Archive - Jun 2012
June 13th
Four area baseball players made the All-CIF list in their respective divisions.
Tyler Amisone and Jesse Chirrick, Hi-Lo League champion Big Pine Warriors, were named All-CIF for Division 7.
Bishop Broncos Tanner Kruse and Keith Tatum made All-CIF in Division 6. The High Desert League champion Broncos were undefeated league.
Two hundred seventy runners took a tour of the High Sierra, Saturday May 19, competing in the 19th Annual Bishop High Sierra Ultra-Marathon.
According to race director Marie Boyd, the run was âa most successful presentationâ with no snow on the higher reaches of the course and perfect spring weather.
The runners competed in one of four endurance events: the 20-mile Fun Run, 50K, 50 miles or 100K (62 miles). Thirteen states and Canada were represented among the competitors.
Big Pine Middle School athletes were recognized for their athletic achievements last month.
Middle School
Football
Outstanding Playmaker Award: Kelby Chirrick
Best Offense: Dominick Santiago
Best Defense: Jacob Bacoch
Best Lineman: Juan Meza
Most Improved: Will Argyle, Brian Hambleton
Volleyball
Best Offense: Sienna Gutierrez
Most Improved: Morning Star Lent
Coachâs Award: Jessica Barlow
Girls Basketball
Best Defense: Gena Lewis
Best Offense: Little Eva Lent
Most Improved Player: Bailey Morgan
Coachâs Award: Morning Star Lent
Boys Basketball
June 12th
Bishop tribal leaders and community members had an opportunity to meet with high-ranking state officials last month to discuss the tribeâs successful law enforcement and tribal court programs.
According to the Bishop Paiute Tribe, a collaborative meeting was held Wednesday, May 9, with the Executive Assistant U.S. Attorney Laurel White, U.S. Attorneyâs Office Outreach Specialist Sean Vassar, U.S. Attorneyâs Office Law Enforcement Coordinator George Anderson and Bureau of Indian Affairs/Office of Justice Servicesâ new Special Agent in Charge of California Carleen Fischer.
Daniel P. Benson (Bone)
1987-2012
By
Marilyn Blake Philip/Register Correspondent
Building on the momentum from its first, full-fledged Eastern Sierra stage production â and the overwhelmingly positive reviews and amount of support it received in the process â the Writers Actors Guild of the Eastern Sierra is forging ahead with its next labor of love.
As with its adaptation of âTuesdays with Morrieâ this past winter, WAG is bringing to local stages a popular, if not beloved, piece of work ripe for yet one more exploration of its highly relatable themes.
By
Mike Gervais/Register Staff
A final tally of Tuesdayâs votes shows two out of three incumbent county supervisors have been unseated and the third is headed to a runoff election in November.
After verifying and tallying all but 70 outstanding provisional ballots, the Inyo County Elections Department released a final count late Thursday night that reveals essentially the same results as those reported immediately after the June 5 Presidential Primary.
By
Mike Gervais/Register Staff
Bishop will see an influx of visitors this weekend as hundreds of California High School Rodeo Association finalists and their families take up residence for six days of exciting rodeo action.
Approximately 260 competitors, the best in the state from nine rodeo districts stretching from the Oregon to Mexico borders, will be putting their skill and talent to the test for the chance to advance to the National Finals in Iowa.
June 7th
By
Mike Gervais/Register Staff
Preliminary results from Tuesdayâs Primary election show close races for County Supervisor seats in Southern Inyo â and possible runoff elections â and, in Bishop, a victory for challenger Jeff Griffiths over incumbent Susan Cash.
As of midnight on Wednesday, 1,300 provisional and absentee ballots still had be counted, so a runoff between Griffiths and Cash is not out of the question, depending on the contents of those outstanding votes.
By
Mike Gervais/Register Staff
County leaders Tuesday rejected the Los Angeles Department of Water and Powerâs annual Lower Owens River Project Work Plan and Budget in favor of a plan they drafted. The county plan includes all the traditional elements and funding the two agencies have approved in past years.
Per an agreement between the two agencies, the annual work plan and budget has traditionally outlined the county and utilityâs share of the cost of hydrologic monitoring, biologic and water quality monitoring, mosquito abatement, beaver control, adaptive management and invasive weed species control.
