• Bill Crawford has told Lake Tahoe News he will not be running for another term on the South Lake Tahoe City Council.

Bill Crawford

• Rand McNally chose the Tahoe Maritime Museum in Homewood as a unique travel destination for its Best of the Road award program.

• The Boathouse and Grand Hall at the Tallac Site near Camp Richardson will be open to the public Monday-Friday from 10am-4pm. Both will be open on the weekends barring any scheduling conflicts.

• Friends of Truckee may appeal a judge’s late May decision that will allow the 75-acre development at the Truckee Railyard at the eastern end of downtown Truckee to proceed.

• Former South Tahoe High basketball player Chris Grant became the Cleveland Cavaliers’ general manager June 4.

A “Fundinner/Fundraiser” will be at El Papagayo in Meyers on June 15 from 4-7pm.

The money raised is for Lake Tahoe Environmental Science Magnet School’s physical education program.

A $10 ticket gets you two tostadas and a drink.

Tickets will be available for purchase from PTA parents or at El Papagayo that night.

The 150th Anniversary Celebration of the Pony Express will be on the South Shore June 6–13.

The National Pony Express Association will again conduct a re-ride of the Pony Express Trail. The 1,966-mile route follows the Pony Express National Historic Trail through California, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, Nebraska, Colorado, Kansas, and Missouri.

Would you like to help make this year’s family friendly Festival of Trees and Lights even bigger and better?

Then attend an information session June 7 from 5-6:30pm in the Aspen Room at Lake Tahoe Community College in South Lake Tahoe.

• The American Pyrotechnics Association, a trade association for the fireworks industry, ranks the Lake Tahoe South Shore the fourth best Fourth of July display in the country. New York, Chicago and Washington took the top three spots.

• Tahoe’s Robert Frohlich and Darin Talbot this month will receive the 2010 Warren Miller Award from the Far West Ski Association for outstanding service by cinematographers, photographers, radio or television broadcasters.

• Dragonfly Restaurant in Truckee is doing its part to support fellow merchants along Commercial Row by offering diners savings on lunch and dinner if they shop downtown in June. Spend at least $25 at any downtown merchant’s store, bring the receipt to Dragonfly and receive 25 percent off your lunch or dinner bill in June.

• California Department of Public Health officials are warning that the recent rise in illnesses due to pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough, should serve as a call to action to ensure all age groups are appropriately vaccinated against this disease to protect the most vulnerable, particularly young infants.

• South Lake Tahoe’s Blue Ribbon Choir earned first place for High School Women’s Choir last month at the Music in the Parks Competition in Santa Clara.

Blue Angel Cafe on Ski Run Boulevard in South Lake Tahoe is the featured restaurant this week in Taste of Tahoe. The eatery will be donating a chunk of its profits to the local Relay for Life event through Saturday.

Each week a different restaurant on the South Shore is giving a portion of its proceeds to the event that helps raise money for the American Cancer Society.

The South Shore Relay for Life is the first weekend in August at Kahle Community Park in Stateline.

Permits are on sale through June 11 for the Nevada Division of State Parks’ spring wood sale. Permits may be purchased at the division office at 901 S. Stewart St., Ste. 5005 in Carson City from 8am-5pm.

Permits are $50 (exact cash or check only) per cord and there is a two cord limit per address/family.

Approximately 50 permits are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Wood pick-up must be scheduled at the time of purchase and pickup days are June 12 and June 13.

Approximately 60 cords are available in the Nevada portion of the Van Sickle Bi-State Park in an accessible location. Four-wheel-drive vehicles are strongly suggested. Van Sickle Bi-State Park is located on the south shore of Lake Tahoe behind Harrah’s Casino in Stateline.

The wood consists of a mixture of pine and fir, some seasoned and some green. Most of the wood is in approximately 18-inch rounds, although some odd sized and large rounds are possible.

The wood was cut by the Nevada Division of Forestry and Great Basin Institute conservation crews as part of forest health efforts in Lake Tahoe Nevada State Park.

The Affordable Housing Tax Credit Coalition of Washington will be recognizing South Lake Tahoe’s Kelly Ridge housing development at a June 2 banquet.

Kelly Ridge, named after TACCD’s David Kelly, has been selected by the panel of judges to receive an Honorable Mention certificate in the Senior Housing category for this year’s Charles L. Edson Tax Credit Excellence Awards competition.

The 16th annual Charles L. Edson Tax Credit Excellence Awards has six categories: Metropolitan Housing; Rural Housing; Senior Housing; Special Needs Housing; Green Housing; and Public Housing Revitalization.

For more information about Kelly Ridge, click here.

Happy Trails Event – Explore Tahoe An Urban Trailhead celebrates National Trails Day on June 5 with a variety of guided trail experiences, including kayaking, hiking, biking, bird watching, trail building and children’s nature art.

For Happy Trail details, visit www.recreationintahoe.com/exploretahoe or call Lauren at (530) 542.4637.

Lake Tahoe South Shore Chamber of Commerce Customer Loyalty & Retention Workshop is June 3 from 8-9am at the Econo Lodge meeting room, 2659 Lake Tahoe Blvd., South Lake Tahoe.

Looking for new ways to keep your business booming this summer? Understanding the differences between customer loyalty and customer satisfaction is critical to an organization’s ability to grow their customer base. Attendees will be provided with tools to assess their customer loyalty program and its effectiveness, as well as tips for improving the bottom line.

Janet Nelson, president of J Nelson Enterprise LLC and OQL Solutions, specializes in operations, quality and customer loyalty improvements.

RSVP requested — (775) 588.1728.