Snippets about Lake Tahoe

• Smokey the Bear turns 67 today. Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit is having a birthday party today at 2pm at the Taylor Creek Visitor Center on Highway 89.

• Douglas County Mosquito Control District is having an open house at its offices on Airport Road in Minden on Aug. 10 from 4-7pm.

• Tahoe Maritime Museum’s Family Day is Aug. 20 from 10am-5pm in Homewood. Admission is $3 for kids with the purchase of adult admission.

• The summer issue of CalStar’s “RotorWash” has a story about the South Tahoe unit helping out with community education and training, including being part of the Drug Store Project during the last school year.

• The U.S. Census reports 9,324 gay households in Nevada — nearly double the number from 2000.