• Tahoe Rim Trail Association is asking users to take this survey.

• Patrick Johnson, biathlete and cross country skier from Truckee, is training to be on the 2018 U.S. Olympic biathlon team.

• Lake Tahoe Sustainability Collaborative Community Mobility group is asking people to take a survey about connectivity issues around South Tahoe Middle School. Here is the student-parent survey; and here is the community survey.

• Food Bank of El Dorado County is putting on a free farmers market for people in need on Oct. 22 rom 10-11am in the parking lot of the American Legion in South Lake Tahoe.

• With ski season around the corner, a reader sent this compilation of ski-snowboard films get people in the mood.