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bigbeargrizzly.net NEWS & SPORTS Online—all the time INSIDE OUTLOOK, Page 17 Fruits, veggies, flowers and more, oh my Big Bear Originals peeks inside Castle Wood Cottages, where an overnight stay becomes an adventure. Page 13 Big Bear High School’s spring sports teams are in action and ready to take on contend- ers for a De Anza League title. Page 21 facebook.com/BigBearGrizzly @BBGrizzly Big Bear Lake (San Bernardino County) California 75 cents bigbeargrizzly.net | Wednesday, April 1, 2015 6 56525 11111 2 INSIDE Volume 74, Number 32 2 In Brief 3 Traffic delays this summer 6 Fire and Water 8 Cycling in school 10,11 Easter services 12 Obits, Sheriff’s Log 16 Marketing 101 19 Movie listings 25 Grizzly Classifieds KATHY PORTIE/Big Bear Grizzly Three men pony up for women’s health issues By KATHY PORTIE Reporter 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 track By KATHERINE DAVIS-YOUNG Reporter 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
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INSIDE
OUTLOOK, Page 17
Fruits, veggies, flowers
and more, oh my
Big Bear Originals peeks inside Castle Wood Cottages, where an overnight stay becomes an adventure. Page 13
Big Bear High School’s spring sports teams are in action and ready to take on contend-ers for a De Anza League title. Page 21
facebook.com/BigBearGrizzly @BBGrizzly
Big Bear Lake (San Bernardino County) California
75 centsbigbeargrizzly.net | Wednesday, April 1, 2015
6 56525 11111 2
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
KA
TH
Y P
OR
TIE
/Big
Bear
Gri
zzly
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
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