• El Dorado County Board of Supervisors this month agreed to reinvest some of the hotel taxes it collects on tourism related entities. The Lake Tahoe South Shore Chamber of Commerce is getting $92,770; El Dorado Arts Council $99,450; and El Dorado Lake Tahoe Film and Media Office $89,140.

• Barton Memorial Hospital Auxiliary’s annual Holiday Faire at St. Theresa Catholic Church is Nov. 7 from 9am-3pm. The church is at the corner of Lyons Avenue and Highway 50 in South Lake Tahoe. The auxiliary’s famous cheese balls will be for sale.

• Maybe the Canyons Resort in Utah will start a trend this winter by being the first ski area in the U.S. to have an enclosed heated chairlift.

• Sierra-at-Tahoe’s annual Pray for Snow Party is Nov. 11 at Mo’s Place in South Lake Tahoe on Lake Tahoe Boulevard. Season pass holders get in at 6pm, everyone else is welcome at 7pm.

• The two-day youth summit that was planned for November on the South Shore has been canceled and will be rescheduled for spring 2011.

• The Legislature has amended health and safety code 103625(b) to include a $2 fee to be transmitted to the state treasurer for the Umbilical Cord Blood Collection and Storage Program. This change will add $2 to each birth certificate in El Dorado County beginning Nov. 1.