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Inyo County June 5, 2018, Primary

This day in history (June 3)

350 – The Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman emperor, entering Rome at the head of a group of gladiators.

County to begin enforcing short-term rental law

Since the Inyo County Board of Supervisors approved the county’s short-term rental ordinance and the Planning Department began taking applications for them on April 20, the county has allowed some time for those running such businesses to submit applications for the new process.

Fourty-nine years of Mule Days

A packer with Reds Meadow Pack Station races for the finish line during a Mule Days competition.
Photo by Gayla Wolf/The Honey Bee

This day in history (May 20)

325 – The First Council of Nicaea is formally opened, starting the first ecumenical council of the Christian Church.
491 – Empress Ariadne marries Anastasius I. The widowed Augusta is able to choose her successor for the Byzantine throne, after Zeno (late emperor) dies of dysentery.

This day in history (May 13)

1780 – The Cumberland Compact is signed by leaders of the settlers in early Tennessee.
1787 – Captain Arthur Phillip leaves Portsmouth, England, with eleven ships full of convicts (the "First Fleet") to establish a penal colony in Australia.

What you might have missed this week

TUESDAY

• Supervisors to hear reports on filming, agriculture

• OVUSD board answers bond questions

• Lady Broncos softball finishes season against Frazier Mountain

THURSDAY

• Ag production goes up, still below pre-drought levels

This day in history (May 6)

January 1 - Croatian nobles elect Ferdinand I of Austria as King of Croatia in the Parliament on Cetin.
January 5 – Felix Manz, co-founder of the Swiss Anabaptists, is drowned in the Limmat in Zürich, by the Zürich Reformed state church.

What you might have missed this week

TUESDAY (May 1)

• Crowley Lake fish survey results released

• Children's Memorial Day observed during local ceremony

• Manzanar Pilgrimage keeps the stories alive

THURSDAY (May 3)

• Sheriff candidates Hollowell, Nicholson square off

Pilgrimage drums

The UCLA Kyodo Taiko drum corps performs at the 49th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage on Saturday. For more photos from the event, see today's edition of The Inyo Register (Thursday, May 3).
Photo by Jon Klusmire