Archive - Jun 2011
June 13th
The Bishop Broncos baseball team capped off a strong season with an awards ceremony acknowledging players and the entire team effort that lead to an undefeated High Desert League season and a run in the CIF playoffs.
Team Awards
Most Valuable Player: Aaron Puls
MVP, Offense: Keith Tatum
MVP, Pitcher: Tanner Kruse
MVP, Defense: Schain Thomson, Chance Callahan
MVP, Utility: Doug Watterson
MVP, Outfielder: Taylor Neubauer
Most Improved: Nate Coakley
Most Inspirational: Cole Means
MVP, Assât. Manager: Aaron Lamb
May 3 found the Bishop Country Club Ladies playing a Par 3s and 5s tournament, where only those specific holes counted, using half handicap.
First flight winners were Carolyn Poindexter in first with a 29.5, Sue Stavlo with a 33 in second. Second flight was carded wtih Diane Hoffman in first place at 31 and Del McDaniel in second also with a 31.Third flight winners were Shirley Bement in first with a 30 and Marilyn Hoijer in second with a 31.
Andrea OâConnell from Mammoth was welcomed as a new member and captured least putt honors with 30 putts for her debut.
By
Deb Murphy/Sports Editor
Nearly 70 athletes swam, biked and ran their way around Bishop City Park Saturday morning, all to benefit the Bishop Swim Team.
The event, organized by team coach Mel Beard, was divided into four categories. Sprint competitors swam 20 laps, or 500 yards, biked a 12-mile loop and finished off with a 3.7-mile run.
The âKids Full Distanceâ event included a 200-yard swim, 3-mile bike race and 1-mile run. âKids Miniâ competition included a 100-yard swim, 1-mile ride and 1/2-mile run. The smallest of athletes opted for the Xtra Mini: 50-yard swim, 1/2-mile bike ride and 1/4-mile run.
Today
First Go, 9 a.m.
Barrel Racing
Steer Wrestling
Team Roping
Tie Down Roping
Breakaway
Goat Tying
Pole Bending
Bull Riding
First Go, 7 p.m.
Barrel Racing
Steer Wrestling
Team Roping
Tie Down Roping
Breakaway
* Goat Tying, Emily Cleland, No. 63
Pole Bending
* Bareback Riding, Chase Bowen, No. 182
Saddle Bronc
Bull Riding
Wednesday,
June 15
First Go, 7 a.m.
Boys Cutting
Girls Cutting
First Go, 9 a.m.
* Barrel Racing, Haley Oney, No. 33
Steer Wrestling
* Team Roping, Bodie Kruse, No. 181 with Timothy Robinson, No. 87
Tie Down Roping
Breakaway
Goat Tying
June 11th
By
Mike Bodine/Register Staff
Questions about the involvement of alleged embezzler Daniel Casteel in a recent high-profile murder case, and exactly what Casteel got in return for his disputed testimony, continue to go unanswered as the Bishop man prepares for a court appearance next week.
Casteel is scheduled to appear in Inyo County Superior Court Tuesday, according to the Court Clerkâs Office, for a settlement conference â related to what, exactly, is unclear.
County leaders decided earlier this week that in order to maintain services at the Eastern Sierra Regional Airport, airport users will have to pay higher fees.
But those airport users, many of whom were at the Board of Supervisors meeting Tuesday, say theyâll be paying higher fees for services they donât even need.
The county currently charges fees for a variety of services, including fuel, hangers and tie-downs. The last time the fees at the airport were raised was in 2005.
June 9th
By
Mike Gervais/Register Staff
Residents are being offered an up-close and personal view this weekend of what one group is calling irresponsible land management practices.
Members of the California Native Plant Society will be leading a field trip in the Eight-Mile Ranch and Blackrock Springs area between Independence and Big Pine this weekend to visit a âdegraded alkali meadow habitat.â
The degradation, according to the Bristlecone Chapter of the CNPS, is the direct result of too much groundwater pumping on the part of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power and complicity on the part of the County of Inyo.
By
Mike Bodine/Register Staff
âIt keeps us out of trouble,â Lefty Irwin said Tuesday after completing yet another set of handicapped-accessible stairs for an Inyo County resident.
Irwin and his band of fellow Lions Club members have been installing ramps and stairs for local handicapped or otherwise mobility challenged residents for more than 20 years.
The one built on Tuesday was the milestone 100th such creation that helps those with walkers and wheelchairs get out of their homes and get mobile.
By
Mike Gervais/Register Staff
Inyo County Agricultural Commissioner George Milovich says the Eastern Sierraâs agricultural ventures are on the upswing.
During his annual Ag. Report to the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, Milovich said that livestock, field crops and apiary industries generated more money in 2010 than they did in 2009.
In total, Inyoâs agricultural industry brought in $2,419,420 more than the previous year.
June 7th
By
Mike Bodine/Register Staff
Nearly two years to the day after being arrested, 20-year-old Louis LePlat has been sentenced to 15 years to life in prison for the murder of 23-year-old Bishop resident James Eric Rambeau, Jr.
A Ventura County jury found LePlat guilty of second-degree murder on April 29.
LePlat was arrested for Rambeauâs death June 19, 2009 following a report of a stabbing on Winuba Lane, west of Bishop.
