Snippets about Lake Tahoe

• Join UC Davis, the Tahoe Resource Conservation District and Master Gardeners for a free Green Thumb Gardening class on July 10 from 2 to 5pm at the Tahoe City Field Station (Historic Hatchery) for backyard composting, vegetable gardening Tahoe style and free native plant drawing. Here is the Green Thumb schedule.

• Sample the Sierra needs restaurants to participate in the South Lake Tahoe event Labor Day weekend. Contact Emily@TahoeChamber.org or call (775) 588.1728, ext. 303 for info.

• Christina Erny is Reno-Sparks Convention and Visitors Authority’s PR/social media coordinator, which means she is responsible for social media planning and managing media relations to increase awareness of the Reno, Sparks and North Lake Tahoe areas.

• The parole hearing for Steve Wasserman has been moved to July 26.

• The Nevada Arts Council is honoring veteran cowboy poet Waddie Mitchell with the 2012 Nevada Heritage Award, which honors Nevada folk and traditional artists who embody the highest level of artistic achievement in their work.