The North Lake Tahoe Resort Association in partnership with Placer County is seeking public input for its annual Integrated Infrastructure and Transportation Work Plan and Long Range Funding Plan at a community workshop scheduled for March 14, 4-7pm at the Tahoe City Public Utility District, 555 Fairway Drive in Tahoe City.

Public input is needed for bike and pedestrian trails, shuttle systems, transit routes, traffic calming, information and interpretive centers, bus shelters, museum exhibits, mile markers, way finding signage, North Lake Tahoe Airport Express, as well as new opportunities. Attendees will also become familiar with current projects under way.

The Integrated Work Plan is an “action plan” that summarizes the status of the infrastructure and transportation projects throughout North Lake Tahoe that are ongoing and those projected for the 2011-16 time period.

For more information about the workshop, call Ron Treabess at (530) 581.8735 or via email at ron@puretahoenorth.com.

Carson City ATA Black Belt Academy recently donated $473 to Austin’s House. The martial arts students raised the money during a special fitness program fundraiser where they exercised non-stop for 25 minutes. They completed laps with running, squats, kicking, punching and push-ups.

The total amount collected was $.1419 with one-third going to Austin’s House, one-third for scholarships and one-third for new equipment at the facility. Carson ATA provides scholarships to 10 students every six months.

Shawn Goodner, owner and chief instructor of Carson ATA, believes every child deserves an opportunity to succeed.

Austin’s House is the only emergency children’s shelter in rural Northern Nevada. Austin’s House provides services and care for up to 10 children from infants to age 18. The children are placed at Austin’s House after being removed from their homes due to abuse or neglect.

If you would like more information or would like to make a donation to Austin’s House, call (775) 267.6711 or go online.

Charter Advertising/Design Inc. of Meyers received a Gold Award at last week’s ADDY Awards in Reno.

The recognition was for its cover design of Tahoe Writers Works literary publication “EDGE”.

Bruce Rettig served as creative director for the project, and Brianna Rettig as photographer.

The ADDY Awards are the advertising industry’s largest and most representative competition, recognizing and rewarding creative excellence in the art of advertising. Every year approximately 60,000 entries are submitted in local ADDY competitions conducted by the American Advertising Federation.

Bruce Rettig also served as Publisher of this edition of “EDGE”, along with Managing Editor Kim Wyatt, Fiction Editor David Anderson, Poetry Editor Andrea Wexelblatt, and editorial intern Hannah Elder. This was the fifth volume of the award-winning publication.

Hollywood Improv takes stage April 9 at MontBleu in Stateline. It’s a night to support academics.

Event attendees can plan on comedy improv entertainment, a wine wall, silent and live auctions, drinks, hors d’oeuvres, dinner, dancing, celebrity spoofing and more. Tickets start at $60 and guests can purchase an ‘A’ list table or VIP ticket online.

The event that starts at 6pm is the Nevada Lake Schools’ biggest fundraiser.

Last year’s event raised almost $40,000 that was spent on laptops, athletic equipment, language software, library and audio books, printers, hard drives, engineering books, cultural arts assemblies, science fair support, art supplies, culinary supplies and more.

For more information, contact Tara Addeo at (775) 230.5872 or lv2plan@aol.com

• Tahoe Maritime Museums’ 3rd annual Launch into Summer party is May 28 from 5-8pm. For more information, contact Patty Williams at patty@tahoemaritimemuseum.org or (530) 525.9253, ext. 102.

• Lizzy Latenser is Heavenly Mountain Resort’s communications coordinator.

• As part of the Harrah’s and Heavenly “Winter Snow Blast” weekends, the Sun Kings will be in town March 18 at 7:30pm. For tickets, call 800.786.8208.

• California’s Franchise Tax Board this month reported a 5.1 percent decline in income reported on personal tax returns ($34,079)  from 2008 to 2009. However, Alpine County reported the biggest increase at 7.5 percent.

• Fitch Ratings affirmed its “A” rating on about $31.2 million in outstanding Reno-Tahoe Airport Authority revenue bonds. The rating outlook was upgraded to “stable” from “negative.”

• Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp., parent company of Liberty Energy, announced an 8 percent dividend increase.

The North Lake Tahoe and the Truckee Donner chambers of commerce in partnership with the Sierra Human Resources Association are offering “Time Management for Busy People” March 17, 8:30-11:30am (registration at 8am), at Cedar House Sports Hotel, 10918 Brockway Road in Truckee.

This time management workshop includes updated information about prioritizing time to deal with the urgent and important, assessing work-life balance and carving out time for meaningful activities that will make a positive change, as well as 50 high impact tips to beat the clock.

The workshop speaker is Laura Moriarty, president of the SHRA and co-founder of Tahoe Training Partners, a human resources and management-training solutions consulting firm in Lake Tahoe.

Registration is $49 for North Lake Tahoe Chamber of Commerce and SHRA members and $59 for non-members if registered before March 11. Last-minute registration runs $59 for North Lake Tahoe Chamber of Commerce and SHRA members and $69 for non-members. Seating is limited.

To register and for more information about the workshop, call (530) 573. 0224 or at (530) 581.8764. Attendees can also register online.

KidZone Museum is hosting an après ski fundraising event called “Bump ‘n Jump Ski Party” on March 12 from 7-11pm for adults only.

It will be at the Truckee Airport Hangar. The party will include live music, dancing, a costume contest, Wii games, and auction.

Tickets can be purchased online.

This 10th annual spring fundraising event supports the KidZone Museum’s Mission to inspire learning through creative play and discovery.

Caregiving is a difficult and often challenging role that one can undertake, and taking the opportunity to share information and feel connected to others who are providing care is a vital step to perform this task to the best of your ability.

Take the opportunity March 10 from 5:30-7:30pm at South Lake Tahoe Senior Center, 3050 Highway 50, South Lake Tahoe to become connected and rejuvenated at your local support group.

Refreshments will be served. Free respite care is available to qualified caregivers. Pre-authorization is required for respite services.

For information, call (530) 621.6151.

Nearly 7,000 linear feet of 12-inch water line will be installed in the Angora burn area this summer.

The work will be on Lake Tahoe Boulevard, Grizzly Mountain Drive, North Upper Truckee Road, and Mt. Rainier Drive.

Besides the water line, meters, hydrants and vegetation are part of the project.

South Tahoe Public Utility District is using money from the federal stimulus and funds from the Nevada Fire Safe Council to pay for the work.

Bids are being accepted until April 5.

— Lake Tahoe News staff report

Lake Tahoe Unified School District’s Instrumental Music Program presents “Bands In Concert” on March 9 at 7pm in the South Tahoe Middle School multipurpose room.

The program will feature 200 music students in grades 6-12.

It is free.