·      The South Lake Tahoe chapter of Girl Scouts is having an informational meeting for perspective members on Oct. 8 from 6-7pm at St. Theresa’s Globin Hall, 1041 Lyons Ave. For more info, call 800.222.5406.

·       Sierra Watershed Education Partnerships’ film festival is Oct. 23-24 at the Tahoe Art Haus & Cinema and Moe’s Original BBQ in Tahoe City. For more info, go online.

·      Sierra Nevada College faculty members Suzanne Roberts, Steven Church, and Peter Mountford and MFA students Brandon Lingle and Wyl Villacres have essays selected for the Notable Mentions section of this year’s “Best American Essays”, an anthology of nonfiction essays selected each year by a guest editor and published by Houghton Miffflin.

·      Mammoth ski resort expects to open Nov. 11.

·       Facts about tourism in Nevada: 1) Tourism employs approximately 474,000 Nevadans, making up 29 percent of the workforce; 2) 53.4 million travelers visited Nevada last year (up 2.6 over previous year); 3) In 2014, tourism spending exceeded $62 billion, up from $59.4 billion in 2014.