Snippets about Lake Tahoe

• Sample the Sierra’s 2011 date has been changed to Sept. 4. The event is on Ski Run Boulevard in South Tahoe.

• Financial relief for residents making weatherization improvements to their homes is available through El Dorado County. For more information, go online.

• Barron’s magazine lists Lake Tahoe – the California side – as the seventh best place to buy a second home. No. 1 is Seas Island, Ga.

• The Cork & More in South Lake Tahoe is hosting its monthly Wine Evening from 7-9pm on April 21, with Soroptimist International Tahoe Sierra the beneficiary. Tickets are $15 per person.

• Concerned about genetically modified organisms when it comes to what you eat? Then check out this link to take some action.