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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Be careful if you're a dog owner
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 11/07/2011 - 8:34amDog owners of Lake Tahoe, beware - the dog catcher is after you.This actually applies to all California residents. Did you know that if your dog barks at someone or even their dog or cat, it can be...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Vote Kortge on Tuesday
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 11/07/2011 - 8:33amDear Tahoe Residents and Friends,On Nov. 8, I am asking for your vote for the South Tahoe Public Utility District Seat No. 3. I offer a diverse background which will be highly effective in this pos...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Kortge best choice for utility district
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 11/07/2011 - 8:32amOn Tuesday, Nov. 8, I hope you will vote for Mary Kortge to sit on the Board of Directors for South Tahoe Public Utility District, Seat No. 3. She will make an excellent board member. Her mastery o...
GUEST COLUMN: How we're restoring Tahoe while creating sustainable communities
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 11/07/2011 - 8:30amAs the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency runs full-steam ahead to complete the Lake Tahoe Regional Plan Update by the end of 2012, I want to be sure the community is clear on our goal - restoring and ...
Tahoe prosperity center to hold industry workshops
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 11/07/2011 - 8:29amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The newly formed Tahoe Prosperity Center is announcing a series of workshops to jump-start an effort to bring economic stability and prosperity back to the Tahoe Basin. T...
Zephyr Photonics transitioning to commercial markets
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 11/07/2011 - 8:28amRENO - A Zephyr Cove company that's worked a quarter of a century on secret defense projects is coming into the light under the guidance of new owners.Zephyr Photonics, a company that previously op...
Officers not tolerating parking violators
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 11/07/2011 - 8:21amWith two part-time employees needing to make their job pay itself, more parking tickets are being issued in South Lake Tahoe. “Absolutely, we are writing more tickets because we are going from nonexis...
Documentary about end-of-life issues
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 11/07/2011 - 8:21am“Consider the Conversation” is a documentary done by Terry Kaldhusdal, a teacher and filmmaker from Wisconsin as well Mike Bernhagen, the director of community outreach and care partner relations at R...
Lake Tahoe Basin transportation plan open to public input
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 11/07/2011 - 8:18amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The Tahoe Metropolitan Planning Organization, charged with creating a 23-year vision for transportation in the Tahoe Basin, wants to hear the public's ideas and prioritie...
Low turnout expected for Tuesday election
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 11/07/2011 - 8:13amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Fewer voters are expected to turnout at fewer polling places during Tuesday's odd year election.Seats are up for grabs on the Lake Tahoe Community College Board of Tru...
Warriors comeback to beat Lovelock, fall to Yerington
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 11/07/2011 - 5:00amBATTLE MOUNTAIN, Nev. - After one of their hardest fought victories, the Warriors fell in three games to No. 1 seed Yerington in the 2A Northern title match. "We were gassed to be honest, we were s...
Snippets about Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 11/07/2011 - 1:20amTahoe Rim Trail volunteers this season put in more than 12000 hours to build 2.4 miles of new trail on the DaggettVan Sickle State Park project and 1.75 ...www.laketahoenews.net/2011/.../snippets-abou...
Federal Advisory Committee to meet in South Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 11/06/2011 - 11:20pmThe Lake Tahoe Federal Advisory Committee will meet Nov. 18 from 10am-3pm at the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, 35 College Drive, South Lake ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../federal-advisory-committee-...
Auditions for 'The Tortoise Versus the Hare'
Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 11/06/2011 - 10:43amAuditions for the Missoula Children's Theatre production of “The Tortoise Versus the Hare” are Nov. 14 from 4-6pm at South Tahoe Middle School multipurpose room. If cast, there will be a fee of $3...
Officials keeping eye on high water levels in region
Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 11/06/2011 - 10:43amTrout Creek is higher in October than it has been in years. Photo/LTN. Water is still being released into the Truckee River from the Lake Tahoe Dam. That's because Tahoe is still much higher than ...
Sierra eliminates the hike to resort's extreme terrain
Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 11/06/2011 - 10:43amAdrenaline junkies will want to head to Sierra-at-Tahoe this winter because of the exclusive snowcat-guide provided trek to and through Huckleberry Canyon. These 320 acres of expert terrain first beca...
Backcountry ski swap at LTCC
Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 11/06/2011 - 10:43am19 Backcountry Ski and Gear Swap is being put on by Hope Valley Outdoors and Future Business Leaders of Lake Tahoe. The swap is located at Lake Tahoe Community College from 9am-3pm that Saturday. Gear...
Opinion: S. Lake council violating federal drug laws
Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 11/06/2011 - 10:43amPublisher's note: The following is a letter written to the South Lake Tahoe City Council that is reprinted with permission. Dear City Council Members,. The California Court of Appeal for the Secon...
Tahoe's transportation vision outpaces implementation
Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 11/06/2011 - 10:00amThe Tahoe Metropolitan Planning Organization, an arm of TRPA, rolled out its plan for the future to about 50 people who attended a meeting Nov. 3 at Inn by the ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../tahoes-tran...
South Tahoe Whittell Truckee volleyball teams headed to State ...
Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 11/06/2011 - 8:44amSouth Tahoe Whittell and Truckee high school volleyball teams are head to ... South Tahoe will be up against Truckee in the Class 3A division at 620pm on ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../south-tahoe-whitt...
State finally prevails — Kindertown day care closed
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 8:06pmBy Kathryn Reed. Kindertown Day Care and Preschool will not open Monday. It may never open again, at least not with Maria Barrows-Crist as owner-operator. Officials from the California Department of S...
Round Hill Shopping Center owners' revenue grows
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 8:06pmRetail Opportunity Investments Corp., owners of the Round Hill Square Shopping Center, posted its quarterly earnings report this week showing net income attributable to common stockholders for the qua...
MontBleu's owners post quarterly profit
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 8:06pmTropicana Entertainment, which has two properties in Laughlin and one in Lake Tahoe, among other properties around the country, said it earned $14.9 million in the quarter ended Sept. 30 vs. a profit ...
South Tahoe sets record low; more snow coming
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 8:06pmweather South Lake Tahoe on Saturday set a record low at 13 degrees, breaking the previous record of 16 from 2002. Tahoe City and Truckee are equally as cold, but not setting records. The National Wea...
Mountain Magic dance convention swings into South Shore
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 7:00pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - It took Michelle Kinkaid four U.S. titles to figure out she wanted to host a dance convention. Then another three years to figure out where to hold it."I really wanted...
South Tahoe boys' cross country 3A state champs
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 1:18pmRENO, Nev. - Connor Henderson led South Tahoe to a 3A state title on Saturday in San Rafael Park in Reno. The Vikings battled injuries and sickness on their way to the being the top 3A team in the ...
Warriors comeback to beat Lovelock for ninth-straight trip to state
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 12:21pmIn a replay of their earlier match this year, the Warriors overcame a two-game deficit to beat Lovelock in the second round of the 2A Northern playoffs, guaranteeing themselves a ninth-straight tri...
The JAYC Foundation: Jaycee Dugard Public Service Announcement
Submitted by Editor on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 11:04amJaycee Dugard makes a Public Service Announcement on behalf of The JAYC Foundation: "Just Ask Yourself to Care. If you see something that looks wrong or amiss, speak out! You might be wrong, but you might just save someone's life. This is presented by the JAYC Foundation."
Go to www.theJAYCfoundation.org
State finally prevails — Kindertown day care closed
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 10:16amOfficials from the California Department of Social Services showed up at the South Lake Tahoe center Friday about lunchtime with an order from a judge stating ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../state-finall...
South Shore officials attempting to erase state line
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 10:16am“One of the fundamental problems is recreation is not close to the bed base,” Shaw said during the inaugural joint meeting of the South Lake Tahoe City Council ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../south-shore...
South Lake Tahoe may outsource airport management
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 9:14amBy Kathryn Reed. Lake Tahoe Airport in the near future may not be run by people on South Lake Tahoe's payroll. “It's not so much what we save in employee costs, as it is having a more entrepre...
South Shore officials attempting to erase state line
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 9:14amBy Kathryn Reed. STATELINE – Land capability is being redefined on the South Shore. Mostly is has to do with using what exists to its maximum potential. A presentation Nov. 4 by Richard Shaw, principa...
Bonanza Park expected to be built in 2012 in S. Lake
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 12:42amBrandon Hill with Edgewood Companies told Lake Tahoe News a decision should be made this month regarding who the contractor will be. Two finalists are in the running. Originally the company had expect...
Tickets for 3-day South Shore music fest on sale today
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 12:42amWith thousands of people milling about the Stateline casino corridor each New Year's Eve with nothing to do but be cold and drink, South Lake Tahoe has come up with an alternative for this crowd a...
Winter recreation lunch on North Shore
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 12:42amThe North Lake Tahoe Chamber of Commerce is hosting its annual Winter Recreation Lunch on Nov. 17 at noon, with an 11:30am registration check-in at the Olympic Village Lodge (formerly Olympic Village ...
Snippets about Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 12:42amReckless redefines what a war horse really is. • The Springmeyer family, who owns the Highway 50 property where the decades-old amusement park was in South Lake Tahoe, has had the structures disassemb...
Vikings spikers take on Elko Saturday
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 11/04/2011 - 7:30pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - In Danny McLaughlin's second year of coaching Vikings volleyball, he fully expected growing pains from the team that has only one senior and only two returning players th...
Warriors advance in Northern 2A playoffs
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 11/04/2011 - 7:28pmBATTLE MOUNTAIN, Nev. - It only took three games for the Whittell Warriors to move on in the Northern 2A volleyball playoffs, as they defeated White Pine 25-19, 25-11 and 25-19. "They played awesom...
Vikings rally to down Truckee
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 11/04/2011 - 7:26pmFALLON, Nev. - Even the ice-cold temperatures couldn't prevent the South Tahoe girls soccer team from becoming red hot.The Vikings blasted their way past Truckee, 6-3, in a 3A regional semifinal so...
Opinion: Candidates need reminder that Nevada is important
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 11/04/2011 - 5:00pmOpinion: Candidates need reminder that Nevada is important. Posted by admin in Voices on November 1st, 2011 | no responses. Publisher's note: This editorial ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../opinion-ca...
Genoa in process of reinventing itself
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 11/04/2011 - 5:00pmGenoa in process of reinventing itself. Posted by admin in Lifestyle on November 2nd, 2011 | no responses. By Rob Sabo, Northern Nevada Business Weekly ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../genoa-in-process-of...
Nevada not alone in bear hunt controversy
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 11/04/2011 - 5:00pmBy Jeff Delong, Reno Gazette-Journal. Hunters might be quietly stalking Nevada's woods, but the policy decision that put them there was decidedly noisy. ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../nevada-not-alo...
Customers saying no to corportate banking
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 11/04/2011 - 5:00pmBy Carolyn Said, San Francisco Chronicle. Ken Wilkins has been a Citibank customer for more than 20 years, but on Thursday he was at Berkeley's Cooperative ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../customers-s...
City, county talk partnerships at first joint meeting
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 11/04/2011 - 4:37pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The South Lake Tahoe City Council and Douglas County Board of Commissioners met at Edgewood-Tahoe Golf Course Friday for a first-ever joint meeting dubbed as "historic" b...
Water consolidation fight returns
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 11/04/2011 - 1:11pmGARDNERVILLE, Nev. - Douglas County commissioners may ask staff to look at creating a single Carson Valley water system for administrative purposes at their meeting on Thursday.Commissioners receiv...
OBITUARY: Chrystal M. Delaney 1920 - 2011
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 11/04/2011 - 1:01pmChrystal Delaney, a beloved member of the community, passed away on October 30, 2011 at the age of 91. Crystal resided in South Lake Tahoe for 50 years in a home that was one of the first on Gar...
City, developer spar over convention center plan
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 11/04/2011 - 12:48pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Several investors have expressed interest in a stalled condominium and convention center project at the state line in recent months, according to court documents filed...
OBITUARY: Vickie C. Rybak 1968- 2011
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 11/04/2011 - 12:13pmVickie C. Rybak, 42, a resident of Zephyr Cove, passed away October 24, 2011. Vickie was born November 10, 1968 to George and Donna Rybak in Glendale, California. Vickie was the previous owner o...
Dugard releases PSA for JAYC Foundation
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 11/04/2011 - 12:07pmSAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The California woman who was kidnapped and held captive by a sex offender for 18 years is urging people to help keep their neighborhoods safe by looking out for strange occurre...
Sweet as can be: Sweet potatoes
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 11/04/2011 - 11:43amTRUCKEE/TAHOE - Sweet potato hash. Sweet potato fries. And sweet potato pies. No matter how you choose to slice, dice or devour this succulent vegetable, sweet potatoes are a healthy and versatile ...
