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Editorial Note: This opinion piece was originally published in the LA Times.

The Lake Tahoe Community College and Lake Tahoe Unified School District Boards of Trustees will hold a joint meeting on Tuesday, March 24.

During the meeting, two people from the Los Rios Community College will provide an overview of "Get Focused, Stay Focused!" a career and educational course that LTUSD officials hope to bring to South Tahoe High next year.

Have you heard any good Middle Eastern Oud or Kemenche lately? How about South American Charango and Zamponia or East Indian Tablas or Santoor? Intrigued? These and many other ethnic instruments from the Middle East, Central Asia, India, China and South America will be played by multi-instrumentalist Todd Green at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, March 27 at South Tahoe High School Theater. Admission is $12 for adults, $10 for seniors, and $5 for children. The concert will be preceded by a half-hour quiet strings-only, live prelude.

March is Donor Appreciation Month so all blood donors will receive 500 extra Hero reward points for giving during the month. By donating blood just once in March earns people enough points to obtain a free movie ticket. There are also other rewards available.

United Blood Services will be at Whittell High School on Thursday, March 19 for the school's Blood Drive from 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. It will be held in the school's new gym lcoated at 240 Warrior Way in Zephyr Cove.

South Lake Tahoe 15-year old Andrew Herrera won his first triple crown in wrestling this weekend during USA Wrestling's Ironman youth tournament held in Reno.

The 182 pound South Tahoe High sophomore won first in Greco, Freestyle and Folkstyle.

Herrera comes off a third place finish with the high school team.

4:11 pm 3/1/15 Update from Jeff Munson, CarsonNow.org:

Six people were injured in a weather related head-on crash Saturday morning on Highway 50 near Zephyr Cove, a Nevada Highway Patrol trooper said. One woman remains in serious condition.

The accident was reported at 8:48 a.m. and involved a Toyota Camry, occupied by five people, three males and two females, and a Volvo, driven by a Carson City resident.

According to NHP Trooper Daniel Lopez, the Camry was going eastbound on Highway 50 and crossed over into the westbound lane, striking the Volvo head-on, said Lopez.

Defending Nevada State Division IV basketball champs Whittell High School are the top seed for the West in the Northern Region tournment which started Thursday at Spring Creek High School.

The Warriors beat Owyhee High School in the first round, 71-27. They will meet the McDermitt Bulldogs in the quarterfinals on Friday afternoon. McDermitt is the #2 seed for the East in post season regional action.

In the other quarterfinal game, Eureka will play Virginia City at 8 p.m.

It was a close game for over three quarters in the gym at South Tahoe High on Saturday, but the visiting Fallon Greenwave prevailed in the end and beat the Vikings 60-44.

South Tahoe needed a win to continue their season in next week's playoffs.

The Division 1A playoffs will start on Thursday in Fallon at Churchill County High School.

The Lady Vikings had a different outcome in their game against Fallon. The girls won by a score of 49-41.

Due to the generous donation from someone in the community, the South Tahoe High girls' and boys' basketball games are free on Saturday, February 14.

The Junior Varsity girls open up the day of basketball with their 10 a.m. game, followed by the JV boys at 11:30 a.m.

Varsity games get underway at 1 p.m. for the girls and 2:30 p.m. for the boys.

All games will be against Churchill County High School of Fallon, NV.

The defending Division 4 State Champion Whittell Warriors are beginning the final weekend of regular season action with an impressive record. Overall, they are 21-2 and in league play they are 13-1. Their only loss of the season is to league leading Virginia City.

On Thursday night Whittell won their sixth straight game by beating Sage Creek 70-13.

Every Warrior ended up on the score board led by Palmer Chaplin's 11 points. Three teammates had 10 points: Colin Buchholz, Bryce Bronken and Quinn Kixmiller. All of those players are juniors except senior Bronken.

When most of us hear the terms “domestic violence” or “relationship violence,” our minds immediately focus on adult relationships and marriages. The terms can often build the mental image of extreme attacks from one adult partner, stereotypically male, to another, a woman as the victim, but rarely do we consider that violence occurring between teens. Sometimes we may even think that teen relationships aren’t as serious as adult relationships, and therefore the circumstances that lead to violence don’t exist. Unfortunately, this couldn’t be farther from the truth.

Over 700 more acres of slash pile still remain to be burned around the Lake Tahoe Basin as part of the California Tahoe Conservancy, Nevada Division of Forestry and U.S. Forest Service fire operations.

There has been a lot of work completed on the baseball fields in South Lake Tahoe, including a new diamond for local little league teams. One needed item wasn't on the list of projects completed with Measure S funds was replacing the old and broken scoreboard so a fundraising effort has begun to replace it.

South Tahoe High varsity baseball coach Starbuck Teevan started a GoFundMe page in order to help with the $18,500 needed for a new scoreboard.

Nicholas Abelow, a South Tahoe High graduate, has been named partner at Abelow, Pratt & Associates, LLP. He will be partnered with long time local financial advisor Roger Pratt.

To celebrate the new partnership, the Tahoe Chamber will have a ribbon cutting ceremony on Wednesday, February 11, 2015 at 4 p.m. There will be a cocktail party to follow until 6 p.m. at the office which is located at 595 Tahoe Keys Blvd Suite A-4 in South Lake Tahoe,

California State Parks and the U.S. Forest Service may continue prescribed fire operations on Monday, January 26, 2015. Operations may take place near Tahoe City on Highway 28 between Rocky Ridge and Lake Forest, near Emerald Bay at Eagle Point Campground, the Boat Camp and behind Vikingsholm, Gardner Mountain near South Tahoe High School, Luther Pass near Grass Lake, Ski Run Boulevard near Heavenly, and on the East Shore near Logan Creek Drive and the north side of Spooner Summit. Operations will last through the next several weeks as conditions allow.

It's not every day you see a 2,200 pound, 26-foot tall guitar being driven along Highway 50 from Sacramento into South Lake Tahoe. Nor does one normally see a huge crane lifting a metal guitar over 100 feet to be placed onto a base in front of a South Shore casino.

The South Tahoe Lady Vikings Varsity team currently has a 3-3 record in 1A Northern Nevada League action. They are coming off of a full week of basketball action.

On Friday, January 2, South Tahoe lost to Elko 52-33. Senior Ally King led all STHS scorers with 10, followed by Sophomore Drue Chapman's 9.

The girls had a win against Spring Creek 46-42 on Saturday, January 4. King and Chapman led scorers again with 17 and 16 respectively. They each had two 3 pointers each.

An attempt to set the record for the World's Largest Simultaneous Group Workout happened at noon on Saturday, January 3 at cities around the globe, and South Lake Tahoe was not left out.

For the 18 people who showed up, it wasn't all about breaking a record, it was about starting off the new year right with an hour of exercise. They walked along the new bike trail from Sawmill Pond to South Tahoe High School and back.

El Dorado County sheriff's investigators say a 14-year-old boy traded his grandmother's guns for marijuana and they don't know who has the firearms now.

The boy, who is from Missouri but staying with his grandmother in Wilton (Sacramento County), took a sledgehammer to her safe, took her two guns inside, and drove off with her car Monday night, according to sheriff's Deputy Chris Stelz.

A photograph hangs in our father’s home—Needham Grammar School, Lodi, California, class of 1944, 120 kids from a different time. Amazingly, Dad could name a fair number of those classmates 70 years later.

A teacher for 25 years, the former students of South Tahoe High School will remember having Mr. Campodonico for history or civics. Vince held an optimistic belief in society and citizenship that he practiced all life long. He was always planning a trip, back from a trip or on a trip. Vince enjoyed people and would want us to say his goodbyes to his friends and family.

Many of us have driven on Highway 395 between South Lake Tahoe and Southern California. I’ve done that route many times myself on the way to and from San Diego and Disneyland. As heading South, the Owens Valley opens up after leaving the town of Bishop, just over 200 miles from Tahoe. You’ll pass through the town of Independence, and six miles later you’ll find yourself at the Manzanar National Historic Site (the town has an ironic name as you’re about to find out).

As part of their mission to give back to the community and protect the environment, Vail Resorts gave away 49 grants to Lake Tahoe area groups during a ceremony on Tuesday at Heavenly Valley.

The year was 1914. Charlie Chaplin appears in his first movie. Ford Motor Company announces an 8 hour work day and a wage for employees of $5/day. Woodrow Wilson is President and Babe Ruth makes his major league debut. November 12th of that year was when Jean Dahlinger of South Lake Tahoe was born.

Today, 100 years later, Jean celebrated her 100th birthday at the Barton Mountain Cafe with family, friends and community members. Known as "The Dancing Machine," Jean was serenaded by the South Tahoe High Jazz Band as they played "Happy Birthday" and "America the Beautiful."

South Tahoe High's Boys cross country team is bringing home a Division 1-A fifth place finish from the 2014 NIAA State Cross Country Championships in Las Vegas. Their counterpart across the state line, Division III Whittell High School, is also bringing home fifth place honors from the tournament.

South Tahoe's highest finisher was Dillon Lemons who finished 18th. He was followed by Orion Maxwell (21st), Paul Mutz (25th), Mario Mangiaracina (33rd), George Freeman (42nd), Paul Hoefer (45th) and Chase Stalter (52nd). Their top five finishers ended up with a total time of 1:31:27.1.