• On a motion by then City Councilman Bill Crawford, the South Lake Tahoe City Council on a 5-0 vote shortly after Sept. 11, 2001, approved $2,500 be sent to New York City for relief efforts.

• El Dorado County supervisors will visit Tahoe for their only 2011 meeting at the lake on Oct. 11 at 9am at Lake Tahoe Airport.

• My Reading Buddy – which has children reading to dogs – has two locations on the South Shore. Check out the fall schedule.

• Lake Tahoe South Shore Chamber of Commerce is taking nominations for its Blue Ribbon Awards through Oct. 14. Winners will be announced Nov. 17.

• South Lake Tahoe author and eco-activist George Drake will be taking the Climate Ride Challenge in October by bicycling more than 320 miles in five days down the coast of California in an effort to raise awareness on sustainability issues.

• Here is Caltrans’ Sierra roadwork schedule for next week and here is the El Dorado-Tahoe schedule.