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It's been almost a year since the 5,400 square foot Alta Mira Building was torn down in South Lake Tahoe in order to provide open space, improve water quality and remove blight.

Every time we offer support and understanding to a family or friend that is caring for a loved one living with mental illness we give them hope. Recovery is absolutely possible! Education is a core component of recovery. Through an array of free NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) education and support programs for individuals, family members, providers and the general public we are improving lives right here in our community.

Visit www.NAMI.org to learn more.

• 1 in 5 adults in America experience a mental illness.

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Mystery, intrigue and entertainment South Lake Tahoe style. That's what you can expect when you join the Friends of the Library for an evening of food, wine and mystery at the South Lake Tahoe Library when they present "A Toast to Die For: An Evening of Mystery."

On Sunday, August 23 from 4 p.m. - 7 p.m. you can enjoy choices of hearty appetizers, beverages, a silent auction and music, all surrounded with an aura of mystery pervading the scene, both inside and out.

Author Todd Borg returns with Tahoe Blue Fire, his 13th Owen McKenna Tahoe Mystery.

Tahoe Blue Fire is about former pro football player Adam Simms who is suffering Traumatic Brain Injury from his days on the gridiron. When Simms becomes the prime suspect in a series of brutal murders in Tahoe, Detective Owen McKenna can’t tell if Simms is being framed or if he is a diabolical killer who is faking brain injury... He shares his writing techniques and storylines in a very entertaining way.

This is not to be missed.

Book sale and signing to follow. Free.

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Chautauqua performer MacAvoy Layne will perform "An Evening with Mark Twain" at Taylor Creek Visitor Center on Friday July 17 at 7:00 p.m. This event is open to the public and the fee is a five-dollar donation to Tahoe Heritage Foundation.

An El Dorado County Sheriff's Deputy, thinking he heard the sound of fireworks, responded to the area of El Dorado Hills Library on July 4 at about 11:00 p.m. Checking the area of Tilden Drive and Avellano Drive, he found the fireworks sounding like they were coming from a residential backyard. With the assistance of witnesses and Serrano Security, the deputy located several persons lighting and shooting off illegal fireworks from the back of a house in the 3800 block of Tilden Drive.

The Lake Tahoe Community College Foundation’s Speaker Spotlight Series continues on Monday, June 1 at 6 p.m. in the Board/Aspen room inside the library building. In the spotlight will be Dr. Beachy Orr, LTCC’s longtime Biology and Anatomy & Physiology instructor. All members of the community are welcome to this free event, and refreshments will be available.

Author Cindy Sample will discuss her award-winning and national bestselling Laurel McKay humorous mystery series which is set in El Dorado County. Sample’s series has been described as the perfect blend of intrigue, humor and romance. She will discuss her pothole-filled path to publication and also focus on her latest release, Dying for a Dude, a 2015 LEFTY Award Finalist for Best Humorous Mystery.

Q & A and book sale to follow. This will be a fun night for writers and readers.

Free and open to all.

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Wild Things Inc will bring an exciting mix of wild animals to your library. In their presentations they share with children a message of conservation and appreciation for animals by telling about that animal’s personal history and its importance to the environment.

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To help mark the late Malcolm X’s birthday, Lake Tahoe Community College is hosting a screening of his most famous speech followed by a faculty panel discussion on Tuesday, May 19 from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. in the Board/Aspen Room inside the library building.

This is a free event, and the entire community is welcome and encouraged to participate.

- Many children go undiagnosed and unidentified; they are penalized for inappropriate behavior though symptomatic.
- 42% of diagnosed students graduate with a high school diploma.
- 48% of diagnosed students drop out of school.
- 50% will serve jail time after leaving school; 20% serve sentences prior to leaving school.
- Currently 12 % of children in America under the age of 18 have a diagnosable
mental illness.
- Among the US population, mental illness impacts 1 in 4 individuals.
- 50% of adult cases of mental illness had signs and symptoms by age 14.

Students from the art department at Lake Tahoe Community College will be displaying their creations at the annual Student Art Exhibition held throughout the campus from May 17 through June 19.

To kick off the show there will be an opening reception on Sunday, May 17 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. with music, refreshments, and a 3:30 p.m. awards ceremony. It is free to attend and open to the public.

The exhibition is showcasing up-and-coming South Lake Tahoe artists who have been enrolled in art classes at LTCC during the past academic year. T

Kids are invited to drop-in at the South Lake Tahoe library all month to enjoy makerspace activities. All kids, ages 8 - 16, are invited to make Squishy Circut, BrushBot Terrarium, Paper Circuit and Stomp Rocket

The free activities will be at the library on Thursdays and Fridays, May 7, 8, 14, 15, 21
from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Each day will feature a different project​. Please call the library for more information.​

Give Where You Live! is a 24-hour giving challenge coordinated by the El Dorado Community Foundation. This year's day long giving day is Thursday, April 23, 2015.

“We have approximately 70 nonprofits participating in the event this year. Each nonprofit will have its own website presence to highlight a particular need or needs for which it is focusing giving dollars, as well as more information about the organization in general,” said Megan Buchanan, donor services coordinator at the foundation.

Dozens of community members came to the South Lake Tahoe Library Tuesday night to see what is being planned as an update to the Lake Tahoe Region Bike and Pedestrian Plan and give their opinions.

Those attending were asked to look at the plans displayed on boards lining the room, and give their comments on a variety of issues from safety to connectivity.

People were actively participating, telling the project planners, Tahoe Metropolitan Planning Organization (TMPA) and TRPA, what they felt was most important on infrastructure and goals.

Reno's first-ever poet laureate, Gailmarie Pahmeier and poet/teacher Shaun T. Griffin will be the next featured artists at the Lake Tahoe Community College's Writers Series on April 21 at 7 p.m.

The poets will read selections from their works, answer questions from the audience and sign copies of their books at the event which will take place at the college'e Roberta L. Mason Library. Their books will be available for sale.

Learn about the Geology of the Tahoe Rim Trail with TRTA Board Member, Dave Schnake during his talk on April 28 starting at 6 p.m. You'll gain an appreciation of the enormous geologic forces that led to the formation of Lake Tahoe in this informative, non-technical presentation of the geologic history of the Lake Tahoe Basin. The varying geology to be discovered as one travels around the Lake on the Tahoe Rim Trail will be highlighted.

Free and open to all.

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South Lake Tahoe native Aaron Hussmann will share his book, "500 Miles of South Lake Tahoe Hikes" at the South Lake Tahoe Library on May 12 at 6 p.m.

After going away to college, Aaron moved back to the Sierra Nevada mountains for an intentional summer of hiking and backpacking that became the basis for his guidebook.

Just in time for hiking season, Hussmanm hopes his work will inspire others to get outdoors and become better stewards of Lake Tahoe.

Join the Friends of the Library for a motivating hike presentation. Book sale and signing to follow.

Free and open to all.

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Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, in its capacity as the Tahoe Metropolitan Planning Organization, is asking people to take an online survey and provide public input needed to create a connected, accessible, and safe bicycle and pedestrian network at Lake Tahoe.

The survey is being offered through June 30. It is available at http://tahoempo.org/atpsurvey/ and takes about 15 minutes to complete.

Learn about El Dorado County's Good Neighbor Program, their guide to handing vacation home rentals in the unincorported area of South Lake Tahoe, during a community meeting on March 4.

The County's Treasurer/Tax Collector’s Office has invited everyone who lives in the county, lives near a vacation rental, owns a vacation rental or manages them to their meeing being held at the South Lake Tahoe Library at 11 a.m.

South Tahoe Now is starting a new series of stories about historical places to visit, all within a couple of hours drive from South Lake Tahoe.

The Sierra Nevada and Carson Valley are rich in history. I knew this growing up, but never really appreciated it until I was well into adulthood. Having lived in South Lake Tahoe for over 35 years , I continue to learn about the area’s history and historical points of interest, and appreciate the previous residents more every day.

The final environmental impact report on Heavenly Mountain Resort's Epic Discovery Project has been completed and is now ready for public review. The new project, located at Heavenly Mountain Resort, will expand their summer activities to include more canopy tours, hiking and biking trails as well as interpretive activities.

Dr. Graham Kent (STHS class of 1980) from the UNR Seismological Laboratory will give a presentation on ALERT Tahoe . ALERT Tahoe is a new, one-of-a-kind, fire camera and multi-hazard tracking system that includes smoke investigation, prescribed fire oversight, wildfire tracking, Earthquake Early Warning, and monitoring of extreme weather events. A prototype of the fire camera system is functioning, scoring early successes during the summer of 2014.

Dr. Kent will present on the existing and planned camera system, in an incredibly interesting presentation.

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The community is warmly invited to three free art exhibit opening receptions at Lake Tahoe Community College. On Thursday, January 15 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., enjoy gorgeous printmaking by artist Emmy Lingscheit in her show Departure, housed in the Haldan Art Gallery in the library building. In the Foyer Gallery in the Fine Arts building, explore recent paintings by artist Kelley Hackleman in her show, Slightly Disheveled. In the Student Gallery in LTCC’s Main Building, artworks created by regional high school students will be featured.