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Eastern Sierra Wildlife Care hosts its fifth annual Wild Spirits fundraiser Sunday, Oct. 24 at Mountain Light Gallery. (Photo: ESWC)
Calling all Wild Spirits
Razzle the Raven, door prizes, wildlife slide show, great hors d’oeuvres, snakes, silent auction (great gifts for Christmas!)—put them all together and what have you got? That’s right! It’s Eastern Sierra Wildlife Care’s Fifth Annual Wild Spirits fundraiser, Sunday, Oct. 24, 6-8 p.m., at beautiful Mountain Light Gallery, Main and Line, Bishop.
Razzle is ESWC’s new Wildlife Ambassador. Meet him and other critters (the kids’ll love the snakes!) and help ESWC raise funds to buy painkillers and antibiotics, mealworms and smelt, rakes and hoses, heating pads and light bulbs!
More info: call Cindy Kamler, 760.872.1487. –Press Release
Fall Blood Drive ups the ante
United Blood Services is asking individuals and businesses to “Find the Hero Inside You!” UBS, in association with long time partners the Mammoth Hospital Auxiliary, will hold their fall Blood Drive in Mammoth at the Fire Station #1 on Main Street on Oct. 19-21, from 10-6 daily (10-2 on Thurs.).
This year, UBS issued a challenge to businesses: “WHO CAN BRING IN THE MOST DONORS FOR THE BLOOD DRIVE?” Up for grabs is a reward for the highest percentage of employees who donate! And, Dennis Domaille said he’ll once again happily donate a fish taco plate from the Whoa Nellie Deli for each donor to make the deal even sweeter, er, fishier, er, taco-ier! To schedule an appointment, log on to www.Bloodhero.com and enter Sponsor Code: SNOW or call 760.937.9911. –Sheet Staff
First Five Tiny Toes
One, two – buckle your shoe. Three, four – get out the door. “Tiny Toes” is coming to the Mammoth Library starting Nov. 3. First 5 Mono County’s weekly parent-infant class offers creative ways to interact with infants, including activities that help promote their infant’s early literacy development and socialization.
“The more time parents spend bonding with their babies, the greater impact it will have on the rest of their lives,” Molly DesBaillets, School Readiness Coordinator, First 5 Mono County said.
Tiny Toes will meet every Wednesday for six weeks at the Cerro Coso Community College room in the Library from 10-11:30 a.m. The class is open to all Mono County parents with infants ages 0-1 or not yet walking and includes activities, stories and socialization.
Classes are free and bilingual Spanish/ English. More info or to sign up for this free class, contact Molly at 760.924.7626.
White Mountain lecture
The University of California White Mountain Research Station invites the public to a special lecture on Monday, Oct. 18, at 7 p.m., part of WMRS’s winter series, 3000 East Line St. in Bishop. Dr. Allen Glazner, professor of Geology at University of Carolina, Chapel Hill, will present “Geology Underfoot in Yosemite National Park,” which is also the title of his most recent book co-authored with Greg Stock, Yosemite National Park geologist. Glazner was also a guest speaker during last spring’s SNARL lecture series.
If you would like to have your copy of the book signed, bring it along. The book is available at the Booky Joint in Mammoth Lakes and at Spellbinder Books in Bishop.
All lectures are FREE to the public. More information, call 760.873.4344.
Whitney fuelwood sale
The Mount Whitney Ranger District of the Inyo National Forest is planning a special personal use fuelwood sale in the Whitney Portal Area beginning Oct. 20.
A limited number of participants for this fuelwood event will be selected by lottery, since there is a very limited amount of wood available.
Whitney Portal is normally closed to gathering personal use fuelwood, however specific areas within the drainage will be opened for fuelwood during this special event as wood becomes available from a fuels reduction project. A lottery will be used to determine who will be allowed to gather fuelwood in the area. Lottery entries will be accepted through Oct. 29. Individuals may submit one lottery entry per person, in person or by phone at the Interagency Visitor Center in Lone Pine, 760.876.6222. First selection will occur on Oct. 20.
Individuals will be randomly selected. Lottery selections may be made several times as more wood becomes available.
For more information, contact project leader Rick Napoles by email at rnapoles@fs.fed.us or by phone at 760.876.6205.
Mono Basin RPACtion
Join your neighbors and the Mono Basin RPAC for a series of coffee-and-dessert sessions to create ACTION PLANS for our community vision at the Lee Vining Community Center.
October 19, 6-8 p.m. Program: Fostering a Sustainable Economy.
October 27, 6-8 p.m. Program: Strengthening our Community
November 3, 6-8 p.m. Program: Designing our Community
November 13, , 3-5 p.m. Program: Enhancing our Quality of Life
For more information, visit www.monocounty.ca.gov/cdd%20site/Planning/MonoBasinCommunityPlan.htm
