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 The Girl Scout House, a fixture in Bishop since 1957, is at risk of losing funding and may have to close. The clubhouse is a meeting place and safe haven for girls to grow, learn and become responsible leaders. Bishop Girl Scouts are asking for community support through a letter-writing campaign. Top photo by Molly Peterson, bottom by Mike Bodine By Mike Bodine
Register Staff
6-30-2009 A meeting place, a safe house, a community center, these are some of the labels given to the Girl Scouts clubhouse in Bishop – the same house in jeopardy of closing as funding dries up.
The house, tucked away beneath large trees behind the Boy Scout house and Richard’s Furniture, has been the Girl Scouts’ place of meeting, parties and special events since 1957. In fact, the Bishop Girl Scout Unit was the third such chapter designated after the national Girl Scouts inception in 1912.
To try and save the house, local Girl Scouts and community members are being asked to write letters in support. The clubhouse is the only permanent structure serving scouts from Lone Pine to Reno.
The Girl Scouts in Bishop and Inyo County are under the auspices of the Reno District, said Bishop Service Unit Manager Theona Wasson. Wasson explained that in May 2009, the Reno office contacted her saying that it would be withdrawing any financial support to the house.
Wasson said the first thing the office representative told her on the phone was, “Don’t kill the messenger, but …”
Wasson, who has been involved in Girl Scouts for more than 35 years, explained that the Reno chapter’s decision was probably based on a recent incident in which Wasson had asked local contractors to donate some work on the house. She said that the Reno chapter must not have approved of Bishop’s way of doing business and the Reno chapter must have felt that if Bishop could handle some upgrades and maintenance, it did not need any more assistance.
Though scouting season doesn’t officially start until the beginning of the school year, the Bishop girls are already looking for new locales to hold meetings, asking churches and other businesses to open their doors. But, Wasson said, they have not had much luck as both room and money is tight for the scouts and the businesses and organizations.
Local schools can give some “temporary housing,” but Wasson explained that the scouts need a permanent facility for ongoing projects and storage.
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Bishop couple warns of contractor scam |
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Thursday, 02 July 2009 |
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By Mike Gervais
Register Staff
6-30-2009 Residents are being reminded to exercise caution when dealing with door-to-door salesmen and unfamiliar contractors, especially those from out of the area, after a Bishop couple was recently taken for $500 cash in a suspected tree-trimming scam.
Two Rocking K residents, Gayla and Martin Wolf, believed they were hiring an out-of-the-area contractor to help them trim and care for trees on their property last weekend.
It appears, however, they were allegedly being scammed by a smooth talker.
According to Gayla Wolf, her husband, Martin, was approached by a man in his mid-30s last Friday as he sat reading the newspaper on the porch.
“He looked about 35. He was very clean, very nice looking and he was dressed nice,” said Gayla.
The man identified himself as “Gil Martinez” and asked Martin if he needed any work done around his house, explaining that he was a tree trimmer from the Fresno area who comes to Inyo County every summer to pick up extra work.
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State disaster money finally flowing into Inyo |
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Thursday, 02 July 2009 |
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By Mike Gervais
Register Staff
6-30-2009 Inyo County is now receiving its reimbursement from the state of California for money spent during the Oak Creek flash flood and mud slide in July of 2008.
The state, through the California Emergency Management Agency, is expected to cover 75 percent of the expenses the county incurred due to the flooding. The county will be paying the remaining 25 percent.
With the reimbursement money beginning to roll in, Sheriff Bill Lutze, who has been working with County Administrator Kevin Carunchio and other county staff members on the state reimbursements, recommended that the Board of Supervisors create a separate account that will help officials track the funds.
In the wake of the July 7 mud slide, the county has spent $155,356 in repairs to North Oak Creek Road; $6,092 on Onion Valley Road; $17,781 on Saline Valley Road; $6,006 on Whitney Portal Road; $18,000 on South Oak Creek Road; and $21,000 on emergency response and recovery.
The county also spent money on repairs to Shabbell Lane, Death Valley Road, Nine Mile Canyon Road, Cerro Gordo Road ($37,275) and Old Fort Independence Road.
The county is expecting approximately $268,276 from CalEma. “However, due to several calculations that take place on the state level – this is only an estimate,” a staff report to the Board of Supervisors states.
To date, the county has received $49,917 from CalEma as reimbursement; $14,670 was received for work on Saline Valley Road and $35,247 was received for Shabbell Lane, Death Valley Road, Nine Mile Canyon Road and Cerro Gordo Road.
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Southern Inyo youth centers two weeks out from opening |
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Monday, 29 June 2009 |
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By Mike Gervais
Register Staff
9-27-2009 Lone Pine and Independence are just two weeks away from opening their much anticipated youth centers.
After months of planning, negotiating and collecting materials such as pool tables, TVs and board games, Healthy Communities of Southern Inyo is finally preparing to open the doors to three youth centers.
“We’ve signed the paper work and put our security deposits in, and now we’re just waiting for (county) Risk Management to verify our insurance,” said Healthy Communities Executive Director Charles James. “I’m shooting to have them open in two weeks. It’s been a long haul.”
Healthy Communities plans to operate one youth center out of the American Legion Hall in Independence on Wednesdays and Fridays from 3-7 p.m. and on Saturdays from 1-5 p.m.
In Lone Pine, James hopes to operate out of Statham Hall Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 3-7 p.m.
Healthy Communities also plans to host a youth center in Olancha on Thursdays from 3-7 p.m.
“We hope in the future to expand the hours in Olancha” and add to the number of days the youth center is open, James said.
The youth center project was held up last month when Healthy Communities saw what it could expect to pay in utility expenses on the facilities. From there the group asked the Inyo County Board of Supervisors to waive the fees to help keep the project within a reasonable budget.
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