• El Dorado County is hosting a meeting May 19 from 6-8pm at Lake Tahoe Airport to discuss redistricting issues that are likely to affect supervisorial representation of the South Shore as well as throughout the county.

• Tahoe Area Coordinating Council for the Disabled is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year.

• Denise Long, a former probation officer in South Lake Tahoe, has written “Survivor Kid.” It’s a book to help teens and younger kids to protect themselves.

• Lake Tahoe Unified School District received a $210,800 grant from the state to purchase notebooks for students in grades 4-8.

• AT&T is putting $216,000 worth of equipment into South Tahoe High School to bump up the broadband and WiFi connections to 4G at the school.

• The Truckee hotshot firefighting gang has been in Texas fighting the massive wildfire.

• Here are specifics about roadwork being done by Caltrans  in the Lake Tahoe Basin.

Celebrate Amgen’s Tour of California  and support the students of St. Theresa School with several fun events:

May 14 3-5pm: Bicycle Poker Run, $10/hand, registration 1:30-2:45pm at Grace Hall corner of Lyons Avenue and Highway 50.

May 14 5-8pm: spaghetti dinner, $10 adults, $5 kids 12 and under, beer and wine available, Grace Hall.

May 15 9am- noon: pancake breakfast, donation basis, Grace Hall.

St. Theresa will be a prime viewing spot for the race — both as it heads out and then returns for its second pass through the South Shore.

The South Lake Tahoe Senior Citizens Center is hosting an AARP Mature Driving Course on May 10 from 8:30am-5pm.

The fee is $12 for AARP members and $14 for non-members. Lunch is available at the center for $3.

Pre-registration is required for the class.

In addition to improving your driving skills, a certificate of completion of this course qualifies for rate reductions with most insurance companies.

For more information, go to the senior center at 3050 Lake Tahoe Blvd. or call (530) 542.6094.

A Lake Tahoe News reader reports people along Lake Tahoe Boulevard in South Lake Tahoe on May 3 were wearing yellow shirts that read “Judgment Day, May 21, 2011”.

Another person had a sign that read “18 more days”.

Some people believe May 21, 2011, will be the second coming of Christ.

— Lake Tahoe News staff report

• No mural is going to be erected in front of the would-be convention center in South Tahoe. Caltrans wanted a separate encroachment permit.

• There will be an artist reception for photographer Patty Gilbertson on May 7 from 6:30-8:30pm at Bona Fide Books, 1069 Magua St., No. 4, Meyers.

• South Tahoe Middle School’s Symphonic Band was awarded a gold medal at the Forum Music Festival in Anaheim.

• With the reorg at the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, Jerry Wells and Lyn Barnett are taking their two decades of knowledge to open a consulting firm focusing on planning and landscaping in the basin.

• South Tahoe High School’s class of 2011 will graduate at the football field. Construction was looking like that wouldn’t be possible. As student board rep Nick Pillsbury told the board April 26, academics should be placed before athletic needs.

• Ted Long, a member of the South Lake Tahoe Latino Affairs Commission, spoke to the Lake Tahoe Community College board April 26 asking officials to contribute to the Spanish-language paper his group is putting together.

• About a dozen people from Mongolia were on the South Shore on May 2 to learn how Tahoe handles environmental issues and tourism. They met for an hour with South Lake Tahoe officials, then the head of Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority, and then went to the California Tahoe Conservancy.

It’s the day to decide if Beth Gaines or Dennis Campanale will be representing Lake Tahoe in the California Assembly.

The 4th Assembly District seat is open because f Ted Gaines was elected to the state Senate.

Gaines is the Republican — and wife of the state senator. Campanale is the Democrat.

Submissions for the next edition of “The Kokanee” are being accepted until May 31.

Poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction/memoir from Lake Tahoe Community College students, faculty, staff, administrators, board members and alumni (that would be anyone who has ever taken a class at LTCC) will be considered.

For information about how to submit an entry, contact Suzanne Roberts at kokanee@ltcc.edu or call (530) 541.4660, ext. 708.

Austin’s House is having an open house May 21 from 11am-3pm.

Austin’s House is located at 3589 North Sunridge Drive in Minden just one half mile east from the intersection of 395 and Jack’s Valley Road.

Food donations are greatly appreciated but not required to attend the open house.

Austin’s House is the only emergency children’s shelter in rural Northern Nevada. The children are placed at Austin’s House after being removed from their homes due to abuse or neglect. These children have no place else to go. Austin’s House provides the basic living necessities including proper nutrition, hygiene, rest, nurturing, recreation, companionship, education, and life skills training.

For more information, call (775) 267.6711.

Las Vegas-based NV Energy announced Friday a financial turn around compared to a year ago.

The company had profits of $2.3 million in the first quarter of 2011, while in 2010 it posted a loss of $1.7 million.

NV Energy no longer provides electricity to the California side of the Lake Tahoe Basin. It has about 365,000 customers in Northern Nevada.

— Lake Tahoe News staff report

Paul Schultz was appointed by the board of directors as the general manager/CEO of the North Tahoe Public Utility District.

Schultz has been will the district approximately one year, serving as the planning and engineering manager. Prior to his time with the district, Schultz worked independently as a civil engineer in the Tahoe area for four years and brings more than 25 years of experience in the fields of civil and environmental engineering to the Ddstrict.

Paul Schultz

Board President Lane Lewis noted Schultz’s experience in the water, wastewater, stormwater and drainage specialties as well as his experience in project management, planning and design.

Schultz enjoys skiing and kayaking and is a docent at the Tahoe Maritime Museum in Homewood. He lives on the West Shore with his wife, Kathleen, and their dog, Kiva.