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 An aerial view of the thousand or so anglers at a past Blake Jones Trout Derby at Pleasant Valley By Mike Bodine
Register Staff
This year marks the 43rd year in a row that legendary Bishop angler Blake Jones will be celebrated with a fishing derby bearing his name.
Held every March on the first weekend after the Fred Hall Sports Show in Long Beach, this year’s Blake Jones Trout Derby will be every bit as spectacular as year’s past, according to organizers.
Tawni Thomson, executive director for the Bishop Chamber of Commerce, which has sponsored the event year after year, said that despite the sour economy she expects in excess of 1,000 anglers vying for more than $10,000 in booty that includes float tubes, rods, reels, apparel, gift certificates and other fishing goodies. Prizes will be presented in many categories including, those for kids, a Blind Bogey, Biggest Trout, Farthest Traveled to Derby, Early Bird Prizes and a 50/50 cash drawing (last year it was more than $1,800!).
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Bombing linked to Nov. murder probe? 3-11-10 |
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Friday, 12 March 2010 |
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By Mike Bodine
Register Staff
3-11-10 Investigators were still on scene at 10 a.m. Wednesday morning, nearly 24 hours after a pipe bomb blew up a mailbox on the Bishop Paiute Indian Reservation the night before at 9:30 p.m.
Sheriff’s investigators are now looking into whether the attack was retaliation against a witness in a homicide investigation.
According to the Inyo County Sheriff’s Department, it received a call at 9:26 p.m. of a possible explosion in the 2800 block of Diaz Lane. Diaz runs east-west down the center of the Reservation.
Sheriff’s deputies responded and determined a pipe bomb had been placed inside a mailbox. The mailbox was destroyed, but there was no further damage or any injuries.
According to a press release, sheriff’s investigators are trying to determine if the vandalism is related to a homicide investigation that began on Thanksgiving 2009. According to the Sheriff’s Daily Activity Log, the pipe bomb was placed in a mailbox belonging to Eddy Keller, Sr., father of the homicide suspect, Edward George Keller, Jr.
Keller Jr. was in court earlier that day.
Keller Jr. was arrested Dec. 2 after confessing to the murder of 29-year-old James Eugene Williams, Keller’s cousin, on Thanksgiving evening 2009. Another suspect was initially charged with the murder on scene, but Keller Jr. confessed a week later, according to the Sheriff’s Department.
Keller Jr., 17, is being charged as an adult by the Inyo County District Attorney.
Bishop Tribal Council Chairman Bill Vega said Wednesday the council will issue a statement about the attack, but it was unavailable by press time.
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Latest Playhouse production a real labor of love for local RN 3-11-10 |
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Friday, 12 March 2010 |
 Sailers, Seabees and Bloody Mary, played by Karen Keehn (center), rehearse for the Playhouse 395 production of “South Pacific”, opening tomorrow at the Bishop High School Theater. Photo by Robb Hardin/Shuttermeshort Photography By Mike Bodine
Register Staff
3-11-10 The show must go on, and at nearly any cost for the director of Playhouse 395’s latest production. Director Martha Reynolds has voluntarily taken a demotion at her job, but she said the theater “feeds (her) soul.”
Reynolds has taken a big bite this season, directing “South Pacific” that opens this weekend.
She said in an interview earlier this month that she’s had to leave her long-time position as an emergency room nurse at Northern Inyo Hospital to be the pre-hospital liaison. She explained that “you can’t have much of a social life” working the wacky hours at the hospital, but the hospital has been generous enough to work around her directing position.
But she said after her directorial debut, the local hit “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,” she had to take a break from doing so much at NIH.
Reynolds takes it all in stride, saying she is “taking a financial hit, but this (the theater) is so important.”
It is hard to imagine that the calm, smiling and approachable Reynolds is an ER nurse, and at the helm of the local theater group. But don’t let her demeanor fool you. She is the oldest of seven children who all attended parochial school. She said she learned how to be “bossy.”
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Inyo’s state senator embroiled in scandal |
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Monday, 08 March 2010 |
 Sen. Ashburn riding in the 2006 Mule Days parade. Ashburn, a staunch opponent of gay rights, was arrested for an alleged DUI after reportedly leaving a popular gay bar in Sacramento, known as Faces. File photo By Mike Bodine
Register Staff
3-6-2010 Eighteenth District State Senator Roy Ashburn, who’s district represents Inyo County, was arrested for allegedly driving under the influence in Sacramento early Wednesday morning.
Ashburn’s blood alcohol level while driving a state vehicle at the time of his arrest was 0.14, according to the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office.
In addition, Ashburn was reportedly pulled over after leaving a gay nightclub, Faces, with an unknown male companion in his vehicle.
The additional revelation has come as a shock to both supporters and Ashburn constituents, as not only is the longtime lawmaker married with children, but he also has a long history of voting against gay rights issues and has been known to rally for support of a constitutional amendment that defines a marriage as between a man and a woman.
“We are sorry to hear of Senator Roy Ashburn’s apparent problems,” Thad Taylor said Friday on behalf of the Inyo County Republican party. “Ashburn has been a good friend and supporter of Inyo County.”
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