• South Lake Tahoe author Todd Borg is conducting a workshop called “The Hook, the Twist, and the Cliffhanger” Oct. 14-16. Go online for more details.

• Chili sales at Coyote Grill in Round Hill on Sept. 29 starting at 5pm will benefit Soroptimist International Tahoe Sierra.

• Joanna Mitchell, who has been serving as North Tahoe High School’s assistant principal, will be filling the principal position vacated there last month when Michael McDowell announced his resignation.

• Lothar Knieriemen, broker-Realtor, has joined forces with United Realty. His South Lake Tahoe business is now called United Country Tahoe Gateway Realty. Sept. 16 at 11am is the grand opening at 1714 Arapahoe St.

• Unification Church, whose members are known as Moonies, wrote a $10,000 check to Galilee Camps — which has a summer camp for children on the East Shore of Lake Tahoe.