is eligible for the following benefits: Food and beverage experience a must! An based on experience. Please deliver re- car—they still work. Compare this to a sume in person or pick up application at smartphone owner who drops or sits oppotunity to learn more about the craft of • $15.00 - $19.00 per hour, Plus $2.00 Artisan Bread Baking is also avalable. Full Sierra Lodge located at 3540 Main Street on a new smartphone just once, and or send to [email protected] per hour premium pay for night shifts or part-time available. Hourly plus tips. • Participation in PERS (California the phone owner is likely looking at Send reumes to [email protected] Like the outdoors? Good at Sales?The 5th Annual Fly Fishing Faire has a short Public Employees Retirement System) at a very costly repair or replacement, or call 760.709-6689 the 2% at 62 formula, in compliance with Mammoth Car Rental/Hertz: Looking term position (now until Oct. 1) for an ac- unless he or she has insurance. These tive sales person who wants to share their the Public Employee Pension Reform Act for someoneHiring for full time year round of 2013 phones can also cost as much as $800. positions. Please inquire with Tom at 760. love of the outdoors and their Eastern Sierra community. We need someone • Comprehensive Leave accrual at the All of the operating systems men- 934-3399. rate of 176 hours (22 days) per year Mammoth Chevron: Seeking respon- who is able to place posters and flyers tioned in this article can be found on throughout the region and who will also • PERS Health Insurance (ESTA will pay smartphones, laptops, desktops, and sible individuals. Job offers attactive wage, 80% of the monthly premium) commensurate with experience. Currently acquire local sponsors for the Faire. Mile- tablets. Your best bet (the one the tech age +commission. If you are a self-starter • Health Insurance Deductible reim- hiring for Mechanic, day & night shift with bursement (50% of one family member companies prefer) is to use devices some counter help. This can be a year and love interacting with people, this may be the job for you. Please contact Connie deductible) only made by the same manufacturer round position. Please inquire with Tom at • Vision/Dental reimbursement up to 760.934-3399. 818.203.8922 or Michael 818.601.9702 or using the same operating system. with any questions. $1,000 per year for the employee and $400 for one or more dependents It’s certainly easier to teach someone TONIK NOW HIRING year-round posi- The Hilton Creek Community Services • Holiday Pay (10 paid holidays) how to use devices that all use the tion. We’re looking for fun ,friendly people District is interested in hearing • Life Insurance ($50,000 policy) who enjoy fashion. Stop by, say hi, and same OS, as one device reinforces how from people who can provide snow re- to use the other. pick up an application. moval services on some private Applications can be found: online at Help Wanted! We need FULL TIME roads in the district and at the sewer www.estransit.com, Mammoth Office Why are tech companies trying so BAKERS at Stellar Brew. You must be self treatment plant for the 2016/2017 (210 Commerce Dr.), Bishop Office (703B hard to get and keep you in Microsoft motivated and love to bake. Some experi- snow season. The snow removal equip- Airport Rd) or Call 760-872-1901 ext. 11. World, Google World, Apple or Amazon ence is nice, even if it’s not professional. ment would need to be located This position will be open until filled with World? First, they want your money Also, Sierra Bounty Produce is looking in Crowley Lake for the season, and snow first application review on July 27, 2016. for someone to drive the van and do the removed prior to 7:00 a.m. EEO Employer. spent on smartphones, laptops, tab- produce pick up on Mondays. Plan on and when there is a 2” accumulation or Mammoth Brewing Co. is is looking for lets, and the ever-increasing smart de- committing 6 hours on Mondays until the more. If you are interested, an Office Administrator to join our dy- vices for the home, using their OS. It’s end of September. EMAIL stellarbrew@ or for further information, please contact namic team. Responsibilities include A/P gmail.com If you are interested, or bring a no coincidence that the most success- the General Manager at and A/R management, clerical & admin- ful tech companies are those with their resume to Stellar Brew! (760) 935-4500 before October 10, 2016. istrative duties and employee & customer Housekeeping position available at the relations. own operating systems. Second, there Austria Hof Lodge. Call 760.934.2764 or Position is located in our distribution is a huge amount of advertising dollars drop off resume at 924 Canyon Blvd. office near Mammoth Airport. Must be from using pay-per-click-online ad- Gull Lake Immediate Openings: 3 self-motivated and team player, with vertising. Last year, Google made $19.1 Dock Hands needed Full or part-time experience in QuickBooks a huge plus. $21 will train.Must be energetic , customer billion in advertising revenue. Overall SiElect Supply has an opening for a full -$25/per hour depending on experience, friendly , and preferably likes fishing. M/F plus benefits and Beer Bux. Go to http:// the search giant generated $21.2 bil- 16+ years and older. Starting pay $11.00 time Sales Associate! We are seeking a enthusiastic, profes- mammothbrewingco.com/employment lion in total revenue. Facebook is rap- per hour. Apply in person at Gull Lake for more information. Marina in the June Lake Loop. sional individual with a strong back- idly growing with, at the latest count, ground in Parts Counter sales and a basic 1.65 billion users. It reported $17.08 Tomas Rodriguez seeks in-house book- knowledge of residential & commercial keeper/accountant. Flex hrs. Competitve For Rent billion in ad revenue in 2015. electrical equipment, supplies and re- Seniors often feel left out when it pay. Call Tomas @ 310.629.7263 lated products. Clean, quiet partially furnished studio P/T Counter-Delivery Person Must Duties include: Customer Service and apt. in Mammoth Slopes, $695/mo., 1 per- comes to technology, but truthfully, it’s have clean driving record. Flexible sched- sales, lifting (up to 50lbs), stocking of son rate, lease, N/S, N/P, low utilities, first, the other way around. Technology has ule including weekends and holidays. Pick shelves and materials. Note: Driver’s last & security. Call 760.934.9451. left many consumers behind. Some- up application and job description at 3280 license “required” Forklift experience is 3 Light and Bright,Beautifully furnished one coming to the computer classes in Main Street, Mammoth Lakes. helpful! 1 BR ,units avaiable for rent from now Bishop will, most likely, come in with a Smokeyard in the Village at Mammoth SiElect Supply offers a competitive until 12/15/16. Upper units, Very Modern, has a few openings in all positions. Stop hourly pay rate w/sales commissions + custom lounge sofa,stainless steel appli- Windows laptop. But it is not unusual by in person or email resumes to info@ health benefits and 401k for qualified full ances.Dishwasher,micowave,oven,etc. for them to also have either an iPhone smokeyard.com. time employees. Direc TV,Blazing fast wifi, and all other Apply in person or Submit resume to: or Android smartphone along with an utilities included in the Rent. Absolutely iPad or Android tablet as well. That’s No smoking and No Pets. $1400 per unit. SiElect Supply Will consider any time frame within this three different operating systems! It Attn: Darren or Binky period. Contact Nate Hunter 310.748.4506, is the technological equivalent of the 590 South Main Street or [email protected]. “Tower of Babel.” However, regard- Bishop, Ca. 93514 Unfurnished 3BR, 2 and1/2 Bath plus less of the tech device or its operating small loft. Sun, between The Village and system, most seniors can learn how to (760) 873-5877 Canyon Lodge. Call Troy 760.920-3304. use at least the basics using patience and practice. Free Computer Classes are currently Housekeepers ($11) being held at the Bishop Senior Center Cooks PERSONALS on Mondays and Wednesdays from 3-6 Dishwashers Please complete an application at I saw you whip... I tried to nae-nae, but I p.m. over five-week sessions. For more 164 Old Mammoth Rd. still can’t figure out what a nae-nae is. information, please call Charles James or e-mail [email protected] I hope to see you... at the grand fon- at 760.614.0546 or e-mail Freelance. due. How about we dip you in a vat of hot cheese and I’ll lick it off. [email protected]. THE SHEET I Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016 www.thesheetnews.com NOTICES/LOCAL NEWS/TECH I 17 RECTECH BUDGET PUBLIC NOTICES continued from page 4 continued from page 1 versus a company actually located in adamantly opposed to the Tahoes in a major hub.” 2015 and is still opposed to them in Property Tax Default ( Delinquent ) List What Mammoth needs to do first 2016. 3371 and 3372 off, said Sankey, is to identify its tal- The vehicle would be for court I ,Janet Dutcher, Mono Tax Collector, State of California, certify that: ent in town so at the very least it can security for the Bailiff to travel The real properties listed below were declared to be in tax default at 12:01 a.m. on July 1, 2013, by operation of law pursuant to Revenue and Taxation Code section 3436. The declaration of default was due to non-payment of claim the connections as it moves back and forth from Mammoth to the total amount due for the taxes, assessments, and other charges levied in fiscal year 2012-13 that were a lien forward. Bridgeport and possibly transporting on the listed real property. Certainly, Mammoth has the con- prisoners. Tax-defaulted real property may be redeemed by payment of all unpaid taxes and assessments, together with Braun asked if she could amend the additional penalties and fees, as prescribed by law, or it may be redeemed under an installment plan of nections. Scott McGuire is the princi- redemption. pal of The Mountain Lab, a recre- her request to include the vehicle she The amount to redeem, including all penalties and fees, as of September 2016, is shown opposite the parcel number and next to the name of the assessee. ation and technology consulting firm wants—a Chevy Tahoe. Johnston asked, “You want the All information concerning redemption of tax-defaulted property will be furnished, upon request, by the Mono based out of Mammoth. County Tax Collector, P.O. Box 495, Bridgeport, CA. 93517, (760) 932-5480. Another such connection, said Chevy Tahoe?” “Yes, I want the Chevy Tahoe,” PARCEL NUMBERING SYSTEM EXPLANATION McGuire, is Gordon Seabury, the cur- Braun replied. The Assessor’sParcel Number(APN), when used to describe property in this list, refers to the assessor’s map rent Board Chairman of the Outdoor book, the map page, the block on the map (if applicable), and the individual parcel on the map page or in the Industry Association, and CEO of the “We might as buy a Porsche,” John- block. The assessor’s maps and further explanation of the parcel numbering system are available in the asses- Horny Toad apparel company. ston said. sor’s office. Braun said the department is Property tax defaulted on June 30, 2013, for the taxes, assessments and other charges for the fiscal year 2012-13: Ironically, Seabury is a board member and mentor at the TVA, but looking at the safest, most efficient ASSESSOR’S ASSESSEE NAME AMOUNT vehicles it can have to protect the PARCEL NUMBER TO REDEEM he lives in Santa Barbara and owns a home in June Lake. deputies and the public. She ex- 001-100-068-000 MCKAY BROTHERS CATTLE CO. $8,408.28 plained many other departments in 002-320-018-000 DOUGLASS, ELIZABETH A. $1,584.81 Or how about Steve Barker, who the state and the California Highway 002-320-019-000 DOUGLASS, ELIZABETH A. $1,584.81 was the founder of Eagle Creek 007-190-029-000 MILLER GREGORY J. & LINDA A. $6,986.17 Patrol are moving away from the 008-141-006-000 BRIDGEPORT PROP. TR 10-25-2006 $7,008.32 Travel Gear and has a home in Swall 011-294-007-000 GARSIDE STANLEY STAIGER & SIMPSON SALLY G. $316.57 industry standard, the Ford Explorer, 016-098-013-000 SHRUM, DONALD $1,592.34 Meadows? to the Chevy Tahoe. 025-200-055-000 BURGOON, MIKE (ET AL) $16,388.27 The Mountain Lab is co-sponsor- 025-210-021-000 ZAHNOW, CRAIG F. $615.50 Supervisor Tim Fesko said, “We 026-272-004-000 TRIESCHMAN DUSTY L. $12,758.43 ing a “Mountain Ventures Summit” 031-170-008-000 NILSSON KENNETH A. & PAULA M. $18,886.54 need to have public discussion on 032-052-259-000 SHIRK GEORGE R. $2,407.70 with TVA next February in Telluride, this.” 033-021-021-000 FORSTER-GIL, INC. ET AL $80,200.71 McGuire told The Sheet. Representa- 060-020-017-000 MASLENHOLBROOKE $9,822.71 Braun welcomed the public to 060-020-018-000 MASLENHOLBROOKE $9,822.71 tives from several mountain towns weigh in. “It should be a public dis- 305-028-000-000 BOWLES FAMILY LIVING TR. 07-15-14 $2,933.26 will attend as they attempt to answer I certify or (declare), under penalty of perjury, that the foregoing is true and correct. cussion, and what they want when the question of “How does a moun- they’re stuck in the mud or snow, a Janet Dutcher, CPA, CGFM tain town economy evolve?” Mono County Treasurer-Tax Collector car that can get there or a car that Executed at Mono County, California, on August 22, 2016 McGuire says his goal for Mam- cannot.” TS #2016-00133 moth isn’t 1,000 jobs. It’s 100 six-fig- Johnston said, “It’s against policy ure jobs not dependent on tourism. to purchase a Tahoe.” Notice of Avail./Public Hearing Notice of Avail./Public Hearing “Why would someone want to “Can I see this policy?” Braun live in San Francisco and commute TO: Agencies, Organizations, and Interested Parties later than 5:00 p.m. on October 2, 2016, in order to asked. be considered prior to the Town’s final determination four hours to Tahoe on the weekend Johnston explained a policy was SUBJECT: Notice of Intent to Adopt/Notice of Avail- on the project. Should you decide to challenge this ability for the Draft Mammoth Creek Gap Closure Project, you may be limited to the issues raised during when they can live here with faster passed two years ago that said the Project Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration this public review period. Please mail or email your internet (courtesy of Digital 395), written comments to Jamie Robertson, Assistant Engi- county vehicles should be consoli- This serves as the Town of Mammoth Lakes (Town) neer, Town of Mammoth Lakes, P.O. Box 1609, 437 Old where it’s cheaper and where they dated with same makes and models Notice of Intent to adopt an Initial Study/ Mitigated Mammoth Road, Suite R, Mammoth Lakes, CA 93546; Negative Declaration for Mammoth Creek Gap or E-mail: [email protected]. can take lunch laps?” he asks rhetori- of vehicles in the motor pool. It’s Closure Project, prepared in accordance with the Cali- Starting Date: Friday, September 2, 2016 cally. fornia Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), State CEQA Ending Date: Monday, October 2, 2016 better for the motor pool to have the Guidelines and local implementation procedures. He adds, “Why recruit people to same parts, pieces and manuals. PUBLIC HEARING: The Town Council will hold a PROJECT TITLE: Mammoth Creek Gap Closure public hearing to adopt the Mitigated Negative Decla- stay for an extra night or an extra He added that tires for the Tahoe Project ration. The public hearing is preliminarily scheduled week ... why not just recruit an extra are $1,500 a piece, when Public to take place on: PROJECT LOCATION: Town of Mammoth Lakes, resident and convert the nightly Works Director Jeff Walters said the California. The project includes multi-use path im- Date: Wednesday, October 5, 2016 rental into a two-or three-year provements to the north of Old Mammoth Road from Time: 6:00 PM tires are $500 for all four. “It’s super Minaret Road to 919 feet east of the Minaret Road and Location: Town Council Chambers/Suite Z lease?” luxuriously expensive,” Johnston Old Mammoth Road intersection. The project will be Minaret Village Shopping Center aligned with the Town’s right-of-way and within the 437 Old Mammoth Road said. He said he was not going to following assessor parcels: (APN) 040-020-001-000 (2 Mammoth Lakes, California 93546 approve an amount that would allow Meadow Lane), 040-021-000-000 (96 Meadow Lane), If you require additional information please contact and 040-140-003-000 (101 Sherwin Creek Road). Jamie Robertson at 760-965-3653 the department to purchase a Tahoe. PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The proposed project involves the construction of a Class I Multi-use Path TS #2016-00139 Other law enforcement agencies in (MUP) that will be designed to connect to an existing the state are doing fine without the MUP on the west side of Minaret Road. The MUP will run east-west, approximately paralleling Old Fictitious Business Name Statement Fictitious Business Name Statement Tahoes, even the California Highway Mammoth Road on the south side of Mammoth Creek The Following Person The Following Person Patrol. Braun replied that the CHP and north of Old Mammoth Road. The MUP will be Is Doing Business As: Is Doing Business As: 10-feet wide and compliant with current Caltrans are moving toward the Tahoe. and Americans with Disabilities Act requirements. Trout Taxidermy Mikes Safe & Lock A minimum horizontal clearance of 2-feet will be “Before we move forward, if this is maintained from all obstructions. The MUP will also Richard Enciso Mike Abbott going to be a public discussion, I’d include a maximum cross slope of 2% for drainage, 65 Mountain Blvd. P.O. Box 100-PMB 110 while maintaining ADA accessibility. The path will be 86 Silver Tip Lane , P.O. Box 2057 rather not do it twice,” Braun said. paved with asphalt of sufficient strength to support Mammoth Lakes, Ca. 93546 Mammoth Lakes, CA 93546 snow removal equipment. The County said it would go out to NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Town of Mam- This business is conducted by an Individual This business is conducted by an Individual bid for both the Tahoe and the Ex- moth Lakes proposes to adopt a Mitigated Negative Registrant has not yet begun to transact The registrant has not yet begun to trans- plorer. Walters said he could do that Declaration for the above-cited Project. The Mitigated act business under the fictitious business Negative Declaration is based on the finding that business under the fictitious business to find a “price” comparison. the Project could not have a significant impact on name or names listed herein. name listed herein. the environment with mitigation measures incor- This statement was filed with the County This statement was filed with the County Johnston wouldn’t let it go. “I can’t porated. The reasons to support such a finding are Clerk of Mono County on August 12,2016 Clerk of Mono County on August 29, 2016 say that I will ever support a $76,000 documented by an Initial Study prepared by the File Number 16-113 File Number 16-124 Town of Mammoth Lakes. Copies of the Initial Study, 2016-0131 (8/20, 8/27, 9/03, 9/10) 2016-0136 (9/03, 9/10, 9/17, 9/24) police vehicle.” the proposed Mitigated Negative Declaration, and supporting materials are available for review at the Supervisors came to a consensus Town of Mammoth Lakes Community and Economic Fictitious Business Name Statement Fictitious Business Name Statement to approve the $76,000 and will vote Development Department, 437 Old Mammoth Road, Suite R, Mammoth Lakes, CA, and on-line at http:// The Following Person The Following Person on purchasing the vehicles when it www.ci.mammoth-lakes.ca.us/index.aspx?NID=158. Is Doing Business As: Is Doing Business As: For questions regarding the Mitigated Negative Decla- comes before them. ration, please contact: High Sierra Brine Shrimp Inc. Neubauer Construction , Inc. The Sheriff’s Department has also Jamie Robertson 53 Sierra Manor Road P.O. Box 3579 been able to hire a new deputy, and Assistant Engineer 54873 HWY 395 P.O. Box 640 Mammoth Lakes, CA 93546 background checks are being per- Town of Mammoth Lakes Lee Vining, CA 93541 P.O. Box 1609 formed on another applicant. This 437 Old Mammoth Road, Suite R This business is conducted by a corpora- Mammoth Lakes, California 93546 This business is conducted by a corporation. still leaves four vacancies, but Braun Ph: 760-965-3653 tion. The registrant commenced to transact added that patrol hours could soon Or via E-mail to: jrobertson@townofmammothlakes. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business ca.gov business under the fictitious business name name or names listed above on June 03, be reinstated to 6 a.m. to midnight. PUBLIC REVIEW PERIOD: In accordance with the or names listed above on Jan. 15,2016. 2016 . Current patrol hours are noon to State CEQA Guidelines, any comments concerning This statement was filed with the County This statement was filed with the County midnight. the findings of the proposed Initial Study/ Mitigated Clerk of Mono County on August 30, 2016 Clerk of Mono County on August 26,2016 Negative Declaration must be submitted in writing File Number 16-126 File Number 16-123 and received by the Town of Mammoth Lakes no 2016-0132 (9/03, 9/10, 9/17, 9/24) 2016-0140 ( 9/10, 9/17, 9/24, 10/1) 18 I COVER STORY www.thesheetnews.com THE SHEET I Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016

HATIN’ continued from page 1 say anything, but then when he told back to the local community.” “There used to be a day when us we were going to close, everybody Fortune Magazine reported in April industrial food was viewed as safe was in shock,” she told The Sheet. 2015 that McDonalds had shuttered and therefore better,” RBC Capital “He said ‘I’m sorry for you guys, I’m approximately 700 stores worldwide Markets analyst David Palmer told really sorry. He only said ‘sorry, sorry’ in 2015. “While those … store closings Fortune. “The pendulum has swung many times.” represent a fraction of the 32,500 or pretty hard over to the other direc- Casey McMahon posted on Face- so restaurants worldwide, they show tion.” book that employees at the former how aggressive McDonald’s is getting Ultimately, the Mammoth Mc- Restaurant LuLu were similarly in pruning poorly attended locations Donald’s, located several miles from “thrown upside down” when it closed that are dragging down its results,” as the busy thoroughfare of Highway suddenly, but made the point that “If reported in Fortune. 395, may simply have been too far they gave warning to employees just CNBC reported in July 2015 that a off the beaten path to survive, James think of some of the madness that survey of 29 McDonald’s franchisees, posited. “Many visitors to the area… could ensue; people stealing things, which own and operate 208 U.S. will often stop to eat in Bishop and giving away product...” McDonald’s stores, gave an average then continue their travel without Kevin Mazzu, who also owns response of 1.69 (on a sale of 1-5, stopping on their way north or south McDonald’s franchises in Lone Pine 5 being excellent) for a six-month to their destinations in larger urban and Bishop, spoke with The Sheet’s Just kidding. We’re closed for good. forecast of their stores. “At least half areas rather than drive 2 or 3 miles Charles James about the closure on of the operators in my region are on off the highway to eat in Mammoth,” ‘go-ahead’ to shut down only a few Wednesday. “Many of [his employees] [the] verge of collapse,” one respon- James said. weeks earlier and decided to keep the received two weeks’ severance pay dent said. “My numbers are not good However, for those without another store open until at least Labor Day and will receive references and what- due to new competitors,” another job to fall back on, the decision was when the traditional summer tourist ever help the Mazzus can provide reported. “Overall, sales are still in a devastating. “It’s very hard to [find] season ends.” in helping them find employment,” slump…” a job now,” said Flores, “because “Being a small business owner in James reported. Six employees from There are many factors eating into [Mazzu] made us work all summer California is challenging, especially the Mammoth store are relocating McDonald’s worldwide popularity— and get business for him and now in a small town like Mammoth Lakes to work at the Mazzus’ Lone Pine the success of new chains like Chi- that it’s come to shoulder … season with extreme seasonality, drought and Bishop stores, and seven of the potle, which features antibiotic-free he tells us we no longer have a job impacts, dependence on tourism, a employees let go were high school meats, have put McDonald’s on the and that he is sorry.” transient workforce and higher costs students, James said. defensive. Consumer pressure likely “Focus on people and the business of doing business,” wrote Liz and “The property and building is compelled new McDonald’s CEO will take care of itself,” Mazzu told the Kevin Mazzu in an official statement owned by McDonald’s and will be Steve Easterbrook (he took the helm Inyo Register in 2011, when his busi- on the closing. “We are excited to be sold,” James reported. “Store closures in March 2015) to end the use of key nesses received an Ethics Award from able to focus our attention on our two have to be approved and put on a antibiotics in McDonald’s chickens the Central California Better Business viable restaurants located in Bishop list for closing by the corporation and to announce that the company Bureau. He told The Sheet in Septem- and Lone Pine, where we are strongly and [Mammoth Lakes] McDonald’s will phase out eggs from caged bat- ber, 2014 that the award was given “in supported by the local citizenry and was already on the list of potential tery hens within ten years, Fortune large part for how we respect, value enjoy being involved in, and giving closures. The Mazzus were given the reported. and compensate our employees.”