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What you might have missed

TUESDAY

* Local woman starts non-profit to help homeless dogs in Caribean

* Precipitation hits 187 percent of average for March

* Broncos varsity baseball team loses district opener

THURSDAY

* Big 5 Sporting Goods hopes to score in Bishop

Coming up this week (March 18-March 24)

Monday, March 18

Narcotics Anonymous
Bishop, 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. Book study at First Methodist Church, 205 Fowler St. (across from kitchen).

Tuesday, March 19

This day in history (March 17}

45 BC – In his last victory, Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger in the Battle of Munda.
180 – Commodus becomes sole emperor of the Roman Empire at the age of eighteen, following the death of his father, Marcus Aurelius.[1]

What you might have missed this week

TUESDAY (March 12)

* LADWP to spread water in Long Valley

* Search for missing Marine continues

* Death Valley sets new attendance record

THURSDAY (March 14)

* Celebration, reflection greet Alabama Hills designation

Coming up this week (March 11 - March 17)

Monday, March 11

FAA safety forum
FAA safety forum /presentation will be from 5:30 p.m. –  7:30 p.m. at the Bishop Airport FBO. All are welcome (presentation geared towards pilots and future pilots. For more information, call the Bishop Airport, (760) 972-2971.

This day in history (March 10)

241 BC – First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates: The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing the First Punic War to an end.
298 – Roman Emperor Maximian concludes his campaign in North Africa against the Berbers, and makes a triumphal entry into Carthage.

Coming up this week (March 4 - March 10)

Monday, March 4

Narcotics Anonymous
Bishop, 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. Book study at First Methodist Church, 205 Fowler St. (across from kitchen).

Tuesday, March 5

This day in history (March 3)

473 – Gundobad (nephew of Ricimer) nominates Glycerius as emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
724 – Empress Genshō abdicates the throne in favor of her nephew Shōmu who becomes emperor of Japan.
1284 – The Statute of Rhuddlan incorporates the Principality of Wales into England.

This day in history (Feb. 24)

1803 – In Marbury v. Madison, the Supreme Court of the United States establishes the principle of judicial review.
1809 – London's Drury Lane Theatre burns to the ground, leaving owner Richard Brinsley Sheridan destitute.

This day in history (Feb. 17)

1801 – An electoral tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr is resolved when Jefferson is elected President of the United States and Burr, Vice President by the United States House of Representatives.
1814 – War of the Sixth Coalition: The Battle of Mormant.