Snippets about Lake TAhoe

Grover Hots Springs in Markleeville is popular with locals and tourists. Photo/LTN·       Invasive Species Awareness Day at Grover Hot Springs State Park in Markleeville is July 29 from 10am-2pm. The Alpine/Upper Carson Cooperative Weed Management Group is hosting the event. There will be presentations, an introduction to the planned native demonstration garden, a weed pull in the meadow, and lunch. Bring gloves, sturdy shoes and water. For more info and to RSVP, contact Nicole Lutkemuller at awg.nicole@gmail.com or 530.694.2327.

·       Actor-stuntman Chris Gann will be in “The Chosen” and then TNT’s drama series “Agent X”. Gann is originally from Reno and got his start as a professional Jet Ski racer at Lake Tahoe.

·      The South Lake Tahoe Library will host the Fratello Marionettes on July 31. The free show starts at 3pm at 1000 Rufus Allen Blvd in South Lake Tahoe.

·       State Sen. Ted Gaines, R-El Dorado, is having a community coffee on Aug. 4 from 10-11am at Wild Cherries Coffee House in Truckee.

·       The inaugural Basque Fry is Aug. 15 from 11am-3pm at Corley Ranch in Gardnerville. A slew of Republicans will be at the event hosted by Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt. More info is on this flyer.