Snippets about Lake Tahoe

• South Lake Tahoe is participating with much of the rest of the nation in honoring President Obama’s proclamation to lower flags to half staff until dusk April 20 in honor of the victims of the April 15 Boston Marathon bombings.

• Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Granite Bay, will participate in two events in Truckee on May 2. At noon he will speak at the Truckee Rotary Club lunch at the Truckee Recreational Center, 8924 Donner Pass Road. At 6pm he will have a town hall meeting at the Truckee Tahoe Airport Community Room, 10356 Truckee Airport Road.

• Starting June 6 there will be direct service on Allegiant between Reno-Tahoe International Airport and Bellingham, Wash.

• Meet at South Shore Bikes at the Y in South Lake Tahoe and then pedal to Mo’s Place on May 16 starting at 4pm. The spirit bike parade is put on the Slowrollers Bike Club. (Last year’s event did not set a Guinness World Record because cyclists could not stay in a straight line.)

• As the official training destination of Ironman for the Western United States, Squaw Valley will host official Ironman training weekends throughout the summer.