• August’s South Shore Relay for Life raised $56,000.

• Chase International’s Reno office has expanded to include a new property management division. The division, headed by Lois Kidder and Lisa Wallace, will focus on long-term residential and commercial property management in the Reno-Sparks and Zephyr Cove areas.

• Moss Adams accounting firm this month released stats showing Kirkwood Mountain Resort had record profits for the 2009-10 fiscal year ending in July. The resort reported net profits that were 25 percent higher than any prior year in Kirkwood’s history and this marks the second year in a row the resort posted a gain of more than 50 percent.

• Kahle Community Park is taking signups for girls in grades 3-6 who want to participate in a 3-on-3 basketball league. Deadline is Oct. 1.

• The California Department of Fish & Game has delayed implementation of the Paiute Cutthroat Trout Restoration Project in Silver King Creek until 2011 because of potential contracting difficulties arising from the lack of a state budget.

• John Merryfield of Kings Beach is going to paddleboard around the 72 miles of Lake Tahoe to raise money about farm animals.

• South Lake Tahoe’s 10 City Council candidates were invited to a three-hour session with city officials last week to learn about what they might be getting themselves into; info on the budget; Brown Act rules; and a lesson in ethics.