Snippets about Lake Tahoe

• Calstar landed at the top of Harveys on Jan. 10 to pick up a $21,400 check from the casino company so the air ambulance operator can buy night vision equipment.

• Another point-of-view regarding SnowGlobe from someone who was there from out of town.

• Las Vegas Review-Journal Publisher Bob Brown and Northern Nevada consultant Neena Laxalt are leading the committee to plan Nevada’s 150th birthday bash in 2014.

• Northstar is having a S’moresapalooza in the Village at Northstar on Jan. 15 at 3:30pm.

• Assemblywoman Beth Gaines, R- Roseville, received A grade from the National Federation of Independent Business, the nation’s top advocate for small businesses and job creation, for her strong, pro-business voting record. Her husband, state Sen. Ted Gaines, R-Roseville, scored 100 percent from the same group.