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 A local resident lost her life this week when her vehicle apparently rolled on Fish Slough Road sometime Monday morning. The cause and other details about the crash are still under investigation. Photo by Mike Bodine By Darcy Ellis
Editor
8-31-2010 A Bishop woman was killed sometime Monday morning in a single-vehicle rollover on Fish Slough Road.
Doris Jean Smither, 66, was discovered dead that afternoon inside the wreckage of her 2000 Honda, about 5.5 miles north of Five Bridges Road and just on the northern side of the Inyo-Mono county line.
According to California Highway Patrol Public Information Officer Denis Cleland, investigators are still trying to determine exactly when the collision occurred.
The road leads to a popular Native American petroglyph site. The road is both sandy and rocky with deep shoulders on both sides.
A neighbor of Smithers’ told investigators that Smithers had left the house sometime between 5 and 10 a.m.
The wreckage – including a debris field stretching for about 200 feet – was found at about 3:20 p.m. by a Department of Fish and Game employee who immediately drove back to report the scene, Cleland said.
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Visitors urged to be bear aware |
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Tuesday, 31 August 2010 |
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By Mike Gervais
Register Staff
8-31-2010 Local officials are reminding campers to store all food in bear canisters and lockers as Whitney Portal and the Alabama Hills see increased ursine activity this year.
Doug Thompson, owner of the Mt. Whitney Hostel and Whitney Portal Store, said that the past few years have seen light bear activity, but this year the number of bears seems to be more normal, with about 10 haunting campsites and homes in the Whitney Portal and Alabama Hills area.
“They’re not breaking into cabins or cars, but they have been pretty active in the campgrounds and the trail head area,” Thompson said.
Thompson said he and his staff, along with area campground hosts and the U.S. Forest Service, have been working hard to educate visitors in the Alabama Hills and Whitney Portal campsites, but some campers just don’t seem to believe that there is bear activity until they see one.
“Everybody’s doing their part,” Thompson said, “it’s just that it’s hard for the tourists to understand that these bears are really smart, and they’re fast.”  Reports of increased bear activity in the Lone Pine area have prompted local officials to increase efforts to educate recreators on some of the crafty creature’s tricks, such as stealing food from bear lockers during dinner time, when campers have the lockers open and are cooking. File photo |
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Adult ROP classes on chopping block |
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Tuesday, 31 August 2010 |
 The new Bishop Unified School District Board – Trinna Orrill, Eric Richman, Carl Lind, Jim Tatum and President Kathy Zack – along with BUSD Superintendent Barry Simpson, Chief Business Officer Midge Milici and Administrative Assistant Resa Roberts (l-r) at last Thursday’s meeting. The meeting included a presentation of new ROP guidelines by Terry McAteer, county superintendent of schools. Photo by Mike Bodine By Mike Bodine
Register Staff
8-31-2010 Popular regional occupational programs, known simply as ROP classes, are the latest educational opportunities that need to be adjusted accordingly in response to the sagging state and national economy.
Details are still being ironed out, but due to continued budget cuts from the state, the Inyo County Superintendent of Schools Office has proposed discontinuing adult/evening ROP classes next school year to preserve more classes for students during the day. However, this could also mean the loss of jobs for ROP teachers.
Glossy fliers were just mailed out to Bishop postal patrons advertising this school year’s adult/evening ROP offerings.
At the latest Bishop Unified School District meeting on Thursday, Superintendent of Schools Terry McAteer presented his plan to a restless and grumbling crowd.
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Digital 395 project closer to reality |
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Tuesday, 31 August 2010 |
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By Mike Gervais
Register Staff
8-31-2010 Inyo County is on the fast track to high-speed broadband capabilities thanks to the recent award of federal funding.
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration announced earlier this month the award of a broadband infrastructure investment grant to the California Broadband Cooperative, Inc., which will build a fiber-optic network in the Owens Valley.
The grant, totaling $81.1 million, will fund the construction of “Digital 395,” a middle-mile fiber-optic network between Barstow and Carson City, Nev.
According to Inyo County Information Services Director Brandon Shults, Digital 395 “puts the Eastern Sierra on an equal socio-economic footing with non-rural areas without compromising the Eastern Sierra lifestyle.”
Shults said the Digital 395 project “is like the L.A. Aqueduct” in that it provides a huge conduit, but for information rather than water.
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