Valhalla Holiday Faire
The 15th annual Valhalla Holiday Faire is Nov. 20-21 from 10am-5pm. The Valhalla Grand Hall is off Highway 89 on the South Shore.
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2 Squaw junior skiers earn scholarships
By USSA Two-time Olympian Stacey Cook (Mammoth Mountain) congratulated Mackenzie Bachmeier, Danielle Brownell-Patty, Johanna Gur and Forrest Ferguson this week on winning the 2011 Stacey Cook/Sun Valley Ski Tools Scholarship (SVST). The four young racers will receive $500 worth of ski tools and $500 worth of ski wax to use throughout the entire alpine season. […]
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Patriotic church service to salute veterans
On Nov. 7 at 11am First Baptist Church South Lake Tahoe is having a Patriotic Service honoring veterans and those in the Armed Forces. There will be patriotic music and various video presentations. Pastor Alan Morse is a Vietnam War veteran. The church is at 1053 Wildwood Ave., South Lake Tahoe. For more information, call […]
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Baptist Church honors veterans
On Nov. 7 at 11am First Baptist Church South Lake Tahoe is having a Patriotic Service honoring veterans and those in the Armed Forces. There will be patriotic music and various video presentations. Pastor Alan Morse is a Vietnam War veteran. The church is at 1053 Wildwood Ave., South Lake Tahoe. For more information, call […]
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Audition for ‘Treasure Island’
Tahoe Arts Project presents the Missoula Children’s Theater “Treasure Island”. Auditions are Nov. 15 from 4-6pm at the South Tahoe Middle School multipurpose room. There are roles for approximately 60 children in grades K-12 (must be 5 and in kindergarten to audition). Rehearsals will be Tuesday-Friday from 4-8:30pm depending on the role. Performances will be […]
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Book provides insightful history lessons about China
By Kathryn Reed Disturbing is the word that resonated with me as I kept flipping the pages of “Out of Mao’s Shadow: The struggle for the soul of a new China.” I have read plenty of news accounts about China and it’s repressive government as well as stories about it being more progressive. But the […]
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Hwy. 50 construction on West Slope taking longer than expected
By Tony Bizjak, Sacramento Bee Up in the El Dorado Hills area, commuters complain that one Highway 50 reconstruction effort seems to have become the region’s official never-ending project. It’s been two years since work started on the combination car-pool lane and freeway interchange upgrade project – yet workers are still out there, shifting lanes […]
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‘Kindertransport’ comes to stage at LTCC
Three generations of women explore the far reaching ripples of the Holocaust in Diane Samuels’ play “Kindertransport,” opening at Lake Tahoe Community College’s Duke Theatre Nov. 13. Kindertransport was the name of a rescue effort that brought thousands of Jewish children to Great Britain from Nazi Germany between 1938 and the outbreak of war in […]
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Massage therapists donate time to support women in Africa
South Lake Tahoe entrepreneurs and small businesses will host the first Massage for the Masses Nov. 12-13, with 100 percent of the proceeds going to support Dolphin Anti-Rape and AIDS Control Outreach, a Kenya-based rape-prevention organization. Elevate Wellness and Biospirit are donating their studio and spa space to host the event, and a dozen local […]
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El Dorado County Food Bank looking for help
California Food Bank Executive Directors, I need your help. El Dorado County is currently going through some painful budget cuts and senior nutrition sites are in danger of elimination. In the past I have talked to Food Bank Representatives that partner with their county to provide service through the Senior Nutrition Program. I am trying […]
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