Awards

El Dorado County Sheriff John D'Agostini announced the 2013 Sheriff's Office Award Winners in a recent ceremony. During the ceremony, employees and community members were recognized for exemplary actions and service. Prior to them receiving their awards, a review of their actions that warranted recognition was read to attendees. These actions included traumatic life threatening situations, major investigations and exemplary work performance. Those from the South Lake Tahoe portion of El Dorado County are in bold:

OFFICER OF THE YEAR - Dan Fulton

The nomination period is open for the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency’s 24th annual Best in the Basin awards program, which annually recognizes environmentally compatible projects in the Tahoe Basin that stand out as the best designed, planned and implemented.

Projects completed between October 12, 2012 and December 31, 2013 can be nominated for consideration by the judging panel in the spring or early summer of this year.

More than 175 nominations were received by the Lake Tahoe South Shore Chamber of Commerce for their annual Blue Ribbon Awards. During a recent celebration, awards were given to the following businesses and individuals:

Experience Award – Sponsored by Marriott Grand Residence Club –Timber Lodge

Grammy Award winning island music superstars Shaggy & Ravon and the legendary group Black Uhuru will headline separate shows at the Lake Tahoe Fall Harvest Reggae Jam at MontBleu Resort Casino & Spa Nov. 19 and Nov. 29.

Governors from eight states this week announced a groundbreaking initiative to put 3.3 million zero-emission vehicles on the roads in their states within a dozen years.

TahoeChamber announced the nominees for the 2013 Blue Ribbon Awards. 175 people and businesses were nominated.

Congratulations to the nominees:

Experience Award – Sponsored by Marriott Vacation Club

The nomination period for the Blue Ribbon Awards is coming to a close. If you haven’t had the opportunity to nominate businesses or individuals deserving of this honor, don’t let it pass. Nominees and winners will receive recognition at the 6th Annual Blue Ribbon Awards Dinner & Ceremony on November 14 at MontBleu.

3rd Annual Meyers/Lake Tahoe Climbing Festival And Outdoor Bouldering Competition.

This event will include: All Ages and Skills Bouldering Competition, Booths from Local Adventure and Climbing Businesses, Dyno Competition, Awards Ceremony, Live Music, Local Food and BBQ, Beer Garden hosted by local breweries, and more!

Nearly 2,500 athletes are headed to the North Lake Tahoe area this week for IRONMAN, a full triathlon which will have them running 26.2 miles, biking 112 miles and swimming for 2.4 miles. The sold out event will have the events spread from Lake Tahoe to Squaw Valley and Truckee.

There are 13 age divisions from age 18 to 80 as well as professional and physically challenged divisions. Fifty winners from the event will qualify for the Championship IRONMAN in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii in October, 2014.

TahoeChamber is now accepting nominations for the 6th Annual Blue Ribbon Awards. After six years, this prestigious awards program has grown from three key awards to eight including Tourism, Geotourism, Entrepreneur, Experience, Large & Small Green Business, and Customer Service.

On Oct. 11 at 7 pm Bona Fide Books will launch poet Robert Krut’s award-winning collection “This Is the Ocean” with a reading and book signing as part of the Lake Tahoe Community College’s Writers’ Series. The event is free and open to the public.

The numbers are in: Lake Tahoe Community College’s scholarship program had its most successful year ever in 2012/13, helping more students to reach their academic goals than ever before. In June 2013, the college handed out $81,000 in scholarship dollars: the most in the college’s history.

All of those dollars will help 66 LTCC students to continue their education, providing much-needed funds to cover the costs of tuition, textbooks, and other resources necessary to academic success.

FREE music on the beach July 25 with the electronic funk stylings of Vokab Kompany. Live at Lakeview features local vendors, food vendors, a beer garden, FREE bike valet, and great vibes! Parking is limited; with off-site locations available at the SLT Recreation Center (1601 Rufus Allen Blvd.) Bike or hike! Thursdays from 4:30 – 8:30 p.m.

It’s official: men’s and women’s intercollegiate soccer is coming to Lake Tahoe Community College.

The LTCC Board of Trustees voted in favor of launching the soccer program at its last meeting on June 25. LTCC’s Physical Education Department is developing the curriculum surrounding the program, and a decision on a new team name and mascot will soon follow.

Job announcements for the related coaching positions will be released in August, with hiring decisions finalized by October. The new men’s and women’s soccer teams will take the field competitively starting in September 2014.

The City of South Lake Tahoe Recreation Department is proud to partner with the Tahoe Tri Club and is hosting a Kids Triathlon this Sunday, June 30 at the South Lake Tahoe Recreation Complex at 3 p.m. Registration for the event is $35.

The Tahoe Kids Triathlon is a super fun and super spectator friendly triathlon (series) for kids ages 3-13. The triathlon course includes the Recreation Complex Swimming Pool, Parking Lot, and Greenway that surrounds the Campground. A post-race party, BBQ and yearly age-group awards will follow the triathlon.

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In honor of Peace Officer Memorial Week, the South Lake Tahoe Police Department honored officers, dispatch and citizens during its Annual Awards Ceremony on Wednesday, May 15, 2013.

“We are so proud of the selfless efforts by our police force on a daily basis and it’s nice to have an opportunity to support them in this way” said City of South Lake Tahoe Mayor Tom Davis. “These are all local heroes in our police and fire departments and its good we take the time to honor them.”

In honor of Peace Officer Memorial Week, the South Lake Tahoe Police Department invites you and your family to attend our annual awards ceremony on Wednesday, May 15th at 4:00 pm at the South Lake Tahoe Police Department located at 1352 Johnson Blvd.

South Lake Tahoe Police will be honoring award recipients; Officer Angie Kallstrom — Meritorious Service, Officer Barret Rider — Meritorious Service, Officer Nick Carlquist — Meritorious Service, Dispatcher Linda Clark —Distinguished Service, Rudolph Pakes — Citizen Award of Merit, and Peggy Goularte — Citizen Award of Merit.

The Live at Lakeview Summer Music Series will return to Lakeview Commons in South Lake Tahoe every Thursday this summer, June 20 through August 29 (excluding July 4).

The City of South Lake Tahoe has recognized the Live at Lakeview Summer Music Series as a Signature Summer Event and awarded a contract to On Course Events for the production of this event series at Lakeview Commons for the next two summers through 2014.

Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Executive Director, Joanne S. Marchetta, was named Public Servant of the Year earlier this week at the 59th annual Community Awards dinner hosted by the North Lake Tahoe Resort Association and Chamber of Commerce.

“I just carry the baton, I carry it for all of you,” she told the audience upon receiving the award to a standing ovation Wednesday night at the Ritz-Carlton, Northstar, California.

The El Dorado County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday awarded a $2.6 million contract to Yarmouth, Maine-based Tyler Technologies to replace its current financial, payroll and human resources systems.

Eleven companies proposed bids and the county spent 18 months researching those bids, according to a news release. The money for the contract will come from the county's reserve for capital projects. Supervisors also OK'd $3 million to hire additional staff to assist with implementation and conversion of the project.

Below is the news release issued by El Dorado County.

From March 29-31, 2013, Heavenly Mountain Resort will be buzzing with excitement as Olympic hopefuls take to the California side of the resort to compete in moguls, aerials and dual moguls. The Sprint U.S. Freestyle Championships will return to Heavenly’s famous Gunbarrel run, as U.S. team athletes come together for the final event of the season to battle it out for the title of U.S. Champion. Leading the team are Olympic and World Champion Hannah Kearney (Norwich, VT), and hometown hero Sho Kashima (South Lake Tahoe, CA).

Tahoe Production House recently won an award for excellence in web-based video production from the international AVA Digital Awards 2013 competition.The competition recognizes outstanding achieveme...

The Tahoe Fund, an environmental non-profit raising funds for environmental improvement projects in the Tahoe Basin, today announced it has received an “Every Day Capacity Building Grant” from the National Environmental Education Foundation.

The grant program is made possible through the generous support of Toyota Motor Sales USA, Inc. This grant will provide resources to help the Tahoe Fund expand its online fundraising capacity and donor management capabilities. The Tahoe Fund was one of 29 grantees selected from a competitive pool of 160 applicants. The grant is for $5,000.

The Nevada Rural Housing Authority (NRHA) has named Nevada State Bank, “Most Valuable Partner, ” one of the NRHA’s highest awards to a bank or lending institution.

“Nevada State Bank has been instrumental in providing WISH program funding for the NRHA,” said Gary Longaker, NRHA Executive Director. “The money comes from an award by the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco and Nevada State Bank has been an important player in bringing these dollars into our region to help young rural families go from renters to first time home buyers,” he said.