Snippets about Lake Tahoe

• January is National Learn to Ride/Ski month, so check your favorite resort for deals.

• Jesse Siess Hadley has been hired as executive director of the Tahoe Maritime Museum in Homewood.

• The January-February issue of AARP magazine has a story about what to do in a ski town if you don’t schuss. Lots of ideas about things to do in Lake Tahoe are in it.

• Better World Books sells books and uses the proceeds to put an end to illiteracy worldwide. They also recycle the books.

• The first Summit of the Horse in Vegas last week had dozens in attendance advocating ranchers and horse owners be allowed to slaughter their animals and have the meat sold as food.

• Young Tahoe Smiles is subsidizing basic dental care for children who meet certain criteria. For more information, call dentist Mireya Ortega at (530) 541.7040.