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New Year, New Set of Laws in California and Nevada
Submitted by paula on Sun, 01/05/2014 - 8:41pm
With hundreds of new laws every year for the past 45 years, one might wonder if anyone knows them all or can keep track of the changes. There are new laws on the books for both California (800 new laws) and Nevada (45 new laws) that Lake Tahoe residents might want to brush up on.
Here is an overview of some of them:
California
Nashville Indie Folk-Rock Duo "You Knew Me When" to Perform at Himmel Haus
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 12/27/2013 - 11:18am
Event Date:
January 25, 2014 - 3:30pm After uprooting from their Nashville home and full-time jobs in June of 2012, the husband and wife duo You Knew Me When set plans to tour the nation for a full year…however, they never stopped. Since that time they have been serving up their craft brewed compositions coast to coast throughout the USA and into Canada, released their first studio album “You, Me, and the Rest of the World”, and have done so as a fully independent entity. Now 18 Months into their ongoing tour, the duo makes a South Lake Tahoe stop on January 25th at the Himmel Haus.
Location
Himmel Haus
3819 Saddle Road
United States
See map: Google Maps
The South Lake Tahoe Winter of 51/52 and Other Great Stories
Submitted by paula on Tue, 11/12/2013 - 11:15pm
Dubbed the "All Star Panel," a group of long time local residents shared stories of a South Lake Tahoe most of us never experienced. The seven panelists have lived in Lake Tahoe a combined 600 plus years and shared some great stories with the overflowing crowd at Camp Richardson Lodge on Tuesday evening. In fact, the number of long time locals in the audience was very evident since their combined years of living in Lake Tahoe was over 1880!
Dave Wakeman, South Lake Tahoe resident since 1947
School and Community Safety at the Forefront
Submitted by paula on Mon, 10/21/2013 - 4:09pm
It was just 3 minutes from the time a gun was shot today in Sparks, Nevada until the first police officer arrived at Sparks Middle School. In that 3 minutes, one math teacher was killed, two students were shot and the young shooter shot and killed himself.
Principal's Office: Zephyr Cove Elementary
Submitted by paula on Mon, 10/21/2013 - 11:34am
The 2013-14 school year is off to a great start! We have had much excitement since August 19th with our first and hopefully, annual Round Hill Pines Beach Bash which was held on September 8th. Festivities included hot dogs and hamburgers, a raffle, and a silent auction. Families were able to get acquainted and re-acquainted and the kids were still enjoying the long summer sun. Thanks to our awesome Parent-Teacher Club, we are well on our way to funding many academic opportunities for enrichment and intervention as well as materials and resources for our teachers.
LTCC Teachers Honored for Excellence
Submitted by paula on Wed, 10/02/2013 - 8:49pm
Lake Tahoe Community College English instructor Michael O’Laughlin and Sociology/Anthropology instructor Dr. Scott Lukas have both been honored for their outstanding work in the classroom. O’Laughlin was selected by LTCC students as their Teacher of the Year, and Dr. Lukas was chosen by his fellow faculty members as the Distinguished Faculty Award recipient. The winners will each personally receive $500 thanks to a generous donation by the LTCC Foundation. They’ll also each get to direct another $500 towards the LTCC program or scholarship or classroom materials of their choice.
Check it out: Library card sign-ups, prizes through September at South Lake Tahoe branch library
Submitted by Editor on Thu, 08/29/2013 - 4:34amSeptember is National Library Card Sign-Up Month. During this month, the South Lake Tahoe Branch Library invites you to demonstrate your love of reading, by visiting us and either showing us an existing library card, or signing up for a new one. All participants will be entered into a drawing for a chance to win great prizes!
Celio Ranch Transports Visitors to a Bygone Era
Submitted by paula on Tue, 08/20/2013 - 3:05pm
It doesn’t take long to immerse yourself into the history of the Celio Ranch as you walk through the fields and old farm buildings. Spread over 100 acres at the base of Echo Summit near South Lake Tahoe, the Celio Ranch shows what it was like in years gone by.
If you can tune out the sound of an occasional car engine or airplane you can imagine what these early settlers found as they farmed and created a large family business 150 years ago.
New LTCC Earth Science Scholarship Honors Former Instructor
Submitted by Editor on Fri, 06/28/2013 - 10:11am
Lake Tahoe Community College has started a brand-new scholarship in honor of a former instructor who passed away in late May. The Carl Young Memorial Earth Science Scholarship is being established to honor the meteorology teacher, who died when he and two colleagues were chasing tornadoes just outside Oklahoma City.
This new Earth Science scholarship will be the first of its kind at LTCC according to geology and earth science instructor Scott Valentine, who worked with Mr. Young’s parents to establish the scholarship.
Lake Tahoe Community College Mourns the Loss of Carl Young
Submitted by Editor on Sun, 06/02/2013 - 3:01pmLake Tahoe Community College faculty, staff, Board of Trustees, and administration express their heartfelt condolences to the family of LTCC distinguished alumnus Carl Young. Carl and his former “Storm Chaser” colleagues star Tim Samaras and his son Paul Samaras were killed on Friday, May 31 while chasing storms in Oklahoma.
OBITUARY: Dr. Lyndall Deane Landauer
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 03/08/2013 - 5:00amAuthor, historian, and teacher Dr. Lyndall Deane Landauer passed away February 21, 2013, in Monterey, California, after a brief illness. She was 86.Born Lyndall Deane Baker on September 24, 1926...
Sen. Harry Reid addresses 2013 Nevada Legislature (full text)
Submitted by Editor on Wed, 02/20/2013 - 7:30pm
Nevada son and U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid addressed a joint session of the Nevada State Legislature today in Carson City. Here is the text of his speech:
Education Roundup: LTUSD moves toward paperless classrooms
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 02/13/2013 - 5:00amSouth Tahoe Middle School teacher Carol Murdock took her social studies class from St. Louis to the Washington coast Tuesday, but unlike Lewis and Clark's journey, the eighth-graders followed th...
Unpack Your Adjectives for a Night of School House Rocks at MontBleu
Submitted by Editor on Fri, 01/25/2013 - 11:48amEvent Date:
February 23, 2013 - 6:00pm
While many already know ‘A Noun is a Person, Place or Thing,’ what they may not know is it’s time to show your inner rock star at the School House Rocks event to support local schools. The ‘Conjunction Junction’ will start at 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23 at MontBleu and it will feature a live DJ, music, silent and live auctions, cocktails, food and more.
Text of Gov. Jerry Brown's 2013 State of the State Address
Submitted by Editor on Thu, 01/24/2013 - 10:17am
California Gov. Jerry Brown today delivered the 2013 State of the State Address. Here's the prepared text:
Kudos & Kindness: Thanks for helping with our heat emergency
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 01/18/2013 - 5:00amOn Saturday morning I stopped by St. Theresa School with our kindergarten teacher to check on classroom pets because of how cold it was the night before. When we got into the building we quickly re...
TERC hosts classrooms for field trips
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 01/18/2013 - 5:00amLake Tahoe Environmental Science Magnet School teacher Bob Comlossy takes his fifth-grade class up Mt. Tallac every year on both a real and a virtual hike to apply the lessons they'd learned in the...
Text of Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval's State of the State address
Submitted by Editor on Wed, 01/16/2013 - 6:20pmAs Prepared for Delivery Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013:
Madam Speaker, Mr. President, Distinguished Members of the Legislature, Honorable Justices of the Supreme Court, Constitutional Officers, Senator Heller, honored guests ...
Sheriff: Calif. teen planned attack on classmates
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 01/10/2013 - 5:50pmTAFT, Calif. - A 16-year-old student armed with a shotgun walked into a rural California high school on Thursday, shot one student and fired at others and missed before a teacher and another staff ...
Teacher sole heir of $7.4M gold coin fortune
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 12/19/2012 - 11:48amCARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - Walter Samaszko Jr. was a loner whose death went largely unnoticed. That all changed when a crew sent to clean out his house found a fortune stashed away in the garage of h...
LTUSD schools strengthen security
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 12/18/2012 - 4:11pmTahoe Valley Elementary School fifth-grade teacher Irene Kaelin asked her group of 30 students Monday to raise their hands if they'd heard about what happened at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Con...
Conn. school shooting suspect was son of teacher
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 12/14/2012 - 4:23pmWASHINGTON - The man suspected of killing his mother and then gunning down more than two dozen people Friday at the Connecticut elementary school where she taught may have suffered from a person...
Man kills 26 at Conn. school, including 20 kids
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 12/14/2012 - 1:33pmNEWTOWN, Conn. - A man opened fire Friday inside two classrooms at the Connecticut elementary school where his mother worked as a teacher, killing 26 people, including 20 children, as youngsters...
Education Roundup: High 'teacher diversity gap' at South Shore schools
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 11/28/2012 - 5:00amIf you're a nonwhite student in California, chances are slim you'll be taught by a nonwhite teacher, according to a study published in 2011 by the Center for American Progress. The report found tha...
Q & A with award-winning author and LTCC teacher Suzanne Roberts
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 11/24/2012 - 5:00amAuthor Suzanne Roberts set out along a month-long trip through the Sierra Nevada in 1993 with two other women. Almost 20 years later, Roberts published the story of that hike in her book, "Almos...
Silk paintings to be on display
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 11/07/2012 - 5:00amLocal artist and teacher Addie Chernus will present a one-woman show at Wyland Galleries in South Lake Tahoe.Chernus' silk paintings will be on display Nov. 9 from 3-7 p.m., Nov. 10 from 2-6 p.m...
Growing up green
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 10/17/2012 - 5:00amSouth Tahoe High School Spanish teacher Maria Luqun surveyed the group of high school students before her on Tuesday as she went over the logistical details of an upcoming Generation Green field...
Help Yourself: A Poetry Workshop with Janet Smith
Submitted by Editor on Sat, 10/06/2012 - 9:01pmEvent Date:
October 20, 2012 - 2:00pm
Help Yourself: A Poetry Workshop with Janet Smith will be on Oct. 20, 2-5 p.m. Smith is the award-winning poet and author of "All of the Sudden Nothing Happened" and poetry teacher at Lake Tahoe Community College. She applies poetry as a therapeutic means for self-improvement. Enjoy an inspiring session on honing your craft. $25; space is limited, reserve now by going here.
South Lake Tahoe teens to represent U.S. at International junior forester competition in Moscow
Submitted by Editor on Fri, 09/07/2012 - 10:59am
South Tahoe High seniors Emily Barnett and Tyler Myers will travel to Russia to present their field research project, “The Effects of Fire and Forest Thinning on the Biodiversity of Understory Plants in the Lake Tahoe Basin,” at the 9th Annual International Junior Foresters’ Competition. Their project was selected by the U.S. Forest Service International Programs office in Washington DC to represent the U.S. in the upcoming competition.
South Tahoe branch celebrates National Library Card Sign-up Month
Submitted by Editor on Sat, 08/25/2012 - 2:13pmEvent Date:
September 1, 2012 (All day)
September is National Library Card Sign-Up Month. Join the South Lake Tahoe Branch Library with a parent during the month of September and either sign-up for a new library card or show an existing library card. Every student will receive a prize for participating and will be enrolled in a drawing on Oct 2. The winning student will get an ice cream party for their entire class and a $75 gift certificate for their teacher. For more information call (530) 573-3185. The South Lake Tahoe Branch Library is located at 1000 Rufus Allen Blvd.
OBITUARY: Carolyn Lawson Kirby
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/27/2012 - 5:00amMarch 12, 1931 - July 22, 2012One of South Lake Tahoe's favorite Elementary School teacher passed away peacefully in her sleep July 22, 2012, at Aegis of Pleasant Hill, after fighting hard again...
Mystery couple from photo found
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 07/18/2012 - 10:09amCARSON CITY, Nev. - After receiving national attention, including an appearance on the "Today Show" on Tuesday morning, Carson High School teacher Angila Golik found the couple she photographed ...
Lake Tahoe School District board approves new athletic director
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 06/29/2012 - 4:37pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The Lake Tahoe Unified School District board approved math teacher and assistant football coach Doug Russell for the athletic director position at South Tahoe High Sch...
Nevada Business Margin Tax Initiative Petition Filed, Legal Challenge Expected
Submitted by Editor on Wed, 06/06/2012 - 3:59pmCARSON CITY – A business margin tax initiative petition filed with the Secretary of State’s office won’t see signature gathering efforts start right away because a legal challenge to the proposal is expected, a teachers union official said today.
Tahoe Today: In memory of Peter Hurkos
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 06/02/2012 - 5:00amExcerpts from my book "The Psychic Within." Peter was considered to be the foremost psychic of the century. He was my teacher, he was my mentor, he was a man who had unbelievable skills. Peter died...
Kudos & Kindness: Thank you to South Tahoe Middle School Club Live
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 5:00amNational Alliance on Mental Illness South Lake Tahoe would like to thank teacher Larry Lambdin and the students in Club Live at the South Tahoe Middle School for their generous donation of $200. Th...
Men's Circle meets
Submitted by Editor on Sat, 05/05/2012 - 3:34pm
If you could …Find a Sacred Space in Your own Heart; Love the Being You Are; Focus on Wisdom rather than Lessons
would you? Embrace your true nature and become inspired with Tribal Wisdom, Ceremony Teachings and Group Support And then BE the Change you choose to Create in your Self, your Community, and the New Earth.
Men's Circle will also be this Monday, May 7, at 5 pm at 191 Pine Drive Kingsbury Grade. (Please call or email for directions).
Purchase Of ‘Air Time’ Not Frequent But Some Nevada Lawmakers Want to Review
Submitted by Editor on Mon, 04/16/2012 - 2:25amCARSON CITY – A little-known benefit of Nevada’s public employee pension plan is the right to purchase up to five years of service towards retirement.
Referred to by some as “air time,” or the ability to add years of retirement without actually putting in the time in a public sector job, the benefit can allow state and local government workers to retire early, collecting annual pensions years before they would be eligible otherwise.
California advocates seek to cut school suspensions by tossing 'willful defiance' charge
Submitted by Editor on Mon, 04/09/2012 - 2:17amSchool suspensions were once reserved for serious offenses including fighting and bringing weapons or drugs on campus. But these days they're just as likely for talking back to a teacher, cursing, walking into class late or even student eye rolling.
More than 40 percent of suspensions in California are for "willful defiance," or any behavior that disrupts class, and critics say it's a catchall that needs to be eliminated because it's overused for trivial offenses, disproportionately used against black and Latino boys and alienates the students who need most to stay in school.
Mountain Yoga workshop with visiting instructor
Submitted by Editor on Mon, 03/26/2012 - 2:15am
Acro Yoga Demo, Kirtan & Gathering, is on tap from 7-8:15pm at Mountain Yoga. Meet Troy Lucero, visiting Ashtanga Yoga Teacher. We will be doing a partner vinyasa (acro yoga) demo. This will be followed by devotional chanting (kirtan) led by members of the Mountain Yoga community. Join us, Friday March 30th at 7 p.m. FREE! All are welcome!! Tea and snacks. www.mountain-yoga.com
Auction for Whittell and Zephyr Cove schools
Submitted by Editor on Mon, 03/26/2012 - 1:29am
Have fun and help raise money for Whittell High School and Zephyr Cove Elementary on April 21 at MontBleu Convention Center beginning at 6 p.m. Tickets are available now and there are lots of great choices: you can sit at the infamous Blackbeard Table, at a Captains Group Table or be a Buccaneer and take your chances! Or buy "Teacher Tickets" so they can attend. Go here to buy tickets and find out the latest on items up for auction.
National Poetry Month Kickoff at Bona Fide Books
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 03/23/2012 - 1:22pm
Event Date:
April 7, 2012 - 7:00pm Bona Fide Books is hosting an art reception, poetry slam and reading for Reno-based poet and artist Benjamin Arnold Sat. Apr. 7, 7-10 p.m. at Bona Fide HQ. This event is free and open to the public. Singer/songwriter Athena McIntyre of Rockin’ Minerva will provide music starting at 9 p.m.
Trout in the Classroom Teacher Training at South Tahoe, Incline Village
Submitted by Editor on Tue, 03/20/2012 - 11:54amBring real biology and aquatic ecology into your classroom! This hands-on program engages and inspires students as they raise Lahontan cutthroat trout for release. At this FREE workshop, learn how to care for trout eggs and facilitate an unforgettable learning experience.
*Previous participants are strongly encouraged to attend*
Two Training Times/Locations Available:
Saturday, March 31st, 9:00am - 12:00pm, Tahoe Resource Conservation District, S. Lake Tahoe, CA
School reformer urges California to change teacher tenure rules
Submitted by admin on Mon, 02/20/2012 - 11:45amFeminist Artist Joanna Frueh Workshop at Sierra Nevada College
Submitted by admin on Wed, 02/15/2012 - 2:02am
Following her performance at UNR on March 1, scholar, teacher, and artist Joanna Frueh will conduct a workshop at Sierra Nevada College, 999 Tahoe Blvd., on Friday, March 2 from 1 -3:30pm in David Hall, 3rd floor. The workshop is limited to 25 people. There is a $10 workshop fee that includes a copy of the book The Glamour of Being Real. The book and workshops focus participants on being true to themselves through practices of self-transformation and conscious self-creation.
Former preschool teacher sues city over stun gun incident
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 02/07/2012 - 4:42pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - A former preschool teacher at Under the Magic Pine Tree is suing the city of South Lake Tahoe, numerous police and fire officials and ambulance operators in federal court...
