Event ticklers
Hospital honors long-time employees
A total of 47 Mammoth Hospital employees were recognized with tenure certificates and highlights of their careers at a recent Southern Mono Healthcare District Board meeting.
Hospital employees were recognized for their dedicated time and efforts to Mammoth Hospital and its community ranging from five years to 30 years of service, which included Heather Tindall, RN, and Joanne Hunt, RN, recognized for 25 years, and Natalie Sanders, RN, recognized for 30 years of service.
USAF Band free show
Nothing can stop the U.S. Air Force, and that’s a great thing for area music fans, who will be treated to a free concert by the U.S. Air Force Band of the Golden West Saturday, Feb. 12, at 7 p.m. in the Lone Pine High School Auditorium, 538 S. Main Street.
Based out of Travis Air Force Base, the band’s appearance is sponsored in part by the Lone Pine Chamber of Commerce, Lone Pine High School, McDonald’s and Turner Barnes VFW CA Post 8036.
More info: 760.876.5577.
“Poetry Out Loud”
“Poetry is the language in which man explores his own amazement,” wrote Christopher Fry. “Poetry Out Loud,” a national competition sponsored by the Poetry Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, seeks to reintroduce the glory of classical poetry to high schoolers. Mono County is participating this year, with students from Benton, Coleville and Mammoth entered in the tiered competition, that goes from the county to the state and on to the finals in Washington, D.C.
Support Mono’s young competitors as they read “Poetry Out Loud” Saturday, Feb. 12, at 6 p.m. in the Edison Theatre @ Mammoth’s Cerro Coso campus. The event is free and open to the public.
