Snippets about Lake Tahoe
• Dori Borjesson, a veterinarian and professor at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, will give a presentation on how stem cells function to heal tissues in animals and people, and clinical trials using stem cells to treat diseases in small and large companion animals on Jan. 15 at 5:30pm at Sierra Nevada College in Incline Village. Cost is $5.
• The draft master plan for Martis Creek Lake and Dam in Truckee requires dogs to be leashed.
• J.T. Thompson is now tourism director for the North Lake Tahoe Resort Association.
• Ball field No. 2 at North Tahoe Regional Park will be named for fallen Placer County Detective Mike Davis.
• A report by the Partnership for a New American Economy says better tourist visa laws would boost the country’s revenue by at least $7.6 billion and create 50,000 jobs within five years.
…..as long as better tourist visa laws do not bring in all the foreign workers to work at American Ski Resorts! It is amazing to me that Europeans come to work at American Ski Resorts for 6 months, when we still have high unemployment. American ski resorts need to offer training and jobs to Americans, and only invite foreign workers if they can’t get help in this country. I love the cultural addition, but I resent that they don’t invest in American work resources first! Biotech companies cannot bring in a foreign scientist on a work visa unless they prove they cannot fill the job with Americans… that should hold true for ski resorts, even if they have to increase training and maybe even boost the pay a bit!
Irish Wahine, the reason they bring in the European (and South American) workers to the ski resorts is that those kids are willing to WORK. AND they are polite and helpful to the guests. I’ve interacted with quite a few of them here and in Colorado, and they are delightful. Too many American kids haven’t been taught anything about manners or even basic human interaction with anyone except their own peer groups! It’s a shame, but it’s all too true.
Teach your kids to survive in the world and how to make their way in society. That’s a parent’s REAL most important job, but it doesn’t seem like many do it.