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A sure sign of the holiday season is the opening of the South Lake Tahoe Cancer League's See's Candy Store. Their large selection of fine chocolates are the perfect gift for anyone on your list, and the best thing is that all proceeds go to help locals struggling with cancer.

The See's store is now open at the "Y" from 10:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily until Christmas Eve, or as long as supplies last. It is occupying a vacant store near Starbucks and Beach Hut Deli in the Raley's center.

The South Tahoe Police Activities League (STPAL) would like to extend a thank you to the many community members, organizations and volunteers that made it possible to offer positive alternative activities to the youth of South Lake Tahoe this past summer.

STPAL reached over 60 local middle school-aged kids with the opportunity to learn lifelong skills in mountain biking, skateboarding, and golf alongside positive adult role models.

This year more than 500 students in grades K-12 throughout South Lake Tahoe received a brand new, warm winter coat of their very own though the efforts of the Kiwanis Community Organization, Inc. The project ensures that every child in our community who needs one receives a coat at no charge. The Kiwanis Community Organization, Inc., a 501 c3 non-profit, was established as a collaboration in our community for numerous service organizations to work together on projects such as Coats For Kids, that align with their common missions of supporting the youth and families of our community.

A fun 3k walk with a twist is the next fundraiser for Tahoe Youth & Family Services. After this summer's successful Color Blast Run, they are now having an Ugly Sweater Walk starting at 10 a.m. on November 14, 2015 at Lake Tahoe Community College.

The agency's intern, Indee Lacayo, is planning the event as part of her Community Health curriculum at the University of Nevada, Reno. Lacayo is a lifelong South Lake Tahoe resident.

Dawgs on the Run, a South Lake Tahoe non-profit, is continuing their series of fun, family and dog friendly walks with a costumed walk on Wednesday, October 14.

Wag, Waddle and Walk is the name of their monthly get-togethers which have been held all through town over the summer. Everyone is welcome to join them in the informal setting which always includes a test of a dog's skills (optional, so don't worry if your dog doesn't know any).

Thanks to the support of 38 local businesses/organizations, dozens of local vendors and hundreds of weekly attendees, On Course Events produced over 20 community events this summer, including 3 brand new event series’.

“None of these events would be possible without the support we have from our local
community,” states Leslie Schultz of On Course Events. “The best part is we’re able to recycle that support right back into the community and the local non-profit organizations that support it. That’s true Tahoe support!”

Hello Sweet Sippers!

Are you ready for our final event of 2015 on Sunday 10/4?

This event will feature Rum-based drinks, the entertainment will be "Dougie L." and the non-profit will be the Greater Genoa Business Association.

Please remember to bring your GSSS glass so you can get $2 off of the $12 price, and be prepared to stay until the very end and enter our contests for some very awesome prizes! Remember, October is the big "Give-a-way". We keep drawing those passports until all of the prizes are gone!!

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Lake Tahoe Community College is taking environmental course work to a new level with its new Environmental Technology and Sustainability (ETS) program, being offered for the first time starting this fall. The new ETS program offers three areas of concentration: biological resources, physical resources, and sustainability. Students can earn an Associate of Arts degree, as well as a Certificate of Achievement.

In 2012, Page and Sage was started in order to address the growing problem of hungry children in South Lake Tahoe with the help of Tahoe Douglas Rotary Club. With over 2,000 students qualifying for free or reduced breakfasts and lunches in the community, the need for extra food in homes was apparent then, just as it is now.

Are you starting a business? Are you overwhelmed by a new business or bleeding money into your business? Entrepreneurs Assembly (EA), an award-winning mentor program that assists budding and existing entrepreneurs, is here to help!

EA begins its free monthly program on October 1st at Lake Tahoe Community College (LTCC). Sponsored by LTCC, Tahoe Chamber, Tahoe Mountain Lab and the Future Business Leaders, the ongoing program occurs from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on the first Thursday of the month.

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Residents go to the City for a number of requests, and in order to make sure procedures are followed on those requests, new policies were created Tuesday during the South Lake Tahoe City Council meeting.

A Champions Plaza Recognition Policy was created in order to know how to handle the expected requests for names to be placed at the new venue at the corner of Highway 50 and Lakeview Avenue. The sculpture was selected earlier this summer.

Join the Tahoe Heritage Foundation and the U. S. Forest Service at Lake at the Lake of the Sky Amphitheater on Friday, August 28 for a fun and educational presentation by Wild Things, Inc. Learn about the animals around the Lake Tahoe area with a LIVE animal presentation!

This live lecture is at Taylor Creek Visitor Center’s Lake the Sky Amphitheater at 7:00pm. It is open to the public and is a $5.00 donation to Tahoe Heritage Foundation.

Ready to get "color"ful? Ready to have fun, a little outdoor exercise and help the local community while at it?

Tahoe Youth & Family Services (TYFS) has held South Lake Tahoe area colors in the past, but this is the first year they are adding a COLORBLAST! Fun Run in the Carson Valley into the mix.

On Saturday, August 13 they are holding their annual fun run from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. during the Carson Valley Medical Center Health Fest. The center is located at
1107 Highway 395 in Gardnerville, NV.

STOP RIGHT THERE. Don’t move a muscle, buster. Stay out of this book or I WILL CHOMP YOU!

Meet Bear. He's exhausted. All he wants is to go to sleep. Meet Duck, Bear's persistent next-door neighbor. All he wants is to hang out . . . with Bear

If you're a dinosaur, all of your friends are dead. If you're a pirate, all of your friends have scurvy. If you're a tree, all of your friends are end tables.

These are just a few lines out of books written by South Tahoe High School graduate Jory John who's ninth book, "I Will Chomp You," is being released on Tuesday.

Inmates from the Tahoe jail's culinary arts program won 17 awards at this summer's El Dorado County Fair, something they've done consistently for the past nine years. Since 2007, inmates have had food entries at the fair, bringing home a total of three best in shows, 51 first place awards, 47 second place awards, and 13 third place awards.

This year the inmates entered 18 items winning 17 awards. They received 10 first place and 7 second place ribbons. The ribbons are all posted down the walls at the jail's kitchen.

Sherry Guzzi from Sierra Wildlife Coalition will be presenting “The Beavers of Taylor Creek” at Taylor Creek Visitor Center on Friday July 31st at 8:30 p.m. This event is open to the public and admission is a five-dollar donation to the Tahoe Heritage Foundation.

The 17th hole at Edgewood Tahoe was the scene of the Korbel Hole-in-One contest on Friday, bringing together some of the biggest names in sports and entertainment to help raise money for Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care (LTWC).

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.

Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care (LTWC) is holding their first "Baseball for Bears" night at the Reno Aces game against the Albuquerque Isotopes on July 22 at 7:05 p.m.

A special block of seats in right field have been reserved for friends of the South Lake Tahoe non-profit whose function is to raise, rehabilitate and release orphaned and injured wild birds and animals.

Here are the instructions from LTWC Secretary and Treasurer, Tom Milham:

Unless someone comes forward with the manpower, location and money needed to relocate the historic Barton Ranch Complex at the "Y", it will be torn down. Barton family members were granted the approval for demolition during Monday's Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) special hearings officer meeting.

The public has 21 days to file an appeal to the decision or the TRPA can approve the demolition.

Come on out Sunday, July 5th to "Sip, Shop & Stroll" Main Street in Genoa. The drinks will be Rum-based, the non-profit recipient will be Carson Valley Arts Council and the entertainment will be "Nigel St. Hubbins". Returning sippers bring your glass and save $2 off of the $12 admission. A completed passport will get you a chance at $100 in Genoa Bucks. More fun contests throughout the day. Check-in is on the porch of the Masonic Lodge. Cheers!!

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Several South Shore businesses were among those honored during the 2nd Annual Douglas County Spotlight Awards. The Spotlight Awards recognize businesses in seven different categories: Retail, Restaurant, Manufacturing and Production, Sports and Recreation, Entrepreneur, Business and Professional Service, and Tourism and Hospitality.

The ceremony was held the County’s Financial State of the County event on Thursday, June 11.

The businesses were selected based on achieving some or many of the following eligibility criteria:

Chautauqua performer Steve Hale will present “George Whittell, Jr." who lived off the interest generated by the millions he inherited from his parents. His enormous assets allowed him to purchase the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe where he built the Thunderbird Lodge in the 1930s. The house was designed by prominent Reno architect Frederick DeLongchamps. This included a six-hundred-foot tunnel connected to a boat house to berth the “Thunderbird”, his fifty-five-foot mahogany yacht.

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The Sixth Annual Native Species Festival will be held at the Taylor Creek visitor Center in South Lake Tahoe on Saturday, May 30 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

This free family event is hosted by the U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit and is a great way to spend the day outdoors and learn about the native species of the Lake Tahoe Basin.

The Visitor's Center is located three miles north of South Lake Tahoe on Highway 89.