Snippets about Lake Tahoe

elena hight• South Lake Tahoe snowboarding sensation Elena Hight reveals a lot about herself in ESPN magazine.

• July 17 is the final Business After Hours Mixer of the summer. It’s from 5:30-7:30pm at the Beach Retreat & Lodge at Tahoe in South Lake Tahoe. Tickets are $10 for chamber member, $20 for prospective members.

• On July 31 at 1pm will be a five card no limit Texas Hold’em Poker Tournament before the Phish concert to benefit the Mockingbird Foundation and their work with K-12 music education programs. For tickets, go online.

• Here is the Sierra roadwork schedule from Caltrans for this week.

• Gov. Jerry Brown appointed Kenneth Pogue, 45, of Shingle Springs assistant secretary for legislative affairs at the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.