by News Staff | Apr 5, 2017 | Obituaries
SAM DEAN 1933-2017 Sam was born January 19, 1933 in Chilton, Texas at home on the farm, to Ocie and James Dean. He only weighed 2 ¼ lbs. Ocie put him in a shoe box on the wood stove oven door which acted as an incubator. It was that beginning which formed the strong,...
by News Staff | Mar 28, 2017 | Obituaries
Ralph Wayne Summers, a masonry-carpenter-laborer and life-long resident of Bishop, CA, died on March 19, 2017 at the age of 58 in his home. Ralph was born in Bridgeport, CA on May 30, 1958 to Jackie and Frances Summers. He graduated from Bishop Union High School in...
by News Staff | Mar 14, 2017 | Government Agencies/Utilities, Obituaries
Violet Catherine Vernon was born on December 19, 1918 at Dynamo pond, Green Creek, Bridgeport, Ca. to Mervyn McKenzie of Bodie and Anna DeChambeau of the DeChambeau Ranch, Mono Lake. She died peacefully at Bishop Care Center on March 2, 2017. She grew up in the Mono...
by News Staff | Mar 14, 2017 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
By Deb Murphy Representatives from water agencies tapping into the Owens River groundwater basin gathered last Thursday for a second workshop on California’s mandate to achieve groundwater sustainability. The two biggest questions, however, remain unanswered: what...
by News Staff | Mar 13, 2017 | Obituaries
Lois Gilliland 1928-2017 Lois M. Gilliland, age 88, of Bishop California, passed away peacefully on March 8, 2017 at the Bishop Care Center. Lois was born in May of 1928 in Stratford, New Jersey to Edwin and Gladys Harris. The first eight years of her life were spent...
