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April 2005 Archive
Las Vegas-to-Mammoth Air Service
America West would be the carrier
April 30, 2005
By Lyin’ Judy BridgerPretty Funny … Lookin’ You can call me a liar all you want, and right you are, too. I’ve spun some honkers, but this is the straight-arrow truth: Mammoth will have commercial air...VONS TO REMODEL IN AUGUST
An inside-out makeover
April 29, 2005
By Bump DiamondMan About Town In Mammoth, the Center of the Universe is at Vons Supermarket, somewhere between frozen foods and the pharmacy. The Universe is about to be remade, at just about the worst time imaginable. ...Airport To Get A “Control Tower”
New design scheme goes to FAA
April 27, 2005
The Mammoth Yosemite Airport would get a control tower as part of new design elements submitted to the federal government on Wednesday. The tower would manage ground traffic when commercial airlines are operating, according to Robert...Fishmas Day Is Almost Here
10,000 anglers possible at Crowley
April 27, 2005
By Bump DiamondMan About Town With snow levels still at 7,500 feet, it looks as if Crowley Lake is about to get crushed on Opening Day of the High Sierra fishing season Saturday. “Expect the crowds to...SNARL Lectures Begin May 12
April 26, 2005
Lake Tahoe is just up the road and to the north, but in Mammoth—particularly a snowbound Mammoth—sometimes it feels as if Tahoe’s a million miles away. That changes on May 12, when the director of the Tahoe...Aging Gracefully
April 25, 2005
Any woman can have the body of a 21-year-old, as long as she buys him a few drinks first. My memory's not as sharp as it used to be. Also, my memory's not as sharp as it used to be....Head Up His Ass
April 24, 2005
Puns!
April 24, 2005
Those who jump off a bridge in Paris are in Seine. A man's home is his castle, in a manor of speaking. Dijon vu - the same mustard as before. Practice safe eating - always use condiments. Shotgun wedding: A...Smallish Tourism This Weekend, Next Week
April 21, 2005
By Bump DiamondMan About Town Hey! Where did everybody go? All we know up here in Mammoth is that they are going to go Somewhere Else. The projected average resort occupancy, from the town’s Departrment of...A Wow Day on Lincoln Mountain
April 21, 2005
By Bump DiamondMan About Town I got up there today at the crack of 9, jumping in on Chair 15, then to Canyon Express via Swell. This being the last week for Lincoln Mountain, everyone there was...Heavy Snow Delays Town Cleanup
April 21, 2005
Town official Mike Grossblatt said on April 20 that heavy snows will prevent the town from conducting its May 21 “Town Cleanup.” He said lots of trash, garbage and other debris from this past winter will still...Parking Meters? In Mammoth?
April 21, 2005
Planning Commissioner Neil McCarroll said April 20 that parking meters for Mammoth are inevitable, but not anytime soon. Speaking at an informal joint workshop on parking between the Planning Commission and the Town Council, McCarroll, a local...McCartney in Mammoth
April 20, 2005
By Bump DiamondMan About Town Yeah, yeah, yeah, that was Paul McCartney in Mammoth. The former Beatle, now 62, showed up at Whiskey Creek on Tuesday, April 10. The word around town is that he jammed, had...Officials Skirmish Over Mammoth Airport Expansion
April 19, 2005
Mammoth Town Councilman Skip Harvey and the town’s newly-formed airport commission this week engaged in a contentious public dispute over safety issues. Harvey, a first-year councilman, alleged in an April 7 letter to the Federal Aviation Administration...Smoke On The Way
April 18, 2005
If you notice an unusual amount of smoke emanating from the Casa Diablo area southeast of Mammoth, there is no need to freak out. With snowbanks still as high as houses in town, it's not exactly the...July 4 for Tioga Pass?
April 17, 2005
Tioga Pass, the eastern gateway to Yosemite Park, may not open until July 4 because of heavy snows, a Caltrans official said. Normally. the pass is open on or near Memorial Day. Ryan Dermody, representing Caltrans at the Mono County...Building Eagle Lodge: 2006?
April 17, 2005
If things go as planned, Mammoth Mountain Ski Area would begin construction of a 50,000 square-foot base lodge at Eagle Express/Chair 15 in the summer of 2006, CEO Rusty Gregory said. While awaiting environmental review and...Lacey, the Hitchhiking Hound
April 16, 2005
By Bump DiamondMan About Town Just about everybody around here knows about Lacey, the hitchhiking hound. Lacey, a handsome Samoyed, lives with Bea Ladinig down near Crowley Lake, and when spring is in the air, Lacey gets going. ...Cunningham Can Get His Land Back
April 16, 2005
Bill Cunningham, who sold his controversial Mono Lake parcel to Mammoth Mountain Ski Area for $3 million in early March, can regain control of the land within two years under a complicated real estate scheme, Mammoth Mountain CEO...Amid The Snow, A Butterfly Migration
April 15, 2005
Thousands—perhaps millions—of Painted Lady butterflies are moving through the Mammoth high country in spite of one of the biggest winters in recent history. Paul McFarland, executive director of the Friends of the Inyo, said today that...Yosemite: An Editorial
April 15, 2005
From the May/June issue of Mammoth Monthly on newsracks now. YOSEMITE It’s spring up here in the Eastern Sierra—finally—which means that our strange, summertime affair with Yosemite National Park is about to be rekindled. If you live in...Dave McCoy's Exit
April 14, 2005
From the May/June Mammoth Monthly Mammothists are used to the ground moving under their feet, but usually the tectonic shifts are geologic and sudden. With Dave McCoy’s announcement that he is selling his interests in the ski...May/June Mammoth Monthly On Racks
April 14, 2005
Mammoth Monthly began distributing its May/June 2005 issue tonight. Distribution on Mammoth Monthly newsracks and outlets will continue throughout tomorrow and the upcoming weekend. This month, the Monthly gets into mules, with a Mule...3-Dot News: May/June
April 14, 2005
From the May/June Edition of Mammoth Monthly Mammoth is turning into a golf town, in case you’ve been on Mars or too busy skiing spring snow in the Negatives. After only 15 years of give-and-take and on-and-off, Snowcreek Resort...Mono Basin Visitor Center Open
April 14, 2005
Having been shuttered for the winter, the Mono Basin Scenic Area Visitor Center, just north of Lee Vining off U.S. Hwy. 395, is open again. However, the center will be open only Thursdays through Mondays, at least for now,...Slowdown in Mammoth
April 14, 2005
It's officially the spring shoulder season in Mammoth, according to projections by the town's Department of Tourism and Recreation. The projected resort occupancy for this weekend and next week is as follows: Friday night 4/15/05 - Saturday night...USSA Snubs California in 2006
April 14, 2005
The road to the 2006 Winter Olympics in Italy goes through Colorado, Utah, Oregon and New Jersey, but it won't go through California. Neither the Lake Tahoe resorts nor Mammoth will host any sanctioned event in alpine, snowboarding, freestyle...Westin Monache Sells Out In Four Hours
April 14, 2005
Investors jumped at the chance to purchase hotel room condominiums in a new development in Mammoth Lakes, buying all 141 units for sale at the Westin Monache in less than four hours Saturday, the developers said. The Los Angeles Times...Eastside Velo Announces Ride Schedule
April 12, 2005
By Bump Diamond The Eastside Velo Club, Mammoth's road cycling club, announced its season schedule today, opening with a May 1 ride at Millpond and ending with the Sept. 10 Fall Century. In between, the club announced...Slow Start Projected
April 3, 2005
The Sierra Drifters this month projected a slow start to the fishing season. In an email sent to the outfit's subscribers, the Drifters referred to current conditions simply as a "Bummer," owing to high snow and ice conditions, in addtion...Spring Skiing With Spyderman and Spiffy
April 3, 2005
By Lyin' Judy Bridger The last weeks of the ski season up here are a liar’s paradise, I am telling you. The rookie pass holders are out—as it turns out, they are the last of them, according to...
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