On June 24 from 5-10pm, Clean Tahoe and the Dinner Table Project will be the beneficiaries of the $1 All-You-Can-Eat Chili fundraiser at the Coyote Grill in Round Hill.
In addition to the money raised from the chili sales, the Coyote Grill is giving us 20 percent of all sales from the evening.
• Kirkwood Mountain Resort is having a party July 2-4 that includes skiing and mountain biking. Chairs 1 and 2 will turn all three days. Sunday Chair 6 will be added.
• Truckee’s Old Greenwood golf course on July 11-14 is hosting the Annika Academy with Annika Sorenstam.
• Squaw Dogs, a pet store, opened this month in the Village at Squaw Valley.
• Tahoe Grill in South Tahoe is now serving lunch.
• The annual Oscar de la Renta fashion show fundraiser for the League to Save Lake Tahoe is Aug. 7 at 11am at a private home in Lake Tahoe. For tickets, call (530) 541.5388.
Call in to KTHO FM 96.1/AM-590 (530.544.8255) Thursday morning starting at 10:15 when Lake Tahoe News Publisher Kathryn Reed moderates the Ask the TRPA radio show. Or listen online at www.kthoradio.com.
Court Appointed Special Advocates El Dorado received a $27,500 grant through National CASA.
“This $27,500 grant has a significant impact on our program and the services we provide to our community children,” Executive Director Susan Dorsey said in a press release.
The grant dollars will support a unique and much-needed new position that will provide training for new advocates on the West Slope and South Lake Tahoe as well as case management for advocates on the West Slope.
The program served more than 400 youth in 2009.
CASA volunteers are appointed by judges to watch over and advocate for abused and neglected children, to ensure that they don’t get lost in the overburdened legal and social service system or languish in an inappropriate group or foster home.
The South Lake Tahoe Fire Department will be hosting a multi-jurisdictional hazardous materials drill at the El Dorado Beach area on June 28 from 9am-3pm.
This drill will consist of a simulated hazmat situation. This drill will be utilized to hone the response skills of the area firefighters and other responders as well as the command and control functions used by the incident commander. The theme is cooperation, competency and standardization allowing the various jurisdictions to operate as a unified body.
The South Lake Tahoe Fire Department will be hosting a series of multi-jurisdictional wildland fire drills on city owned land in Cold Creek Canyon off Pioneer Trail. These drills will consist of attacking a simulated wildland fire that is threatening structures. These drills will be utilized to hone the suppression skills of the area firefighters as well as the command and control functions used by the incident commanders. The theme is cooperation, competency and standardization allowing the various jurisdictions to operate as a unified body.
The drills will be held as follows:
June 29 10am-3pm
July 2 10am-3pm
July 10 9am-4pm
• The presentation and summaries from the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit Forest Plan Revision Public Meetings are available here.
• After a summer spent exploring wine and food traditions in Europe, Rose Levinson and Chris Cooke are opening Avec Wine + Food in Truckee. For more information, call (530) 582.1903 or visit www.avecwineandfood.com.
• There is a blood drive on June 26 from 7:30am-1:30pm at Tahoe Douglas Fire Department, Round Hill Station No. 3.
• Tahoe Tot Spot is moving into the old AAA office at Al Tahoe Boulevard in South Lake Tahoe. This will leave a vacancy on Emerald Bay Road near 7-Eleven.
• Road Rash Café, a motorcycle store selling parts, accessories and renting bikes is open near Frank’s TV in South Tahoe.
Do you have a few hours a week or even a few day to spare during the summer months? Do you enjoy meeting new people and sharing information about Tahoe? Do children bring a smile to your face?
If you answered yes to at least one of the questions above, mark your calendar for July 2 at 5pm for volunteer and docent training at the Tahoe Maritime Museum in Homewood.
If you are unable to attend the training, but would still like to be involved,contact Smitty or Heather to find out ways you can help out by emailing info@TahoeMaritime.org.
• Three South Lake Tahoe residents placed at the Nevada State Bodybuilding, Figure & Bikini Championships in Reno this month. Chris Minnes took second in heavyweights, Nickie Blackketter was fifth in short figure and Coolie Jaxson was third in lightweight.
Chris Minnes
• Lake Tahoe Community College expects to save $10,000 by not printing course descriptions in future schedules.
• South Shore luxury real estate professional Sue Lowe of Chase International has been chosen as one of seven agents to serve on the Advisory Board of Leaders in Luxury, an invitation-only educational and networking event for real estate agents who work in the million and multi-million dollar home and estate market in the U.S. and Canada.
• Squaw Valley is bringing a host of new activities to the mountain this summer. In addition to mountaintop ice skating, dining, swimming, tennis and hiking, guests will now be able to enjoy mountain biking, paintball, zip-lining and disc golf. The opening dates vary pending snow melt.
• Tracey Gilmore of Truckee will be going to the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy on a full scholarship.
• The Tahoe Resource Conservation District and community volunteers are developing a garden by re-vegetating and installing interpretive demonstrations to provide the community with conservation landscaping options on a property burned in the Angora Fire. If you are interested in volunteering to plant, install irrigation, create pathways or build an arbor, contact Courtney Walker at (530) 543.1501, ext. 118 or cwalker@tahoercd.org.
• Steve Weissinger, a former Douglas County commissioner, pleaded guilty Wednesday to driving under the influence. He was sentenced to 48 hours community service and must pay $897.
• Heavenly Mountain Resort says it has a business license from South Lake Tahoe to operate the gondola, but has not provided a copy of it to Lake Tahoe News as requested. The mayor says the city attorney is looking into the issue. The city attorney did not respond to an email inquiry by LTN about the issue. The city’s business license department says Heavenly doesn’t have a license for the gondola.
Leadership Lake Tahoe, a Lake Tahoe South Shore Chamber of Commerce program, started in 2003 with a mission of identifying and developing current and future leaders through a comprehensive program designed to increase knowledge and awareness of the issues and challenges facing our community.
This year’s graduating class included: Jaime Aust (Barton Foundation), Jason Collin (Barton Home Health), Michael Cullen (Barton Health), Anthony Davis (AD Sports), Mike Frye (Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority), Chris Hawken (South Lake Tahoe Parks & Recreation), Heather Henry (Heavenly Mountain Resort), Ted Johanson (968 Park Hotel and MontBleu), Kelly Lancellotti (Harrah’s), Julie Lowe (Family Resource Center), Isabella Mill (TahoeChamber.org), Shannon Norrgard (South Lake Tahoe Police Department), Dennis Oliver (Tahoe Regional Planning Agency), Lisa Ramsey-Simpson (Lakeland Village), Georgette Riley (Black Bear Inn), Steve Sweet (TRPA), Lindsay Townsend (Aramark/Lake Tahoe Cruises), and Dusty Wunderlich (ARVCO Financial).
The program is an intensive 10-month experience to provide information, strategies, contacts, and opportunities for personal and professional growth.