Snippets about Lake Tahoe

• Does sweeping the roads of Lake Tahoe hurt or help lake clarity? Here’s what the Tahoe Pipe Club has to say.

• State Sen. Ted Gaines, R-Rocklin, has been appointed to serve as a member of the Budget and Fiscal Review, and Legislative Ethics committees for the remainder of the 2011-12 legislative session.

• Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics honored Dave Polivy, owner of Tahoe Mountain Sports in Kings Beach, as one of its extraordinary member-activists of 2011.

• Read about Random Acts of Kindness beyond the Lake Tahoe Basin.

• Results of the annual South Lake Tahoe citizens’ survey, which is randomly sent to residents and businesses, are on the city’s website.