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Public art project surfaces in Bishop |
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Friday, 18 July 2008 |
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By Darcy Ellis
Editor 7-17-2008
Despite some logistical headaches – including those entailed in transporting 50, 40- to 80-lb. fiberglass trout sculptures up and down U.S. 395 – the Eastern Sierra’s first public arts project to promote regional tourism is so far going just swimmingly.
Buoyed by what lead organizer and Mono Council for the Arts Executive Director Gaye Mueller calls tremendous community support, the locally unprecedented Trail of the Trout undertaking is reeling in both renewed interest in the arts and funds for Eastern Sierra fishing programs.
As part of their junket across the Eastern Sierra, the storied trout making up the 150-mile trail from Lone Pine to Bridgeport will be surfacing at an unveiling party tomorrow in Bishop at Inyo Council for the Arts.
According to Mueller, the event will mark the first and possibly only time most residents will be able to snag an up-close look at the works of art, many of which will be auctioned off in October and become part of private collections. |
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Man swept up in slide 'lucky to be alive' |
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Friday, 18 July 2008 |
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By Mike Gervais
Register Staff 7-17-2008
Don “Rock” Wood lived up to his nickname Saturday evening when he body-surfed a 15-foot high wall of mud, water, boulders and trees one mile down Oak Creek Saturday night, escaping the treacherous mud slide with nothing more than cuts, scrapes, bumps and bruises.
Wood, a resident of Oak Creek, is the only resident involved in Saturday’s flooding and mud slide that suffered any significant injuries, but the extent of his inflictions are minor compared to the ordeal he went through that night.
“He is lucky to be alive,” said Inyo County Sheriff’s Department Public Information Officer Carma Roper, “it’s nothing short of a miracle. But he has lost everything, as have many people.” |
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Thursday, 17 July 2008 |
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By Mike Gervais
Register Staff 7-17-2008 A body was located Wednesday afternoon in a steep chute on a mountain located about one mile west of Bishop.
As of press time Wednesday, an Inyo County Search and Rescue team was en route to the location where the body was discovered for a recovery mission.
The body was found below an east ridge north of Bishop Pass, within the search area that had been established earlier this month for 44-year-old San Diego resident Ric DeVan, last seen hiking in the area Friday, July 4. It could not be confirmed at press time if the body belonged to the missing man.
More than 60 Search and Rescue team members from across the state participated in the week-long search for DeVan before the mission was called off last Friday. |
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