Archive - Jan 2012
January 26th
Ann Pellow-Burke
1943-2012
Ann Pellow-Burke was born June 9, 1943 in Spokane, Wash., and went to be with The Lord on Jan. 5, 2012 after a courageous battle with cancer.
Ann grew up in Spokane and attended Upper Columbia Academy, going on to Walla Walla College and majoring in music. She became a member of a prestigious group called the “Choraliers.”
Roberta Ann (Rogers) Matlick
1925-2012
Roberta Ann Matlick went home to be with the Lord on Jan. 19, 2012 after a brief illness with pancreatic cancer. She was 86.
By
Mike Bodine/Register Staff
After eight years of paying on a school bond for a new gymnasium in Benton, the bond oversight committee had proposed to reallocate that money, $4 million, to other schools in the district for maintenance. The committeeâs decision is following a dramatic decrease in students at the elementary level in the area, the numbers cut from 80 to 53.
The money was originally for a new school in Chalfant, but after that project fell through, the money was promised to Benton for a gym.
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Mike Gervais/Register Staff
Forest Service officials are currently working through a federally mandated Environmental Policy Act review in order to exchange 20.6 acres of land in Mammoth Lakes for 1,715 acres of privately owned land.
The Mammoth Base Land Exchange proposes trading the 20.6 acres of National Forest system lands in Mammoth Lakes that is managed by Mammoth Mountain Ski Area for smaller parcels in Inyo, Plumas, Eldorado and Stanislaus national forests and two small parcels in Inyo County that are outside the National Forest.
By
Mike Bodine/Register Staff
Discussions about what to do with some left over money, applying for grants to get more money, a new lawn mower, department head reports, and a story about community cooperation in the face of potential disaster were all in another dayâs work for the cityâs elected leaderâs, the Bishop City Council.
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By Wendilyn Grasseschi Mammoth Times Staff Writer/Special to The Inyo Register
Dr. Andrew Bourne, 46, the former chief of staff at Mammoth Hospital and subject of an ongoing criminal investigation in Santa Barbara, died Tuesday, authorities said.
The cause of death is currently under investigation by the Mono County Sheriffâs Department, according to department spokesperson Jennifer Hansen.
A department e-mail distributed to the media Tuesday afternoon states police found Bourne âunresponsiveâ in the Mammoth Lakes area at about 4 p.m.
January 24th
C. Brent Wallace
1946-2012
Ruth Amaela Van Cleave Spencer
1915-2012
Born and raised in Terre Haute, Indiana, Ruth passed away very peacefully at home in Bishop on Jan. 11, 2012, with family by her side. Ruth was 96 and died from renal failure and complications of cancers.
Glorian D. Mairs
Aug. 4, 1925-Jan. 18, 2012
Glorian’s loving heart stopped on Jan. 18, 2012 at her son’s home in Keene. Glorian had been living with Danny and Gwen since her health began failing in November. Optimal Hospice performed in home care for Glorian and her lifelong friend Gladys Mitchell Coulter, who also lived with Danny and Gwen Mairs. Glorian was born on Aug. 4, 1925 in Van Nuys to Merida Crumley Howard and Frank Howard.
By
Mike Gervais/Register Staff
After a warm, dry start to the winter, residents in the northern part of Inyo County woke up Monday to a blanket of snow that slowed traffic in Bishop for much of the morning and required chain and snow-tire restrictions on a number of local highways.
Within the city of Bishop, several inches of snow were recorded and communities as far south as Independence said they got a dusting.
Bishop and Big Pine area schools, including Round Valley Elementary and Cerro Coso Community College, closed for the day Monday.
Schools from Independence south remained open Monday.
