• The Joint Commission has identified Barton Memorial Hospital as a 2013 Top Performer on Key Quality Measures.

• The Veterans Affairs Commission awarded the Food Bank of El Dorado County $9,000 through its El Dorado Veterans Fund at El Dorado Community Foundation to support its No Vet Goes Hungry Program.

• Candy Cane Lane, the Carson Valley Inn’s custom outdoor drive-through Christmas light display, will be lighted for nightly viewing starting Nov. 30.

• Squaw Valley is donating $20 from every lift ticket sold opening day — Nov. 26 — to the Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to helping local athletes and coaches pursue their dreams in the field of skiing and snowboarding.

• “Ski Town Après Ski” is the latest cookbook from Vail resident Jennie Iverson. It has Tahoe recipes in it.