Archive - Mar 8, 2011 - News Article
By
Mike Bodine Register Staff
The March 8 Municipal Election for the City of Bishop was decided a scant 45 minutes after the poll closed with Jim Ellis and incumbent Jeff Griffiths decided by voters as Bishop City Council members for the next four years. This will be Griffths' second term and Ellis' first at a publicly elected post.
Students throughout Inyo County will soon be getting mandatory vaccines in response to what state health officials are calling the worst outbreak of whooping cough in five decades.
According to Inyo-Mono Public Health Officer Dr. Richard Johnson, California experienced the most cases of Pertussis â whooping cough â in 2010 than it has seen in 52 years.
Johnson noted that, as in the rest of the state, Inyo County âhad several casesâ of Pertussis among school-age children.
By
Mike Bodine/Register Staff
The first fruits of the long-term lease for the Bishop City Park will be celebrated this week with the ground breaking of a long-awaited arboretum.
The arboretum will represent the ecosystems and flora of the area â the Sierra Nevada, the valley floor and the White-Inyo Range.
In conjunction with the statewide Arbor Week, March 7-14, the city plans to celebrate with a formal dedication of the Childrenâs Christmas Tree, a 16-foot Giant Sequoia that will serve as the gateway to the arboretum, or tree museum.
By
Mike Bodine/Register Staff
Today, voters of the City of Bishop will decide who will occupy two top leadership positions for the next four years.
Jim Ellis, Jeff Griffiths and Bruce Dishion are the three candidates citizens will be casting their votes for today on the March 8 General Municipal Election ballots.
The single polling place, the City Hall Auditorium at 377 W. Line St., will open at 7 a.m. Mail-in and absentee ballots can also be dropped off but must be received by the close of polls at 8 p.m. to be counted.
