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JIM CORE (b. 1936): Jim Core, dubbed the “Bank of Mammoth” by the late Rick Blake and considered by many to be one of Mammoth’s three “icons” of the real estate and business communities (along with Dave McCoy and Tom Dempsey) passed away July 17. Core, who co-owned the Inyo-Mono Title Company with his son [...]

Tough times create stress, and stress creates, well, bad decision-making. By split decision, the winner is Jonathon Anderson, because hiding under the bed generally doesn’t work after the age of five … and didn’t work here. READY OR NOT: Jonathon Anderson, 24, of Mammoth Lakes was arrested in early October and charged with attempted murder. [...]

Memorable quotes from the Eastern Sierra this past year. “The built environment in Mammoth is as bad as it gets. I spit up blood when I have to travel up Main Street or Old Mammoth Rd.” – Old Mammoth Place project consultant Dana Severy “Mere mention of the word ‘process’ can give Councilmember Suginomora a [...]

As you might expect, sports were huge this past year, with the Olympics in Whistler, a state football title and more. Greg Bretz was one of many athletes that flew high.

The year in arts was about new beginnings, or at least a renewed push to support them. Mammoth (and Bishop) turned to the Arts to keep its sanity during the recession. MOVIES If they had to do it again, the only scene that movie lovers and festival promoters Meng King and Andreas Wettstein would probably [...]

As always, it was a rich year to be a local pundit. Like everyone else on the planet, Lunch was dismayed by too much government and an inability to pay for it. As reported in the Mar. 27 edition, The Town’s CalPers retirement obligations have doubled since ‘04. Health obligations have risen sixfold. And yet [...]

As Mac said in a recent story “the town (and he may as well have said the Sierra) has only one requirement to really be a true local – you’ve got to have a big heart. What follows are synopses of some of the personal profiles we ran this year. Chris Hernandez (Jan. 9): Hernandez, [...]

If you’re looking for love in all the wrong places, that means you’re probably reading The Sheet personals. Here’s a sampling of the year’s best. Need to … make a few resolutions? Come on over to my place. They don’t call me Father Time for nothing. I saw you … at your place. Maybe they [...]

Original Christmas artwork by Belle Dolan Carleton, 5. On behalf of Santa, The Sheet received several letters which we promptly forwarded to the North Pole. Santa would like to thank all of the obviously good boys and girls for taking the time to write him. Each child who wrote in is eligible to receive a [...]

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