·      Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care needs snap-trapped or live trapped (never poisoned) mice/voles to feed their 10 great-horned owls, two barn owls and two red-tailed hawks. Put mice in baggy and freeze them. The animal rehab center will take fish of any size – fresh or frozen – to feed the two river otters.

·      Sarah Hockensmith of the Tahoe Institute for Natural Science returns to the South Lake Tahoe Library on June 20 at 6pm to talk about the diverse wildflowers of the Tahoe region. She will cover the basic structures of flowers, some of the best locations to find wildflowers at Lake Tahoe, and what wildflowers to expect at those locations. The talk is free; the library is on Rufus Allen Boulevard.

·      Erika Cole Gillette, a former faculty member and administrator at Sierra Nevada College, has started Writing Rockstar. In addition to college admissions counseling, she offers a full spectrum of academic coaching services, from simple tutoring to supervised one-on-one accountability programs.

·      The Douglas County Public Library presents storytime at Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park on June 30 at 11am. Children of all ages are invited to the Minden ranch.

·      Spencer McLaughlin, who lived in Douglas County and Smith Valley during his youth, is the newest Douglas County sheriff’s deputy.