Snippets about Lake Tahoe

• Rep. Eliot Engle, D-N.Y., will be the commencement speaker June 24 at Lake Tahoe Community College.

• Edible Communities and its 70 magazines, including Edible Reno-Tahoe, won the first James Beard Foundation Publication of the Year Award.

• Lake Tahoe Unified School District board give Superintendent Jim Tarwater a glowing review this month. But finances such as they are, it comes with a gold star, not cash – and a one-year extension.

• “Question of the Week” has replaced “Tahoe Facts” on Lake Tahoe News. Chime in with our opinion and send question ideas to info@LakeTahoeNews.net.

• Walsworth Publishing representative Natasha McGlinn presented a Gallery of Excellence Award to South Tahoe High School yearbook students Torrie Zaccor, Sarah Benedict, Zaida Landeros, Jan Wirtz, and Kailey Killeen for their consistency and dedication in producing a yearbook that will be used as an example nationwide.