Snippets about Lake Tahoe

jeep• There will be a hands-on 4-wheel drive clinic June 4 from 9am-1pm on the Twin Peaks Trail on the South Shore. Register online.

•The El Dorado County Board of Supervisors and Sheriff John D’Agostini’s lack of love for one another is evident on this video.

• Douglas County Community Development Department is having a workshop May 12 from 5:30-7pm to review the goals and policies of the master plan regional and community plans. The meeting is at Kahle Community Center, Stateline.

• A scenic 880-acre meadow near Bridgeport is now in the hands of the U.S. Forest Service. The feds bought the property near the Hoover Wilderness area for $2.2 million from the Arlington, Va.-based nonprofit organization Conservation Fund.

• Book launch for Andrew Homan’s “Life in the Slipstream: The Legend of Bobby Walthour Sr.” is May 6 from 6:30-8:30pm at Bona Fide Books, 1069 Magua St., No. 4, Meyers. Reading, presentation and sale of book at the event.

• Here is Caltrans‘ roadwork schedule for the next week in and around the Lake Tahoe Basin.

• Monitor Pass is now open.

• Sept. 13 is when Nevada voters will pick a replacement for Rep. Dean Heller, R-Carson City. Heller will replace John Ensign in the Senate.




How Asian/Pacific American Heritage Week came to be

In 1978, a joint congressional resolution established Asian/Pacific American Heritage Week. The first 10 days of May were chosen to coincide with two important milestones in Asian/Pacific American history: the arrival in the United States of the first Japanese immigrants (May 7, 1843) and contributions of Chinese workers to the building of the transcontinental railroad, completed May 10, 1869.

In 1992, Congress expanded the observance to a monthlong celebration. Per a 1997 Office of Management and Budget directive, the Asian or Pacific Islander racial category was separated into two categories: one being Asian and the other Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander.




Job, resume help at LTCC

Lake Tahoe Community College library is hosting weekly job and resume clinics on Wednesday from 1-3pm for free.

Role playing questions is available, talking options, as well as personality assessments.

For more information, call (530) 541.4660, ext. 232. The college is at 1 College Drive, South Lake Tahoe.




Seminar focuses on disabled access issues

As part of its Chamber EDucation program, the North Lake Tahoe Chamber of Commerce is hosting a “Disabled Access” Seminar May 3, 1-4pm at the Tahoe City Public Utility District’s Board Room, 221 Fairway Drive, Tahoe City.

The seminar is geared for commercial business owners and tenants and will cover the history of disabled access regulations and the Americans with Disability Act as it pertains to buildings, the difference between California Title 24 Disabled Access Code Provisions and the ADA, Placer County building permit deadlines and time lines, and SB1608 and California access.

Attendees will also take away steps to evaluate their business compliance with all ADA requirements, how to reduce the risk of litigation, and strategies for dealing with lawsuits if an individual gets sued for ADA access violations.

Speakers include Chief Building Official Tim Wegner of Placer County, Certified Access Specialist Mike Gardner of CASp Inspections and Tony DeCristoforo of Stoel Rives Law Offices.

This seminar is free to North Lake Tahoe Chamber of Commerce members and is $20/person for non-members.

For details, contact North Lake Tahoe Chamber of Commerce Manager Kym Fabel at (530) 581.8764 or kym@PureTahoeNorth.com.




Snippets about Lake Tahoe

heavenly• The National Ski Areas Association honored Heavenly Mountain Resort for having the Best Safety Week Program. Heavenly shared the honor with sister resort Vail.

• Lynne Bajuk of the Lake Tahoe Historical Society will discuss how the library can help people in their research, and what resources are available online. The talk is May 14 at 2 pm at the South Lake Tahoe branch library, 1000 Rufus Allen Blvd., South Lake Tahoe. For more information, call (530) 573.3185.

• El Dorado County’s Mental Health Commission is looking for three members — someone in business, someone who represents Latinos, and a family member of someone who suffers from a mental illness. Call (530) 577-4740 for information.

• Free e-waste recycling at South Tahoe Middle School on June 4-5 and Aug. 13-14 from 9am-3pm.

• Every national park is offering free admission on June 21 – the first day of summer.




History of BMX film to air in South Tahoe

South Lake Tahoe BMX Association will show the 90-minute film “Joe Kid on a Stingray — the history of BMX” on May 6 at 7pm.

The showing will be at Stateline Brewery and Restaurant, located between Embassy Suites and Marriot Timber Lodge.

A $10 donation is requested. All ages are welcome.

For more information, call (530) 542.9337.




Douglas County rounding up prescription drugs

The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office and Partnership of Community Resources, in conjunction with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, will be conducting a Prescription Drug Roundup on April 30 from 10am to 2pm.

The purpose of the Rx Roundup is to get unused and unwanted prescription medications out of medicine cabinets – where they can be stolen or abused – and safely dispose of them.

A majority of teens who abuse prescription medication secretly obtain them from medicine cabinets of friends or relatives. The goal is to reduce the availability of access to these drugs by reducing or eliminating the quantity of old medications in homes.

Additionally, many people are unsure of how to dispose of old prescription medications, so they dump them down the sink or flush them down the toilet. These substances can end up in the water table, where they can contaminate the water supply and the environment.

Pet medications may also be turned in. No syringes or epipens will be accepted or collected.

The Prescription Drug Roundup will take place at the following locations:

Walgreen’s Pharmacy, 1342 N. Highway 395, Gardnerville

WalMart Supercenter, 3770 Topsy Lane, Carson City

TRE Volunteer Fire Station, 1476 Albite Road, Wellington

Safeway Supermarket, 212 Elks Point Road, Round Hill

DCSO Substation, 1281 Kimmerling Road, Gardnerville Ranchos.




Snippets about Lake Tahoe

casinos• Harrah’s Lake Tahoe and Harveys are having a job fair April 29 from noon-4pm for people looking for summer jobs.

• Now that the partnership of Feldman Shaw & McLaughlin LLP no longer practices law, Leslie Shaw continues to practice family law under the new firm name of The Law Office of Leslie J. Shaw at 182 Highway 50, Zephyr Cove. His phone number is still (775) 588.5311.

• Carson Tahoe Hospital’s Women’s Health Institute is slated to open May 12.

• National homebuilder Taylor Morrison donated $100,000 to the Special Olympics chapter of Northern California during Celebrity Winterfest last month in Lake Tahoe.

• Tahoe Truckee Unified School District’s last day of school is June 22 – assuming there are no more snow days.

• The U.S. Ski Team’s Julia Mancuso of Squaw Valley and Kikkan Randall of Anchorage are using their success on the snow to give back and help others. In an effort to make a difference, Mancuso and Randall joined Skiers Helping Japan by donating part of their World Cup Finals prize money to help the many affected areas of the March earthquake and tsunami.




Regional ad agency marks 20 years in the business

April marks the 20-year anniversary Creative Concepts Media + Marketing.

The firm established by Laura Partridge is a boutique media buying agency has offices in Truckee and Reno that provide and implement strategic advertising plans.

Twenty years ago, Creative Concepts began when Partridge left the world of radio to launch the agency. Her  understanding of station programming and many years consulting clients with their advertising plans allowed Partridge to offer her industry knowledge and experience to new clients. Today, Creative Concepts develops campaigns with integrated television, radio, outdoor, print, online, social, mobile, and new media elements.

For more information, call (530) 582.4100 or go online.




Student art show fundraiser in Truckee

Dragonfly Restaurant will host the Arts for the Schools’ 6th Annual Student Art Show May 5 from 4-6pm.

For those who choose to stay for dinner, Dragonfly will offer half-off all entrees.

This year’s show titled “Artists in Bloom” will showcase more than 400 pieces of Tahoe Truckee children’s artwork. Art pieces were selected from a variety of elementary school classes throughout the region, including artwork created in the Arts For the Schools Artist-in-Residence program.

The art pieces, which include drawings, portraits and perspectives, will be on sale and proceeds benefit Arts for the Schools.

Dragonfly Restaurant and Sushi Bar is located upstairs at 10118 Donner Pass Road, in the heart of downtown Truckee.

Arts For the Schools raises funds throughout the year so that art education can be part of the local school curriculum.