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Soldier had hopes of becoming a teacher
Submitted by Editor on Fri, 09/30/2011 - 8:03amGarrett Fant knew since he was a young boy that he wanted to be a soldier. He enlisted in the Army as soon as he was old enough, dismissing pleas from his brother to join him in the Navy. Family members spoke with the San Francisco Chronicle about the young man, including his aspirations to return to South Tahoe to teach. Go here for the story.
KUDOS & KINDNESS: 2011 Fire Fest a great success
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 09/30/2011 - 7:57amCongratulations, everyone, on an exceptional Fire Fest event this past Saturday. The weather was perfect, the crowd was steady and the food delicious.We are estimating about 1,000 guests, vendors a...
KUDOS & KINDNESS: Tremendous Autumn Fest support
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 09/30/2011 - 7:53amThe Autumn Fest Planning Committee sincerely thanks the multitudes of volunteers and sponsors who made Autumn Fest possible last Sunday!Your support, in many forms, made this fundraiser for the Lak...
KUDOS & KINDNESS: A great community success story
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 09/30/2011 - 7:45amSouth Lake Tahoe Women's Center would like to share our deepest appreciation of our community supporters for their charitable contributions toward the success of the 12th annual Sunset Gala Bali Ba...
KUDOS & KINDNESS: Thanks to the Highway 50 work crew
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 09/30/2011 - 7:39amThis is Daniel, the guy on the three-wheel bike. I would like to thank the road crew on U.S. Highway 50 for helping me with my bike to get out of the way of their work area.They were good enough to...
KUDOS & KINDNESS: Proud to live in community that values health, recreation
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 09/30/2011 - 7:37amProud to live in community that values health, recreationCongratulations to everyone who finished the Athleta Iron Girl Lake Tahoe Triathlon! Your energy, positive attitudes and smiles were contagi...
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: It's not too late to stop state's plans for golf course
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 09/30/2011 - 7:35amAnyone who values open space and concurs with the wisdom of Native Americans that all living things are interconnected, should be appalled by what is happening in Washoe Meadows State Park near Mey...
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: What happened to our beautiful blue sky?
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 09/30/2011 - 7:32amJust last week I was dwelling on what a beautiful fall we are having, especially the classic, pristine Tahoe blue sky. As I drove over Spooner Summit this evening, I was appalled to see the brown s...
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Dog owner is responsible for death
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 09/30/2011 - 7:28amRegarding the car hitting the dog on Cayuga Circle on Sept. 13 at about 7:45 a.m.: It is sad when a dog gets killed by a car.My problem is that Jerry and Jane Starkey want to blame the car driver. ...
SIROTA: Painting the black: Sports mirror life
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 09/30/2011 - 7:20amDespite recent odes to "post-racial" sensibilities, persistent racial wage and unemployment gaps show that prejudice is alive and well in America. Nonetheless, that truism is often angrily denied o...
Forest Service plans to burn Angora piles this fall
Submitted by Editor on Fri, 09/30/2011 - 6:37amBy Cheva Heck
U.S. Forest Service fire and fuels management crews plan to begin prescribed fire operations in the Angora fire area this fall, burning piles created during the fuels reduction component of the Angora Ecosystem Restoration Project. Operations could begin as soon as next week.
Vikings unable to hold on against Elko
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 09/30/2011 - 5:00amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - This one hurts.South Tahoe led Elko High School 28-14 after the Vikings started the third quarter with a 55-yard diving touchdown run by Jacob Stowell. But by the time...
Opinion: Finding your inner artist
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 09/30/2011 - 4:58amRobert Schimmel is a professional artist and teacher in South Lake Tahoe as well as host of “Lake Tahoe Art Scene” on KTHO radio on Thursdays at 5:15pm. ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../opinion-finding-yo...
Apple season means time to make a pie
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 09/30/2011 - 4:58amPublisher's note: Apples are being sold at the Tuesday farmers' market in South Lake Tahoe, which runs through Oct. 11. By Debbie Arrington, Sacramento Bee ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../apple-s...
Placer County fighting to keep its water
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 09/30/2011 - 12:46am... August 2009, August 2001, 0. Receive News Digest by Email. Enter your email address: Delivered by FeedBurner. Donate to Lake Tahoe News. Social Media ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../placer-county-fig...
Resort at Squaw Creek operators face federal lawsuit
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 09/29/2011 - 7:49pmA property management company in Lake Tahoe violated federal law when it improperly handled a sexual harassment claim of a Resort at Squaw Creek employee, according to a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equa...
Opinion: Time to sell the Olympic idea to the people of Tahoe-Reno ...
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 09/29/2011 - 7:49pmThe return of the Winter Olympics to the Reno-Tahoe area took another step forward last week when officials of the Reno Tahoe Winter Games Coalition confirmed to the U.S. Olympic Committee their inter...
Snippets about Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 09/29/2011 - 7:49pmSouth Lake Tahoe Mayor Hal Cole's state of the city address has been moved to Oct. 18 at 6pm at Lake Tahoe Airport. • Julia Mancuso left Chile for her home at Squaw Valley to shoot a profile piece...
Zephyr Cove Elementary picks student council
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 09/29/2011 - 3:25pm
By Jenay Aiksnoras
Candidate Forum
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 09/29/2011 - 1:01pm
A candidate forum the South Tahoe Public Utility District election will be held at Harrah's Convention Center on Oct. 19, from noon to 1 p.m. The forum is sponsored by Soroptimist International of South Lake Tahoe. Ann Swallow will moderate.
Smoke detectors in homes save lives
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Two high school students cited for marijuana possession
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 09/29/2011 - 10:14amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Two South Tahoe High School students were cited for possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia Monday following a K-9 search around student vehicles, said Lt. David S...
Nev. warrant for gang rival in Hells Angel killing
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 09/29/2011 - 9:48amSPARKS, Nev. (AP) - Police in Nevada and California are looking for a 53-year-old member of a motorcycle gang accused of killing the president of the San Jose chapter of the rival Hells Angels club...
Hundreds of plants, animals up for new protections
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 09/29/2011 - 9:45amBILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - The Obama administration is taking steps to extend new federal protections to a list of imperiled animals and plants that reads like a manifest for Noah's Ark - from the melo...
Snow on the way? Weather advisory issued for Sierra
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 09/29/2011 - 9:43amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - With a storm on the way next week, the National Weather Service has issued a special weather statement for South Lake Tahoe and much of the region."After a period of rela...
1,100-acre fire near NV-CA line fully contained
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 09/29/2011 - 9:31amBRIDGEPORT, Calif. (AP) - Fire crews have fully contained a wildfire near the California-Nevada line that burned more than 1,100 acres five miles west of Bridgeport, Calif.Nearly 300 firefighters b...
TRPA welcomes new regional planning coordinator
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 09/29/2011 - 9:22amLAKE TAHOE - As the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency shifts into the final phases of its Regional Plan Update, the agency announced this week an associated change in leadership for its Regional Plan ...
Cell phone ban goes into effect Saturday
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 09/29/2011 - 9:16amMINDEN, Nev. - A new law that prohibits the use of a cellular phone or other handheld wireless communications device while operating a motor vehicle in certain circumstances goes into effect on Sat...
South Shore grad killed in Afghanistan
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 09/29/2011 - 8:58amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - A South Tahoe High School graduate was killed while serving in Afghanistan this week.Spc. Garrett Fant, 21, died Monday after his unit was attacked with an improvised ...
South Tahoe grad Army Spc. Garrett Fant dies in Afghanistan
Submitted by Editor on Thu, 09/29/2011 - 7:59am
UPDATE: 9:50AM: We received word this morning that U.S. Army Spc. Garrett Fant, 4th Calvary, died on Sept. 26 in Afghanistan. He was 21-years old and listed as attending South Tahoe High School. The U.S. Army has not sent an official notice of his death but it has been confirmed through the news organization KSAL out of Fort Riley, Kansas. Fant's mother is Julia Towle Farell of South Lake Tahoe.
The U.S. Army announcement to the press came this morning but details have remained vague. News also reached Fant's Facebook page. Word surfaced from family friend and Gold Star Mother Patty Smith, who's son Sgt. Tim Smith, of South Lake Tahoe, died April 7. 2008 in Iraq. According to KSAL, Garrett Fant died due to injuries sustained from an improvised explosive device in southern Afghanistan. He was on patrol in southern Afghanistan's Kandahar Province on Monday of this week when the IED detonated.
Fant, who was listed on KSAL News Radio as being from American Canyon, Calif., was assigned to the 4th Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, currently deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
Fant joined the Army in March 2009 as an indirect fire infantryman. This was his first deployment. Fant's awards include the Combat Infantryman's Badge, NATO Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal with one Campaign Star, and the Army Service Ribbon.
Tahoe retailers: Some sunny, some blue
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 09/29/2011 - 7:55amSoft retail sales during the peak tourist season led to the closure of two venerable North Lake Tahoe stores, but other business owners in Incline Village and Tahoe City say sales are still going s...
Obama administration approves solar loans in Nevada, Arizona
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 09/29/2011 - 7:52amWASHINGTON (AP) - The Energy Department on Wednesday approved two loan guarantees worth more than $1 billion for solar energy projects in Nevada and Arizona, two days before the expiration date of ...
Opinion: Don't change Washoe Meadows State Park
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 09/29/2011 - 6:25amA public hearing, to approve redrawing the boundaries between State Park and State Recreation Area will be held at 9am Oct. 21 at the Lake Tahoe Golf Course ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../opinion-dont-c...
Tribune Sports Talk
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 09/29/2011 - 5:00amJoe Proudman and Tim Parsons talk South Lake football as South Tahoe takes on Elko on Friday and Whittell takes on Battle Mountain on Saturday.--Tribune Sports TalkSeptember, 29 2011 9:12 pm MST...
McAvoy Layne keeps spirit of Mark Twain alive
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 09/28/2011 - 11:59pmLayne's popular “Mark Twain's Tales of Tahoe” summer cruises take place aboard the two sternwheelers that ply Lake Tahoe – the Tahoe Queen and the M.S. Dixie II. Layne played the ghost of Samu...
League appeals Sierra Colina decision
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 09/28/2011 - 11:59pmBack to court – that is where the Sierra Colina project is going because the League to Save Lake Tahoe is appealing last month's ruling. U.S. District Judge Robert Jones in Reno had ruled in the d...
K-9 units find drugs at STHS, 2 students suspended
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 09/28/2011 - 11:59pmTwo South Tahoe High School students have been suspended and face criminal charges after School Resources Officer Aaron Crawford said marijuana and paraphernalia were found in their vehicles on campus...
Fishing report through Oct. 4
Submitted by Editor on Wed, 09/28/2011 - 11:56pmHere is this week's fishing report through Oct. 4, 2011. This report covers rivers, lakes and streams in the Sierra, Northern Nevada, Northern California and Southern Oregon.
Outdoors with Don Q: Fall fishing and hanging it up for the season
Submitted by Editor on Wed, 09/28/2011 - 11:24pmBy Don Quilici
With winter weather creeping around the corner, and with many California waters scheduled to close for the year on Nov. 15, this is my annual reminder for those fishermen who plan to hang it up for the year after a few more fall casts.
Many of you prefer not to fish during the winter months or have absolutely no interest in ice fishing, so this article is specifically written for you. (Hmmm, come to think of it, this article is also worth reading by those of you who plan to continue fishing until the weather warms back up, again).
Free gift for first time mammogram patients
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 09/28/2011 - 5:40pmTahoe Forest Health System celebrates National Breast Health Awareness Month by ... Tahoe Forest Hospital utilizes the most advanced technology to perform ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../free-gift-for-fi...
Realtors earn specialized certificate for South Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 09/28/2011 - 5:40pmEighteen Realtors recently earned the South Tahoe Association of Realtors Area Specialist Certification. The course and exams are necessary to earn the ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../realtors-earn-speci...
League appeals Sierra Colina decision
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 09/28/2011 - 4:25pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The League to Save Lake Tahoe filed an appeal Wednesday to an August court decision that would have allowed a South Shore housing development to move forward.The environm...
Bob Dog Pizza at Meyers Station rallies for Tahoe Valley PTA
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 09/28/2011 - 3:02pm
Bob Dog Pizza at Meyers Station will host a fundraiser for Tahoe Valley Elementary School PTA Annual Walk-A-Thon on Thursday, Sept. 29, from 11 a.m to 9 p.m. Bob Dog Pizza is located at 3141 U.S. Hwy. 50 in Meyers
530-577-2364. See a full menu at www.BobDogPizza.com. Delivery, Eat-in, Pick-Up or Take-n-Bake.
Mention Tahoe Valley when ordering. 25 percent of the profits donated back to Tahoe Valley PTA to fund field trips.
Camp Richardson at Lake Tahoe celebrates festivals, fall colors and fine dining
Submitted by Editor on Wed, 09/28/2011 - 2:50pm
NEWS RELEASE — Camp Richardson Historic Resort & Marina, Lake Tahoe’s favorite family resort, is gearing down for an anticipated season of fall colors, crisp mountain air, special events, activities, dining with a view and lakefront lodging value.
Located on Tahoe’s south shore, Camp Richardson is an outdoor enthusiast’s mecca. The fall season offers warm days and sweater-wearing nights that allow guests to take in hiking, biking, live music and beach time without the larger summer crowds.
Grateful Dead's live show continues with Dark Star Orchestra
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 09/28/2011 - 2:33pm"I think we're in the 1,960s right now," said Rob Koritz, referring to numerals, not a decade.Koritz is one of the drummers in the Dark Star Orchestra which plays homage to one of seminal 1960s cre...
10th Annual Village Oktoberfest at Squaw Valley
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 09/28/2011 - 2:27pmBreak out the dirndls and scrub your knees before donning a pair of lederhosen.The 10th annual Village Oktoberfest at Squaw Valley happens Saturday, Oct. 1.The Bavarian-style action begins at 2 p.m...
Living to tell about it, adventure reporter appears at Twain Center
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 09/28/2011 - 1:58pmWriting or speaking, Paul McHugh can wax eloquence."There's a bifurcation between the skill sets and you have to jump over the gap," said McHugh, who is just as likely to metaphorically pole vau...
Soooo Money!
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 09/28/2011 - 1:54pmBaseball is a favorite muse of poets and storytellers drawn by the game's rhythms and slow simmer. Though watching it seems idyllic for a lazy summer afternoon, the thwack of a bat and ball conn...
Author Of New Public Pension Reform Report Says Radical Changes Needed To Protect Taxpayers
Submitted by Editor on Wed, 09/28/2011 - 1:48pmBy Sean Whaley / Nevada News Bureau
Scott Beaulier is no fan of states borrowing money, but in his new working paper on transitioning public pensions to 401(k) style plans to reduce taxpayer liabilities to pay retirement benefits, the Troy University professor says it is an option worth considering.
Positive vibrations from Ziggy and friends
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 09/28/2011 - 1:45pmFollowing in his father's footsteps, Ziggy Marley drew a crowd of locals and visitors, showing that he truly is the heir as the king of reggae. Natty kicked off the evening with some upbeat regg...
