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A valiant fundraiser

A valiant fundraiser

Marc Margulies in Cambodia filming “Act of Valor”

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Operation blowdown

Operation blowdown

Some fallen “sailors”

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Telemark skiing mas fun with Franosch

By Dave Leonard Have you ever wanted to try telemark skiing but didn’t know where to start? Well, help is at hand for the tele-curious in the form of a new instructional DVD entitled “Modern Telemark: Art and Technique” by local freeheel legend Urmas Franosch. Urmas has an impressive resume: he is a former member [...]

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State news briefs

Ninth nixes 8 … California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom, who championed same-sex marriage while Mayor of San Francisco, was one of those who celebrated a decision last week by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, which ruled unconstitutional Proposition 8, the 2008 California ballot measure that banned same sex marriage. “Proposition 8 [...]

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PAC your bags

Mammoth Lakes Town Council voted Wednesday to give Elizabeth Tenney’s Gateway Project $250,000 out of the Public Arts Fund, effectively overruling its own Public Arts Commission. In a letter to Council submitted prior to Wednesday’s regular meetng, Arts Commission Chairman Nick Holst said he did not support Tenney’s request. “My response is still, ‘this is [...]

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Frozen funding

Supervisors Bell Diversion Pipeline vote not legit At Tuesday’s Mono County Board of Supervisors’ meeting, Supervisors, by a 3-2 vote, thought they had committed to taking $60,000 from the County’s contingency fund to help pay for a pipeline to keep fish from freezing at Conway Ranch. By Wednesday, they learned they hadn’t committed anything at [...]

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A legend passes on: Jill Kinmont Boothe, 1936-2012

A legend passes on: Jill Kinmont Boothe, 1936-2012

Jill Kinmont Boothe with long-time friend and mentor Dave McCoy.

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Heli-Yeah! High time for Skytime aerial tours

Heli-Yeah! High time for Skytime aerial tours

Hovering at altitude

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Soccer snaked by Oxnard

Soccer snaked by Oxnard

The MHS Girls Soccer Team ended the season with a hokey-pokey of a loss.

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Mountain Town News

By Allen Best Love it or loathe it! SALIDA, Colo. – The landscape artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude made quite a pair. Appearing on the stage of the high school in Telluride a few years ago to talk about their latest project in Colorado, they bantered back and forth a bit like Sonny and Cher. Although [...]

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