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There is an Emergency Medical Technician course being provided by Cerro Coso Community College, hosted by the Big Pine Volunteer Fire Department beginning in January of 2020. This course will teach you how to save lives. The volunteer fire departments in Inyo County desperately need volunteer EMTs, especially those who have ability (or permission of their employer) during daytime hours.

“We are very grateful to the funders for making these scholarships possible each year and to Deanna Campbell and her staff at Cerro Coso Community College for all their time, support and dedication to manage the ESF scholarships,” said Jeff Griffiths. “Scholarships from the Eastern Sierra Foundation fund 100% of tuition and $300 towards books for ANY Inyo County resident attending the Bishop campus full-time, simultaneously supporting our local students and our local college.”

A plaque was given to Terry and Liz McAteer for their dedicated service to the Eastern Sierra Foundation and the advancement of higher education in Inyo County.

Success for Cerro Coso Community College (CCCC), with its two local college centers located in Mammoth Lakes and Bishop, collectively known as the Eastern Sierra College Center (ESCC), would be graduating 63 local students, a 65 percent increase over last year’s graduating class.

On September 24th, 2014, the Bishop Chamber of Commerce will [...]