• Lake Tahoe Labor Day Classic Baseball Tournament is Sept. 2 starting at 3pm. It ends a noon Sept. 5 in South Lake Tahoe. The tournament is for ages 10u,12u,and 18u. For more information, go online.

• The Heavenly Gondola will operate through Sept. 5 from 10am-5pm for sightseeing.

• Lake Tahoe Music Festival’s three summer acts are at Northstar-at-Tahoe – Blues Traveler is July 21, Colbie Caillat on Aug. 4, and Michael Bolton Aug. 25.

• Charles Barkley, always one to demonstrate how not to swing a golf club, is contemplating playing left handed at next month’s celebrity golf tourney at Edgewood Tahoe in Stateline.

• The John M. Studebaker International Wheelbarrow Races are at the El Dorado County Fair on June 19 at 5pm in the grandstands.

The Lake Tahoe Educational Foundation will honor retirees from the Lake Tahoe Unified School District at the regular school board meeting June 14 at 6pm in the board room at the district office on Highway 50 at Al Tahoe Boulevard.

Retirees are invited to bring guests. They will be recognized and presented with gift ertificates to Passaretti’s Restaurant.

The LTEF will host a cake and punch reception on the lawn outside the meeting room.

The public is invited to attend.

• Casual, informal sailboat racing on the South Shore takes place every Wednesday night. Go online for all the details.

• Discount tickets for the celebrity golf tournament at Edgewood Tahoe in Stateline are available at Raley’s, Bel-Air and Nob Hill Foods supermarkets throughout Northern California and Northern Nevada through July 17.

• Looking for things to do in El Dorado County? A map that lists events and other tidbits can be downloaded.

• Tahoe Arts Project needs volunteers for its annual July 9-10 Fine Arts Festival. Contact Nancy Muller at nancym96158@yahoo.com.

• This is the 31st year Granlibakken resort in Tahoe City is hosting a summer Nike Tennis Camp, July 10–Aug. 12.

• Here is Caltrans’ Sierra roadwork schedule for the coming week.

• Some of the odds for the July American Century Championship Lake Tahoe golf tournament: Charles Barkley 500-1 to win the event, Tony Romo 5-2, John Smoltz 5-1, John Elway 10-1 and Michael Jordan 40-1.

• Still time to signup for a kids’ summer camp through UNR’s Extended Studies.

• “Twelfth Night” will be performed at Sand Harbor July 15-Aug. 21 as part of the Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival.

• In July, Charter cable will launch a lease accessed channel on basic digital channel 219 in Glenbrook, Meyers, South Lake Tahoe, Zephyr Cover, El Dorado County and Doulas County. Programming will be provided by Tahoe Network TV from 6am-noon.

• Incline Village General Improvement District hired Charlie Kent as head pro at the Championship Golf Course, and Serena Quarelli as the pro at the tennis center.

• Caltrans’ Tahoe roadwork schedule for the next week has been released.

Weather got in the way of the first date set for the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency staff to not drive to work. But when it stopped snowing, nearly 60 people (which includes people in adjoining offices) left their vehicles at home on June 3.

An empty parking lot June 3 at TRPA. Photo/Provided

All of this was part of the annual bike to work program which is all about using two wheels. But on this particular day employees could take public transit or walk — just not use a passenger vehicle.

Reducing vehicle miles traveled is a big part of the bi-state regulatory agency’s mantra.

— Lake Tahoe News staff report

• Looking for a hike? Check out the Tahoe Rim Trail Association’s calendar.

• Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows will be open for skiing Independence Day weekend. Sugar Bowl will be open just to season pass holders.

• Douglas County Parks Division received a $6,000 grant from the Community Athletic Coordinating Council of South Lake Tahoe to restore turf at the Kahle Community Park soccer fields in Stateline.

• Latcham Vineyards and sister winery Granite Springs in Fair Play have merged their tasting rooms into one at Latcham.

• SiriusXM’s Spice Radio this month launched “Live! At The Mustang Ranch,” a weekly two-hour show broadcast from the brothel.

All active duty personnel, recruiters, veterans and their families, friends and public are invited to celebrate “Flag Day” on June 14 at the Veterans Memorial Building, 130 Placerville Drive in Placerville.

Veterans organizations of El Dorado County have purchased and installed new flag poles for the national flag, POW-MIA, California flag and the individual military branches at the Veterans Building.

The flags will be hoisted with the proper honors commencing at 8am.

ADA 101 for Businesses is a panel board consisting of a lawyer experienced in ADA lawsuits, certified access specialists, insurance broker knowledgeable in what insurance companies will cover and a disabled member of the public.

The June 15 10am-noon event put on by South Lake Tahoe will include:

· Discussing the priorities of accessibility and what the state and feds require.

· Explaining what a unreasonable hardship is and when it can be applied.

· Clearing up myths on who needs to comply with accessibility requirements.

· Having the attorney discuss how to handle a lawsuit, proper procedure on how to respond, costs associated with a suit, lease agreements.

· The insurance agent will discuss on what most companies will cover in a lawsuit and the improvements.

· How to interpret a CASp Report and how to use it.

· Clarifying TRPA coverage issues in dealing with ADA upgrades.

The meeting is at Lake Tahoe Airport.

• Tahoe Youth & Family Services is closing its thrift shop Hope’s Closet on June 15. Sales are going on until then at the shop near the corner of Highway 50 and Tahoe Keys Boulevard in South Lake Tahoe.

• Sierra Quilting Camps are July 11-15, Aug. 8-12 and Sept. 12-16 in Truckee. For more info, go online and click on Sierra Quilting Camps, or call (530) 587.7892 or email Sewlinda@aol.com.

• Kirkwood Mountain Resort has cat skiing throughout June because there is so much snow.

• South Tahoe High School’s Sober Grad Night is June 10 from 9pm to 4am June 11 at the Heavenly California Lodge.

• Red Hut on Ski Run Boulevard in South Tahoe is having a burger night June 15 from 5-8pm for Tahoe Douglas Rotary. Pay $10 for dinner and you will be supporting community projects in the area. You get a burger, homemade chips and a fountain soda.

• El and I’s last show on KTHO radio is tonight starting at 5:15. They are asking listeners to stop by the Ski Run Marina studio in South Lake Tahoe to say goodbye, and drop off canned food for the Back Door Ministries.

U.S. Forest Service fuels management crews will begin prescribed fire operations at Zephyr Shoals, formerly known as the Dreyfus estate, on June 11.

Crews expect to treat 35 acres near Highway 50 and are working over the weekend to reduce smoke impacts to Zephyr Cove Elementary School.Operations are expected to continue through Sunday.

All prescribed fire operations are dependent on weather and available staffing.

Residents and visitors can expect to see smoke from prescribed fire project areas. Smoke management is part of every prescribed fire burn plan, and efforts will be taken to reduce actual or potential smoke impacts on community areas.