Darnell Holloway, head of Business Outreach from Yelp, will be the guest speaker June 16 from noon-2pm at Harveys Convention Center.
Holloway will discuss the ins and the outs of the Yelp website to help business’ understand how to best capitalize on Yelp postings.
The lunch is $25 for members of the Lake Tahoe South Shore Chamber of Commerce, $35 for non-members. Tickets may be bought by calling (775) 588.1728.
Setting Boundaries and Strengthening Self-Esteem and Confidence is a class facilitated by Dana McKnight Flentroy on June 13 from 5:30-8:30pm.
Research has provided insight to a child’s development and the influence of positive parenting, particularly for children with early “rough” starts.
The class will draw from the curriculum of Love & Logic, Positive Parenting and Beyond Consequences.
The class is at Lake Tahoe Community College,1 College Drive, Aspen Room, South Lake Tahoe.
RSVP to Dana at (530) 541.4660 x528 or mcknight@ltcc.edu.
• San Francisco Chronicle outdoor writer Tom Stienstra has released “Moon California Camping”. The top pick for families to camp is Camp Richardson on the South Shore.
• May 16-20 is Classified Staff Appreciation Week – be sure to thank your school secretaries, lunch staff, bus drivers, custodians, librarians and the others who are not teachers.
• Tahoe Water Suppliers Association is offering a deal for businesses that encourage people to drink tap water and use reusable containers. Click here for more info about TapIt.
• TripAdvisor lists the top romantic restaurants in the country, with Café Fiore in South Lake Tahoe coming in No. 7.
• TAMBA President Kevin Joell issues this statement to mountain bike riders, “Stay off of trails until they are adequately free of run-off. This doesn’t necessarily mean completely dry. We all know a damp trail can be nicely smoothed out and packed by plenty of tires rolling over it during this window. But use common sense, if water is running down the trail, or snow patches cause you to leave the trail path, it may be a little too soon to ride there.”
• Sealed With A Kiss Boutique in Heavenly Village is having a dance party May 14-15 from 8:30am-3:30pm, with a percentage of all purchases going toward purchasing 10 bikes and helmets for the Boys & Girls Club of South Lake Tahoe.
• Here is Caltrans road work schedule for the Sierra for the coming week. And here is the Caltrans Tahoe road work schedule.
A public open house to discuss transportation plans that will affect the Carson City area will be hosted by the Tahoe Transportation District, Northern Nevada Transportation Collaborative and local, state, regional and federal agencies on May 18 from 4-7pm at the Nevada Legislative Building, Room 3100 in Carson City.
Outlines will be available for numerous projects including the Carson City freeway corridor, Reno-Tahoe International Airport, Tahoe East Shore Beaches Trail, Aquatic Trail, and Regional Bike Trails, as well as other transportation improvement issues.
The public is encouraged to attend and provide comments and questions to representatives from the Tahoe Transportation District, Northern Nevada Transportation Collaborative, Nevada Department of Transportation, Regional Transportation Commission of Washoe County, Reno-Tahoe Airport Authority, Carson City Regional Transportation Commission, Douglas County, Washoe County Parks, Carson City Parks, Nevada State Parks and the U.S. Forest Service.
Additional open houses are also being planned for Reno and the Carson Valley in June.
Law enforcement will be closing Highway 50 through South Lake Tahoe and Highway 89 north of the South Shore for part of May 15 for the Amgen Tour de California bike race.
These roads will be closed to all vehicular traffic from 10:10am to approximately 10:45am; and from approximately 12:45pm to 1:15pm. The timing for the second closure may vary greatly depending on the speed of the race and how spread apart the riders get for their second lap through the South Shore.
Click on road closure times for more specific South Lake Tahoe information.
For people riding a BlueGo bus on Sunday, don’t expect to be on time. Routes 50 and 53 will not be in service on Highway 50 from 10:15-11:15am and from 1:15-2:15pm. This is because all lanes of traffic must be clear for the cyclists.
On May 16, when the second stage leaves from Squaw Valley, it will be Truckee with the roads being shutdown.
Road closures will be of a short duration as the cyclists pass major intersections and should start about 9:50am on Highway 89 and West River Street, at about 10am on Highway 89 and and Donner Pass Road, progressing westbound on Donner Pass Road to the Donner Lake area and finally exiting the town limits by 10:30am. Motorists can expect delays of up to 20 minutes at each of the major intersections.
The cyclists will be accompanied by CHP officers on motorcycles.
The El Dorado County Office of Education’s second annual Summer Enrichment Experience begins June 20.
This summer school opportunity is designed for middle school students who are interested in taking enrichment classes. Course offerings include Astronomy, All things Internet, Creative Writing, Conversational Spanish, Drama, Human Figure Drawing and Our Local History. The program is intended to be a unique summer program that allows for academic and creative discovery.
Classes run for one week from 9am to 3pm. Morning and afternoon sessions are available to students who are entering sixth, seventh or eighth grade at $175 for the week (includes two courses).
Complete registration information will be available at local middle schools and online. Registration deadlines will run until May 27.
For more information on this program, contact Lisa Laird at llaird@edcoe.org or at (530) 295.2415.
• On May 6 the Nevada Assembly approved a bill that would make it a crime to introduce nonnative species into state waters – including Lake Tahoe.
• Lake Tahoe Community College Foundation raised $284,128 in 2010.
• What are you doing about your child’s dental health?
• Alpine Meadows and Kirkwood Mountain resorts have a pass for the 2011-12 season to ski both areas or five if one includes Homewood Mountain Resort, Red Lodge Mountain Resort in Montana, and Durango Mountain Resort in Colorado.
• Sacramento’s City Council has jumped on board the 2022 Olympic Games bandwagon. Where are the five counties and one city that represent Lake Tahoe?
Bob Dog Pizza at Meyers Station (3141 Highway 50, Meyers) is having a fundraiser for Tahoe Valley Elementary School on May 12 from 11am-9pm.
Eat-in, pick up, take-n-bake or delivery — (530) 577.2364.
Mention Tahoe Valley so 25 percent of the profits are donated back to Tahoe Valley Elementary School.
• Jaycee Lee Dugard’s memoir “A Stolen Life” will go on sale July 12.
• Lake Tahoe Community College Foundation’s biggest fundraiser — Rhythms & Wine & Microbrew Too is July 9 from 6-9pm at the college. For more information, contact Melonie Guttry at (530) 541.4660, ext. 245 or email guttry@ltcc.edu.
• The 49th annual Lake Valley Firefighters Ball is June 18 at 8pm at MontBleu in Stateline. Tickets are $25 in advance, $30 at the door. They are available from a firefighter or at stations 6 or 7.
• The Food Bank of Northern Nevada is the 2011 recipient of the Mary Ruth Herbers Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Outreach Model Program of the Year Award from Feeding America.
• El Dorado County Sheriff John D’Agostini is having the inaugural Sheriff’s Day on June 11. More details by clicking on sheriff invite.
Only a select few have the opportunity to raise a baby Steller’s Jay, an Evening Grosbeak or a Western Gray Squirrel. There are state and federal laws prohibiting the average person from doing so.
However, as a trained volunteer with Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care, you would be working with these wild creatures – and many more – under the permits issued by California Fish and Game and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Annually, LTWC cares for more than 700 wild birds and animals with the No. 1 goal of releasing every one back into the wild.
You can learn to be a wildlife rehabilitator by taking the two-day training seminar May 28-29. The cost per person is $60. For families of two or more, the first family member is $60 with each additional member $40.
If you are interested in this type of volunteering, go to LTWC’s website or call LTWC Executive Director Cheryl Millham at (530) 577.2273 to obtain a registration form.