Archive - 2012 - News Article
December 26th
By
Mike Gervais/Register Staff
Local leaders are giving the public an opportunity to get more information on the City of Bishop’s financial picture by providing a snapshot of the budget online.
Acting on a request from Bishop Councilmember David Stottlemyre, on Dec. 10 the City Council unanimously approved a month-to-month contract with the Delphi company to provide an Internet service that will provide residents with an inside look at the city’s finances.
Stottlemyre said he attended an Eastern Sierra Council of Governments meeting where representatives from Delphi discussed the program and its benefits to citizens.
December 21st
By
Mike Gervais/Register Staff
As Inyo County residents and visitors gather today and tomorrow to enjoy the warmth of family and crackling fires, hundreds of men and women are on the job this Christmas, ensuring that the streets are safe, the electricity is on and the roads are clear.
Each year, local law enforcement personnel patrol the streets, Public Works employees plow the roads and doctors and nurses staff local hospitals so everyone else can enjoy a merry Christmas. Hundreds more residents keep their cell phones and handheld radio nearby in an on-call capacity in case of an emergency.
By
Marilyn Blake Philip/Register Correspondent
Local quilters once again covered the nation’s troops with love from home by sending another Quilts of Valor care package to soldiers overseas.
Several members of the Calico Quilters Guild recently made quilts for wounded service members being treated at an Army base in Germany as part of their desire to let the troops know people at home still care.
The quilters have been providing this service for more than a decade.
By
Deb Murphy/Sports Editor
The iconic American image of Christmas morning is covered in snow – not the scraped, shoveled, heavily trodden, 2-day-old grey slush, but a pristine, freshly-fallen blanket of pure white.
It doesn’t matter if those Christmas cards or Lifetime movie versions are on display in Florida or Los Angeles; snow would provide the final touch to the holiday – the insulator from all the last-minute shopping, the long lines and longer lists, all the clutter of Christmas.
December 20th
By
Mike Gervais/Register Staff
Kern County Superior Court ruled this week that the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power must pay more than $1 million in fees to the Great Basin Unified Air Pollution Control District.
According to the courts, the fees were withheld by the LADWP as it contested orders for mitigation work on Owens Lake.
Great Basin said the $1.1 million the courts ordered the department to pay will be used to pay for legal costs incurred by the Air Pollution Control District in its legal battle with the LADWP over the utility’s obligation to prevent dust from blowing off Owens Lake.
By
Marilyn Blake Philip/Register Correspondent
Local officials have put together a plan to help home-based food entrepreneurs set up businesses making and selling their culinary specialties in 2013.
By
Mike Gervais/Register Staff
Monday, Dec. 10’s Bishop City Council Meeting provided a first for one council member and a last for another.
In her first act as a Bishop City Council member, Pat Gardner asked that city leaders discuss and approve a resolution that would make members of the City Council pay the same contributions to medical benefits as other city employees.
Second District Supervisor-elect Jeff Griffiths, in his final act as a City Council member, made a unanimously supported motion to approve the resolution.
Members of American Legion Post No. 118 and representatives of the City of Bishop prepare to hang a new sign in front of the Bishop Area Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Bureau. The new sign on Main Street will advertise the location of the Bishop Senior Center behind the city park. The American Legion raised money for the new sign and City Parks and Recreation Department staff installed it earlier this month.
December 19th
By
Marilyn Blake Philip/Register Correspondent
This Kmart gift card stand is a small mall loaded with last-minute, gift-buying opportunities for family and friends near and far. According to National Retail Federation, gift cards have been the most-requested gift for five years running. However, consumers are strongly advised before purchasing these cards to check for front- and back-end, inactivity and transaction fees and expiration dates that can end up costing their recipients or even render them useless. Want to shop locally?
County leaders said last week that they support a proposal for a large solar energy plant in southeast Inyo County, but only if the project proponent can guarantee that it won’t cost the county.
BrightSource Energy is proposing to build two 250-megawatt solar thermal power plants on a 5.1 square-mile site in the area north of Old Spanish Trail Highway, just west of the Nevada border in Charleston View.
