Moody’s in Truckee, Baxter’s at Northstar and Six Peaks Grille at the Resort at Squaw Creek are the first three restaurants to sign on for the Sept. 5-12 Lake Tahoe Restaurant Week.

South Tahoe Middle School was selected as one of 14 middle schools in the state as a finalist for the California Activities Directors Association/ California Association of Student Leaders Outstanding Activities Program Award for 2009-10.

Nik Olivares of South Lake Tahoe is headed to nationals in slopestyle next month for his age group — 18-22 — after winning the event at Sierra-at-Tahoe on March 13.

David Hansen of Embassy Suites is one of the first recipients of the new CEO Light & Warmth awards for his sustainability efforts at the South Lake Tahoe hotel. He will be recognized at the Hilton Worldwide Global headquarters in Washington in March 2011.

Lake Tahoe Unified School District is looking for a photographer to sign a three-year contract. Click RFP for details.

Rep. Tom McClintock will conduct a constituent town hall meeting at South Tahoe High School on March 27 at 10am.

Lake Tahoe Museum in South Lake Tahoe will be closed most of April.

It will be open April 2-3 from 11am-3pm.

It will be open every Friday and Saturday from 11am-3pm from April 30-May 30.

Exhibits are being mounted in preparation for the summer season.

For more information, call (530) 541l.5458.

Larry Green, Lake Tahoe Unified School District board member and Lake Tahoe Community College math instructor, is one of seven high-powered “Thinkers” in a San Francisco group supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that is looking for ways to improve K-14

Larry Green

education in science and math.

El Dorado County sheriff’s Sgt. Matt Underhill took gold at the 5th annual Ryan Shreve Memorial Ski Race at Sierra-at-Tahoe on March 17. Like Shreve, Underhill graduated from South Tahoe High.

A sign the economy may be picking up — Martis Camp in Truckee expects to build more than 20 houses this year. In 2009, 12 were built.

Lake Tahoe Museum in South Tahoe recently received two unique donations. John Marker donated a bathtub that may be from the old Sierra House. A 50-piece, 17-foot wooden kayak from the 1940s was assembled my museum volunteers.

Megan Hicks, a South Tahoe High grad, is headed to the Peace Corps.

The Ski Run Beautification Committee has organized a Street Walk to gather ideas and solutions for ways to improve and enhance the aesthetics and functionality of the district.

* Meet at the Alder Inn on Ski Run Boulevard, South Tahoe

* March 23 before 10am

The group will leave the Alder Inn at 10am and walk toward Pioneer Trail, looping back down toward the marina and back to the inn.

Slow Food Lake Tahoe will show the movie “Fresh” on March 22 at 6:30pm at Sawtooth Ridge, 877 N. Lake Blvd., Tahoe City.

“Fresh” celebrates the farmers, thinkers and business people across America who are forging healthier, sustainable alternatives to bringing food to the table.

A discussion will follow the movie.

Tickets are $5 per person or $10 per family.

For more information, call (530) 582-7498.

With the goal of helping local high school juniors maximize their chance of success beyond high school, Truckee Rotary has revamped this year’s Rotary Resource & Career Day to create an event that is bigger and better than before.

All 300 juniors in the Tahoe Truckee Unified School District are invited to attend the Resource & Career Day at the North Tahoe Event Center in Kings beach on March 19 starting at 7:45am. The new format features 10 topics essential to juniors and their families, as they transition into their senior year and begin focusing on life after high school.

Topics such as “What’s Hot” (in the job market), “Show Me the Money” (college funding and scholarships), “Other Options with a Purpose” (Peace Corps, Job Corps), vocational programs, and dual credit enrollment and personal development programs will be featured.

Sierra College and Sierra Nevada College representatives will be present to answer questions about career training and educational degree options.

For more information, visit www.truckeerotary.com.

U.S. Forest Service Fuels Management Crews will be conducting prescribed fire operations in the upper Kingsbury Grade beginning March 17.

Operations will continue through the week. Approximately 21 acres will be treated in the Upper Kingsbury and North Benjamin areas.

Residents and travelers can expect to see smoke from prescribed fire project areas.

This and other prescribed fire projects are designed to reduce wildfire risks to communities and critical resources. Smoke management is part of every prescribed fire burn plan, and efforts will be taken to reduce actual or potential smoke impacts on community areas.

The board of directors of Tahoe Turning Point Inc. is having an open house March 18 from 5:30-7:30pm.

The group is expanding its expertise to offer Outpatient Services (Mental Health and Drug & Alcohol) to the community of South Lake Tahoe. Tahoe Turning Point will be providing intense outpatient counseling which will include individual counseling weekly, group counseling weekly, and parenting classes. This also will include random drug testing. All ages are served. serving all ages. Counseling for mental health and substance abuse is available..

The location is 2494 Lake Tahoe Blvd., Suite B5, South Lake Tahoe.

For more information, call (530) 541.4594.

Meyers Community Roundtable meets tonight at 6 in the California Conservancy Corp cafeteria at the corner of Highway 50 and Apache Avenue.

Meeting agenda includes:

• Celio mural

• Proposed boat inspection in Meyers

• County supervisor report

• Government reports

• Public forum

For more information, call Sue Novasel at (530) 577.4857.

Kirkwood Mountain Resort ski patrollers took home five of ski trophies in a recent competition.

Truckee and Washoe County youth sports groups received more than 1,000 first aid kids from Regional Emergency Medical Services Authority and CareFlight.

NV Energy has donated $95,000 worth of service vehicle to various fire departments. Lake Valley on the South Shore of Tahoe will be the recipient of one.

Roger VanAlyne was hired as Minden’s town manager.

Tani Pettit of North Tahoe High School in Tahoe City is one of 30 finalists in Safeway’s The Art of Dairy Taste of Moo-sic Art Contest.

The FBI is involved in a string of regional bank robberies from South Lake Tahoe to Kings Beach to Grass Valley. The suspect wears a fedora and fake beard.