The South Tahoe Chamber of Commerce is hosting a candidates forum for the offices of El Dorado County judge, sheriff and assessor.
The forum is May 25 at 6pm at the South Tahoe Senior Center at 3052 Lake Tahoe Blvd., South Lake Tahoe.
• Veterinarian Kelly Doria is closing shop in mid-June. She will be leaving South Lake Tahoe for Santa Barbara.
Kelly Doria
• Douglas County commissioners barely made the deadline of sending a balanced budget to the state by the third Monday of May. Officials approved the $123.8 million budget May 17.
• Have you signed up for the Thin Air Festival? The Aug. 12-15 running event on the South Shore of Lake Tahoe has a variety of courses to choose from.
• Extra DUI roving patrols will be out in Placerville and South Lake Tahoe for Memorial Day weekend – May 28-31.
• Former Sierra Nevada College CFO Richard Rubsamen has been hired as president of the Incline Village school.
• Researchers at the University of Miami in Ohio are studying how UV and invasive species are related to the clarity of Lake Tahoe.
A massive pink bus is parked in front of Whiskey Dicks Saloon in South Lake Tahoe. This is because Girls Gone Wild is looking for the hottest girl in Lake Tahoe.
Segments for an upcoming reality show on HDNet will be filmed at the bar.
The party starts at 9 tonight. Women get in free; guys need to pay $10, which includes a DVD.
The theme is “naughty school girl.”
For more information, call (530) 544.3425. The bar is at 2660 Lake Tahoe Blvd., South Lake Tahoe.
Summer Kickoff is for teenagers throughout the South Shore of Lake Tahoe. It will be at the ball fields at Lake Tahoe Community College in South Lake Tahoe on June 4 from 4-7pm.
It’s sponsored by all the agencies that are part of the Youth Task Force.
There will be a soccer tournament, open mic, urban art demonstration, food provided by Embassy Suites South Lake Tahoe, and more. Employers who have jobs for teens will be there.
For more information, contact Amy Jackson at (530) 307.4046.
Chevys restaurant in South Lake Tahoe will donate 25 percent of a portion of its proceeds to Tahoe Arts Project on May 21 from 11am to 11pm.
Guests must provide a coupon in order for TAP to receive the donation. Coupons can be picked up at the Lake Tahoe Unified School District Education Center at 1021 Al Tahoe Blvd. or call Tahoe Arts Project at (530) 542.3632.
All proceeds will support TAP’s mission of bringing professional performing arts into the schools and community of South Lake Tahoe.
• The El Dorado County Fair in Placerville is June 17-20.
• Wells Fargo has donated $10,000 to help support education for children of fallen Nevada public safety personnel.
• Faulkner Architects, established in Truckee in 1998 with a second office in Berkeley since 2007, was awarded the 2009 Lafayette Environmental Award of Excellence: Green Award.
• Fitch credit rating agency upgraded the credit rating of South Tahoe Public Utility District from an AA to an AA+.
• Find out what is going on at Explore Tahoe by clicking Explore.
• Rex Norman retired from the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit of the Forest Service in April. Instead of talking about fire and other issues, he is working on his other interest – art.
Spring “Clean Up On the Run” Day on May 22 is from 9am-noon. This is the first cleanup day of its kind on Ski Run Boulevard in South Lake Tahoe.
Click Ski Run for more information.
• Emerald Bay will be open to boaters this summer even though some Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Governing Board members thought a temporary ban should be put in place because Asian clams have been found near the mouth of the bay.
• South Tahoe High senior Aimee Pitcher won the 2010 4th Congressional Art Competition. Her artwork will soon hang in the Cannon Tunnel in Washington, D.C., along with the other first place winners from congressional districts from across the nation.
• On May 21 at 10am the community is invited to South Tahoe High School for the groundbreaking of the Tahoe Arts & Design Academy and the Performing Arts Modernization projects.
• Northstar-at-Tahoe opens its golf course May 21.
• The Martis Fund, a Truckee organization created by conservationists and landowners committed to the long-term future of Martis Valley has launched a website to serve as a conduit of information to the public about its programs and grants.
Habitat for Humanity has a nationwide program that is organizing in South Lake Tahoe. “A Brush With Kindness” serves low-income homeowners who struggle to maintain the exterior of their homes.
The program provides exterior painting, minor repairs, and some landscape improvement. Volunteers are needed and invited to an information and sign up meeting May 19 at 6:30pm at Hope Lutheran Church, 930 Julie Lane, South Lake Tahoe.
For more information, e-mail sltahoehabitat@gmail.com or call (530) 541.4654 or click on Habitat.
Nevada road condition e-mail and text message alerts are now available through the Nevada Department of Transportation’s 511 travel information system.
Known as ClearPath 511, the alerts include tire and chain controls, wind advisories/prohibitions and full road closures due to incidents or weather on state roads.
To sign up, users simply log onto www.nvroads.com, select the “ClearPath” icon and register to receive reports for the state road segments of their choice. The alerts are free, excluding text message fees imposed by individual phone carriers.