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Taste of Christmas

Olive Hart, center, samples a Community Christmas dinner outside the fellowship hall at the Bishop United Methodist Church on Christmas Day. Pictured with Olive are Mikaela Griffiths, left, and Olive’s grandmother, Michele Hart.

This day in history (Dec. 24)

502 – Chinese emperor Xiao Yan names Xiao Tong his heir designate.
640 – Pope John IV is elected.
759 – Tang dynasty poet Du Fu departs for Chengdu, where he is hosted by fellow poet Pei Di.

What you may have missed this week

Tuesday, Dec. 19

• County to see boost in tobacco funding
• BLM heads up well monitoring
• Latest Main Street business goes to the dogs

Thursday, Dec. 21

This day in history (Dec. 17)

497 BC – The first Saturnalia festival was celebrated in ancient Rome.
546 – Siege of Rome: The Ostrogoths under king Totila plunder the city, by bribing the Byzantine garrison.
920 – Romanos I Lekapenos is crowned co-emperor of the underage Constantine VII.

This day in history (Dec. 10)

1041 – The son of Empress Zoë of Byzantium succeeds to the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire as Michael V.

Coming up this week (Dec.4-Dec. 10 )

Tuesday, Dec. 5

County supervisors
The Inyo County Board of Supervisors meets in regular session at 10 a.m. The meeting will be held in the Board Chambers at the County Administrative Center in Independence, 224 N. Edwards St.

This day in history (Dec. 3)

915 – Pope John X crowned Berengar I of Italy as Holy Roman Emperor.
1799 – War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Wiesloch: Austrian Lieutenant Field Marshal Anton Sztáray defeats the French at Wiesloch.

Coming up this week (Nov. 27-Dec. 3)

Monday, Nov. 27

Bishop City Council
The Bishop City Council will meet at 6 p.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 301 W. Line St. The meeting will be streamed live on Channel 12 or online at cityofbishop.com.

Tuesday, Nov. 28

This day in history (Nov. 25)

1715 - Sybilla Thomas Masters became the first American to be granted an English patent for cleaning and curing Indian corn.

1758 - During the French and Indian War, the British captured Fort Duquesne at what is now known as Pittsburgh.

Coming up this week (Nov. 20-24)

Monday, Nov. 20

Bishop Bride Club
The Bishop Bridge Club meets every Monday at 12:15 p.m. at the St. Timothy’s Anglican Church parish hall. New members always are welcome. For more information, call (760) 873-4325.

Tuesday, Nov. 21