Snippets about Lake Tahoe

• The American Century Championship set a one-day attendance record of more than 13,000 on Saturday.
• Lake Tahoe Community College Foundation’s Distinguished Alumni Award winner for 2014 is Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District Chief Ben Sharit.
• “Good Morning America” asked viewers to share their favorite places in the U.S.; Lake Tahoe made the top five.
• NDOT will temporarily suspend major construction work on the Mount Rose Highway and other state road projects during Hot August Nights and Reno-Tahoe Open. No construction-related lane closures will take place between the evening of July 25 and the morning  of Aug. 4.
• Mammoth Rocks/Taste of the Sierra is Aug. 22-24 in Mammoth Lakes.