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Crowd turns out for South Lake Tahoe Memorial Day Ceremony
Submitted by paula on Mon, 05/29/2017 - 5:06pm
"I'm so proud of our community and this great turnout," said South Lake Tahoe City Councilman Tom Davis during Monday's annual Memorial Day Ceremony at Happy Homestead Cemetery.
A larger crowd than normal watched the ceremony which featured boys and girl scouts, music and speakers that included Gold Star Mom Patty Smith. Her son, Sgt. Timothy Michael Smith, was one of three South Lake Tahoe men to die in action since the September 11 attacks in 2001. Smith, 25, who died April 7, 2008, after his vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device in Baghdad.
South Lake Tahoe Successes Highlighted in Today's State of the City Address
Submitted by paula on Tue, 11/05/2013 - 2:38pm
Mayor Tom Davis touched on more than a couple of dozen points during his State of the City Address which was presented to an overflowing full house at Tuesday's City Council meeting.
Among the Davis's highlighted city successes for the year:
Linear Park - Over $600,000 was spent on a paved bike path, landscaping and an additional 22 lights on a stretch from Wildwood Avenue to just before Pioneer Trail.
Gold Star Peak Dedicated in South Lake Tahoe Ceremony
Submitted by paula on Fri, 09/06/2013 - 5:56pm
"We will never, never forget" were the words spoken by U.S. Rep. Tom McClintock, 4th District of California, as Gold Star Peak was dedicated in South Lake Tahoe today. A bronze memorial plaque commemorating the peak was unveiled during the ceremony held at Lakeview Commons. Mayor Tom Davis told the group gathered, "We're proud to be able to have a memorial we can view every day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year." The plaque is placed near beach level with a clear view of Gold Star Peak.
Gold Star Peak dedication ceremony to be held Sept. 6 in South Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Editor on Tue, 08/20/2013 - 11:30am
Event Date:
September 6, 2013 - 11:00am
With the assistance of the U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit and a determined committee, an unnamed peak on the North Shore of the Lake Tahoe Basin has been renamed “Gold Star Peak” in honor of soldiers from the area that paid the ultimate price in Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, and the War on Terrorism. A ceremony to dedicate Gold Star Peak will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, September 6, 2013, at Lakeview Commons in South Lake Tahoe.
Supervisors Offer Support for Naming Lake Tahoe Peak for Fallen Warriors
Submitted by Editor on Thu, 12/13/2012 - 9:58amThe Placer County Supervisors this week gave their support to efforts to name an unnamed peak in Eastern Placer County in honor of three Tahoe-area servicemen who were killed in action in the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. The peak, located in the Lake Tahoe Basin on United States Forest Service land in Placer County, will be called Gold Star Peak.
The three fallen men include two soldiers and one Marine:
PFC Phillip Brandon Williams, USMC, 21, died October 9, 2006 in Iraq;
Sergeant Timothy M. Smith, USA, 25, died April 7, 2008 in Iraq; and
Peak proposal gets council nod
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 11/06/2012 - 3:47pmThe South Lake Tahoe City Council unanimously approved a resolution supporting the designation of an unnamed peak at Lake Tahoe's North Shore as "Gold Star Peak." The proposal, initiated by Congres...
Group works to find and name South Lake Tahoe area peak in memory of fallen soldiers
Submitted by Editor on Wed, 04/11/2012 - 1:22pm
At the urging of Congressman Tom McClintock, R-Calif., a committee has been formed to find an unnamed mountain peak seen from South Lake Tahoe that will be dedicated to fallen U.S. soldiers from the area.
Congressman McClintock's office approached the U.S. Forest Service about opportunities for a memorial. Forest Supervisor Nancy Gibson came up with the idea of naming an unnamed peak as one of the options for a memorial on National Forest System lands.
