Letters to the editor

ALIMAR Dinner thanks

Dear Editor:

The Mono Lake Committee was joined on Friday, April 29, by a wonderful group of Andrea Lawrence’s family, friends, and supporters at the first annual Andrea Lawrence Award Dinner. We would like to thank Rusty Gregory and Mammoth Mountain Ski Area for their generous sponsorship of the dinner. This very special event would have been impossible without their help. We are equally grateful to the Lawrence family for their constant support.

The gathering was held in the Parallax Restaurant at McCoy Station on Mammoth Mountain, where guests had a spectacular sunset view of the landscape Andrea loved. A diverse group of speakers related favorite memories of Andrea and their hopes that her legacy will live on through the Mono Lake Committee’s Andrea Lawrence Fund.

The event culminated in the presentation of the Andrea Lawrence Award to the Eastern Sierra Audubon Society, whose work to initiate the Owens Lake Master Plan process reflected the spirit of collaboration for which Andrea was a tireless advocate.

Thank you to all who came to share your evening with us. We look forward to seeing both old friends and new at the next Andrea Lawrence Award Dinner in the spring of 2012.

In the meantime, learn more about the Award Dinner and the Andrea Lawrence Fund on our website: www.monolake.org/mlc/alad.

Julia Runcie
Mono Lake Committee

“Bingo” thanks!

Dear Editor:

The Mammoth Lakes Women’s Club recently held its second Bingo Night fundraiser at Lakanuki.  We would like to thank the following businesses for donating to the success of this event.

Thank you to Addictive Pain Tattoo, Amy Wild, Booky Joint, Clocktower, Good Life Cafe, Java Joint, Lakanuki, Libby’s Nails, The Local Book, Looney Bean, Mammoth Brewing Company, Mammoth Mountain Chalets, Mammoth Mountain and Sierra Star Golf Club, Minaret Cinemas, Rafters, Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Side Door Cafe, Skadi, Snowcreek Athletic Club, Snowcreek Golf Club, Stellar Brew, Tamarack, Thai’d Up, Westin Whitebark, and all the individuals that donated prizes for the event.

We would also like to thank The Sheet for helping us to promote this event. We would not be able to have fundraising events without the help of local businesses like these. So if you were unable to participate in the event, please stop in and support any of our sponsors and thank them for their generosity in supporting our local community efforts.

Pat Agnitch and Joanne Hunt
Mammoth Lakes Women’s Club