·      Julia Shipley’s “The Academy of Hay” has been so popular that Bona Fide Books in Meyers is having a second printing. Buy a copy online.

·      Douglas County Sheriff’s Office honor guard team is having a haunted house during the weekends of Oct 13-14, 20-21, and 27-28 at the DC Fairgrounds. It will be open from 3-6pm for younger children, 6-10pm for those who like scary thrills. The cost is $5 for those 17 and younger, $10 adults and $15 for an all-night pass.

·      Tahoe Beach Retreat in South Lake Tahoe has a new restaurant – Sidelines Sports Pub.

·      Fire restrictions in the Tahoe National Forest were lifted Oct. 6.

·      Liberty Utilities has planned outages for this week: Oct. 9, 9am-4pm Squaw Valley area (Squaw Summit Road and Summer Place) to replace pad and transformer; Oct. 10, 8am-6pm Kings Beach area (Brockway Springs Road and Chipmunk) to replace vault, three pad mount transformers, rebuild primary riser, run underground cable; Oct. 11, 8:30am-4pm Squaw Valley area (Hidden Lake Loop) to replace transformer and pad.