• Chili cooks are invited to enter the Cowboys and Cornbread competition July 21 at the El Dorado County Fairgrounds. More info is online.

• Nicki Bluhm and the Gramblers will be opening for the Steve Miller Band at the Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena at Harveys on June 22.

• Bill Schroeder of Carson City is now a master flight instructor emeritus. This makes him one of the most experienced flight instructors in the world.

• Christina Frohlich has taken over Gallanty Physical Therapy in South Lake Tahoe.

• CW and Mr. Spoons will bring the Western ragtime guitar and “wonder bucket” for a concert on the South Lake Tahoe library lawn on Aug. 14 at 6pm. Bring a picnic dinner. Concert is free.