Volunteer for the 13th annual Tahoe Forest Stewardship Day on Sept. 11 at North Tahoe Regional Park.
Join hundreds of volunteers to help restore forest ecosystems, alpine meadows, creeks and streams, and improve water quality.
Learn about forest and fire ecology, defensible space, wildlife, invasive species, and hydrology.
Volunteers and team leaders are needed.
To sign-up, contact Flavia Sordelet at (530) 541.5388 or email events@keeptahoeblue.org.
• Solange Schwalbe, who lives in the Angora burn area, worked on sound production for the movie “Eat Pray Love” that just came out and stars Julia Roberts.
• Dr. Jonathan Tay, medical director of Reno CyberKnife, recently was named a “Health-Care Hero” for Northern Nevada.
• Hyatt Regency Lake Tahoe with Tahoe Adventure Company is offering lodge-to-lodge kayaking adventures for two, three and four days in September and through the first week of October. Call (530) 913.9212 for more information.
• Stacey Johnson is now the national convention sales manager at Reno-Sparks Convention and Visitors.
• Incline Village General Improvement District General Manager Bill Horn has turned down a $25,000 bonus to set an example for employees. His base salary is about $164,000 a year.
• Amgen Tour officials are expected to be in Lake Tahoe this week to decide if the region should be part of the 2011 cycling event.
• San Rafael resident Greg Larson swam across Lake Tahoe on Aug. 13.
Charles Goldman will be the guest speaker on Aug. 18 at noon during Soroptimist International of South Lake Tahoe’s lunch meeting at Harrah’s Lake Tahoe.
Goldman, a world renowned limnologist and founder of the UC Davis Tahoe Research Group, hosted the inaugural Lake Tahoe Environmental Summit in 1997 with then President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore..
Reservations are necessary. Call (530) 573.2433. The $15 fee includes lunch.
Parasol Community Collaboration is offering three-part grant writing training class.
Sept. 22 — Developing Your Idea Into A Fundable Plan
Sept. 29 — Researching Funder Matches For Your Plan
Oct. 6 — Customizing Your Proposal To Funder Specs
Instructor: Phil Johncock has a 92 percent success rate. His students received more than $1.2 billion in grants in the first 2.5 years applying the system you will have access to in this three-part training.
He designed Nevada’s first and longest-running college online course in grant writing in 1997 and the 10-credit Grant Writing Certification program at Truckee Meadows Community College in 2001.
Location: DWR Center, 948 Incline Way, Incline Village, Event: Grant Writing Mega-Success, PCC Nonprofit Training Series
Time: 4-5:30pm
RSVP: pcc@parasol.org or (775) 298.0119
Space is still available to be vendors at the Bijou Bash on Sept. 11.
The event is from 1-4pm at Bijou Community Park off Al Tahoe Boulevard in South Lake Tahoe.
Admission is free.
There will be a kids fun zone, stage performances, farmers market, arts and crafts, local businesses, bike valet and more.
Interested vendors should call (530) 542.6056 for information and a vending application form.
• Guy Lease, former president of Lake Tahoe Community College, has been hired as interim president for Las Positas College in Livermore.
• Terri Thomas has resigned from the Fallen Leaf Lake Community Services District board. More Fallen Leaf news – the state has questions about voter fraud. Click letter to find out about that.
• Ghost Walk Tours are a spooky way to relive Carson City’s Victorian Era. Madame Curry, one of the city’s founding ladies, comes to life to lead guided walking tours of the downtown district’s historic homes Aug. 21 and Sept. 25. Tour departs at 7pm from the Firkin & Fox Pub on 3rd and Curry streets. Tickets are $15 in advance or $20 at the door. (775) 687.7410
• Wild turkeys in Nevada have been granted a pardon of sorts this year by the board of Wildlife Commissioners. Because of the dwindling number of birds there will be no hunting season this year.
• Scott Clarkson is VP of marketing and sales at Squaw Valley.
• Lake Tahoe Community College has secured the rights to “Chicago” – which will be the spring 2011 musical.
South Lake Tahoe voters will have 11 names to choose from for the three open City Council seats on the Nov. 2 ballot.
The candidates are Tom Davis, Angela Swanson, Georg May, Claire Fortier, Joy Curry, Steve Kubby, Adrian Gooch, Elizabeth Hallen, Dough Cichowicz, Alice Jones and Clint Schue.
No one challenged the incumbents for city clerk or treasurer, Suzie Alessi and David Olivo.
The Mosquito Road Bridge over the South Fork American River in El Dorado County will be continuously closed for major maintenance from Aug. 16 through Oct. 22.
Rock Creek Road remains open to traffic and is the designated detour route. Mosquito Road north to Sand Mountain Boulevard will remain available as a secondary emergency evacuation route.
The bridge will undergo an extensive replacement of structural members and be closed to all traffic during this time period.
Any questions may be directed to Rick Carter at (530) 621.5900.
Nancy Zarenda from the California Department of Education this week presented Lake Tahoe Community College’s Intensive Spanish Summer Institute with letters of recognition from Lt. Gov. Abel Maldonado.
ISSI instructor Linda Bernhartd engages students. Photo/Pat Leonard-Heffner
The institute at LTCC, which is in its 17th year, is hosting more than 450 students for a week of intensive study of the Spanish language and culture. Students come from around the country to participate and earn college credit.
ISSI ends Aug. 13. For more information about it, click here.
The Coyote Grill welcomes the Lions Club of South Lake Tahoe for an All You Can Eat Chili fundraiser tonight starting at 5.
Coyote Grill is in the Round Hill Center near Safeway.