Snippets about Lake Tahoe

• Ninety-six percent of California boaters say their watercraft leak oil most of the time or every time they go out on the water. Here is the boater survey.

• California Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson wants U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan to provide state schools with immediate relief from what he calls the flawed policies of the No Child Left Behind Act. Here is a copy of the education letter.

• Washoe County sheriff’s Capt. Darin Balaam is now commander at the Incline Village substation.

• Kiwanis Club of Tahoe Sierra’s annual SeptOberfest is Sept. 23 at 6pm at MontBleu in Stateline. Tickets are $35.

• Geocachers can ride Squaw Valley’s cable car up to High Camp to find 10 caches hidden among the mountain’s peaks. Geocaching is free with a Cable Car ticket and GPS units are available for rent at the High Camp retail store for $10 per day.