By Donna Isbell Walker, Gannett At 64, Gregg Allman is lucky to be alive. For more than three decades, as the face and blues-soaked voice of the Allman Brothers Band, Allman lived as hard and fast as he possibly could. Copious amounts of drugs and alcohol eventually took their toll, and a 1995 intervention by […]
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To the community, This past 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 realized that something was wrong with the boiler. I felt bad but, I called Father Grace […]
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By Ron Dicker, Huffington Post Call it the new slide trombone. Los Angeles-based musician Sean Pawling played “Ride of the Valkyries” while downhill skiing in Lake Tahoe recently. Watch Pawling carve out turns and hit the right notes in the best (well, only) trombone gig we’ve ever seen on packed powder. Next time we’d like […]
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Plenty of groomers with lots of sunshine Here is the Jan. 17 ski report. — Curtis Fong
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Lake Tahoe Environmental Science Magnet School is taking names for the Fall 2013 “line-up” of kindergartners. Children who will be turning 5 on or before Dec. 2 qualify. Parents much fill out a form at the school office to be part of the lottery. The deadline to apply is March 27. Names will be pulled […]
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By Kathryn Reed ZEPHYR COVE – Suddenly the sun is gone. Plants wither. People and animals die. No air to breathe. No water to drink. Briefly, all of this happened at Zephyr Cove Elementary School on Jan. 15. It was all to show the students how important the sun is to the survival of life […]
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By Kathryn Reed Officials with the American Century Championship golf tournament are saying it’s too soon to know if Livestrong will remain the official charity. The annual celebrity golf tournament at Edgewood Tahoe in Stateline has been affiliated with Livestrong the last seven years. While Lance Armstrong has been accused of wrongdoing, the foundation he […]
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To the community, Thanks to a Secret Santa and the Kagan and Catton families, a very special meal was served at the Bread & Broth Christmas Eve dinner. Prime rib, generously donated by a local Secret Santa, was the main course for the dinner. The Kagan and Catton family donated the remainder of the meal […]
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• Kim Wyatt, owner of Meyers-based Bona Fide Books, has been nominated for Beyond the Margins’ Above and Beyond award for her writing-editing-publishing work. Bona Fide has also revamped its website. • Consider going to a national park on Jan. 21. Entrance is free at all of them on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. • […]
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Publisher’s note: “I found a total of three patients in 2012 who had diagnoses containing the words ‘energy drink’ or ‘red bull’ or ‘caffeine’ – the last one was thought to be due to the effects of ‘5 hour energy’. So not unheard of, but certainly no epidemic here,” Warren Withers, medical director for Barton […]
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