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  • Letter: Questions regarding Meyers hockey academy

    Letter: Questions regarding Meyers hockey academy

    Publisher’s note: This letter was sent to the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency and is reprinted with permission. Dear Ms. [Audrey] Jepson, I received your notice of a public hearing for this project scheduled for June 22. I believe some clarification is required. The notice contains the same language as before in the last paragraph, indicating […]

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  • Letter: Thankful for outdoor education volunteers

    Letter: Thankful for outdoor education volunteers

    To the community, The students of Lake Tahoe Unified School District and Zephyr Cove Elementary were able to participate in the Outdoor Explore and Children’s Forest events thanks to the help of many amazing partners during the past few weeks. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all who support these wonderful programs. […]

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  • Opinion: How the buffalo became national mammal

    Opinion: How the buffalo became national mammal

    By Gaynell Terrell, High Country News He was one of Nature’s biggest gifts, and the country owes him thanks. — Charles M. Russell, 1925 The bald eagle has been the national symbol since 1782, but the Western artist Charlie Russell was right: The buffalo was far more important to the story of the American West. […]

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  • Letter: Pay it Forward at Bread & Broth

    Letter: Pay it Forward at Bread & Broth

    To the community, On May 30, Bread & Broth’s Adopt A Day of Nourishment dinner was sponsored by a grant from John McDougall of the Pay it Forward Community Fund at the Parasol Tahoe Community Foundation.   J McDougall and his sister, Janet McDougall, were on hand at his Pay it Forward sponsorship dinner to help […]

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  • Opinion: The Art of the Golden State Warriors

    Opinion: The Art of the Golden State Warriors

      By Peter Tokofsky During an early round of the current NBA playoffs a couple weeks ago, my family’s favorite team, the Golden State Warriors, had an idle evening. Missing the excitement of seeing our squad outplaying an opponent, I suggested to my daughters that we re-watch the game from the previous day. This suggestion […]

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  • Letter: Caltrans plans to build Meyers roundabout

    Letter: Caltrans plans to build Meyers roundabout

    To the community, Caltrans District 3 is developing a safety project that proposes to construct a roundabout at the intersection of highways 50 and 89 in Meyers beginning in 2018. The department has looked at several options at this location and has identified a roundabout as the preferred alternative to address safety concerns and improve […]

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  • Opinion: Graduation ceremonies offer optimism for future

    Opinion: Graduation ceremonies offer optimism for future

    By Michael M. Crow Around the country, graduation speakers are stepping up to podiums to deliver messages of inspiration and hope. But this is not your typical graduation season. This year speakers honored at commencement ceremonies must calibrate their words of wisdom to cut through the chatter of a political season whose discourse has turned […]

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  • Letter: Windjammers help at Bread & Broth

    Letter: Windjammers help at Bread & Broth

    To the community, The Lake Tahoe Windjammers Yacht Club members enjoy sailing, being on the water and helping others. Whether teaching others to sail, being part of a sailing crew or helping Bread & Broth volunteers at their Monday Adopt A Day sponsorship dinner, the LTWYC members are ready and willing to help folks in […]

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  • Opinion: No justification for Calif. transportation tax hike

    Opinion: No justification for Calif. transportation tax hike

    By Jon Coupal  A personal digression: My father was head of the Iowa Department of Transportation (then called the Iowa Highway Commission) in the late 1960s and early 1970s before he was appointed by President Gerald Ford to serve as deputy federal highway administrator. (Of course, he lost that job when Jimmy Carter became president, […]

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  • Letter: Meyers grateful for successful OMG run

    Letter: Meyers grateful for successful OMG run

    To the community, On behalf of the Meyers Community Foundation, we would like to sincerely thank a number of people and organizations for their assistance in making this year’s inaugural OMG Fun Run a huge success. This event would not have been possible without the support of our main sponsor, Tahoe Center for Orthopedics/Barton Health. […]

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