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INSIDEVolume 74, Number 32

2 In Brief3 Traffic delays this summer6 Fire and Water

8 Cycling in school10,11 Easter services12 Obits, Sheriff’s Log

16 Marketing 10119 Movie listings25 Grizzly Classifieds

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Three men pony up for

women’s health issues

By KATHY PORTIEReporter

A knight, a friar and a bartender walk

into town. No, it’s not the lead in for a joke.

It’s the latest lineup for the Soroptimist

International of Big Bear Valley’s Man About

Town fundraiser.

The 2015 Man About Town candidates

were announced at the annual kickoff lun-

cheon March 27 at Nottinghams Tavern

amidst laughter and good cheer. This

year’s candidates include a local govern-

ment representative and two restaurateurs.

Rob Robbins, a recently-appointed member

of the Bear Valley Community Healthcare

District, Nottinghams co-owner Craig

Brewster and Murray’s Saloon & Eatery

owner Mike Kostiuk will battle it out the next

two months.

The campaign includes several individ-

ual fundraisers in April and May before the

grand finale on May 17. Funds are raised for

the Soroptimist women’s health program.

This year’s theme is Charging Forward for

Women’s Health. The 2015 Man About Town candidates are charging forward for women’s health. Pictured are, from left, Rob Robbins, Mike Kostiuk and Craig Brewster.

Charge! Man About Town kicks off for 2015

See MAT Page 4

State tightens water regulations, Big Bear agencies are on trackBy KATHERINE DAVIS-YOUNGReporter

Amid the worst drought in state his-

tory, California is looking for ways to get

residents to cut back on water use. The State

Water Resources Control Board announced

updates to emergency water conservation

regulations this week. For the most part,

Big Bear’s water agencies are already in

compliance.

“The way I put it is, we went from worst

to first,” said Bill La Haye, Big Bear Lake

Department of Water and Power conserva-

tion manager. “We ran into these problems

a decade ago and took care of it. Most other

communities in California are just now

catching on with this.”

La Haye said the state’s new restrictions

will have little impact on the DWP, which

has had similar water use restrictions in

place since the area faced drought condi-

tions in 2003 and 2004. Scott Heule, general

manager of the Big Bear City Community

Services District, confirmed the same was

true for his agency.

Both agencies fall in the lower half of

statewide rankings of per capita water use.

And Big Bear Lake DWP was one of 19

agencies recognized in a recent State Water

Board report for “noteworthy conservation

IT’S AN ORIGINAL LET THE GAMES BEGIN

See WATER Page 15