·       Erin Jones is the newest doctor at Barton Family Medicine in South Lake Tahoe.

·       Barton Health Community Advisory Committee is having a mental health forum on Oct. 1 from 8:30am-1pm at South Tahoe High School in the Fallen Leaf-Cascade rooms. Email lwagoner@bartonhealth.org if interested in attending.

·       A group opposing development on a ridgeline on the North Shore has put together an online survey asking the Placer County Board of Supervisors to protect the land.

·       The Good News Club is part of Child Evangelism Fellowship, a worldwide youth organization. It is active in all South Shore elementary schools and STMS with after school programs that meet once a week. More teachers are needed. There will be a training Sept. 26 from 9am-5pm the First Baptist Church, 1053 Wildwood Ave., South Lake Tahoe. To reserve a spot, call Wendylee at 530.544.7055, ext. 245.

·       Douglas County will host Retno Wulan from Indonesia and Manithaythip Thephavanh from Laos for short-term professional assignments, as they participate in the U.S. Department of State-sponsored Professional Fellows Program. The fellows will be in Douglas County from Oct. 10-Nov. 7.

South Lake Tahoe’s 50th anniversary parade on Sept. 19 will slow traffic. The route is from the Y to Bijou Community Park.

The two westbound lanes of Highway 50 from Stateline to the Y will be open. The two eastbound lanes of Highway 50 from the Y will be closed from 9:30-10:30am, with a rolling lane opening beginning at approximately 10:30am. It is anticipated that the parade will turn onto Al Tahoe Boulevard from 10:30am to 11:00am, finishing at Bijou Community Park.

There are more than 100 entries and approximately 500 walkers in the parade.

The bike park will be dedicated after all parade participants arrive.

The parking lot at Bijou Community Park will be for floats and classic cars from the parade. Parking will be available across the street at Lake Tahoe Community College.

Expect traffic delays on the North Shore and in Truckee on Sept. 20 during Ironman Lake Tahoe.

It starts at the Kings Beach State Recreation Area; with bike ride going to Tahoe City  through the Truckee River corridor, following the Truckee River past Squaw Valley and into Truckee. Here the course turns south back toward the lake, rolling past Northstar  and the start of the climb to Brockway Summit. Back at Kings Beach athletes repeat another loop before finishing at Squaw Valley. Runners will proceed back up the Truckee River corridor along the Truckee River bike path, returning back to Squaw Village for the finish line.

For info, including details about road closures, go online.

Lake Tahoe South Shore Chamber of Commerce is accepting nominations for the annual Blue Ribbon Awards.

The categories are:

• Geotourism – Providing an authentic Tahoe experience.
• Tourism – Innovative program, promotion or product for visitors.
• Experience – Business providing compelling and captivating experiences.
• Entrepreneur – An innovative individual who assumed the risk of starting a new business. (Business must have been in existence for a minimum of two years and should have a business plan in place).
• Customer service (business) – An individual who consistently provides quality service.
• Customer Sservice (public agency) – Quality service in the not so usual places.
• Wendell Award for a Green Business or Program – Business that is minimizing impact on the environment.

For more info or to make a nomination, go online.

Winners will be announced Nov. 12 at a dinner at MontBleu in Stateline.

The North Tahoe Public Utility District is asking registered voters within the district to complete the election format change survey by Sept. 15.

Results will be announced at the Oct. 13 board meeting.

The board is looking to go from members being elected to a specific seat to an at large model. Since formation in 1948, the NTPUD has elected its five-member board by specific seat number; they serve staggered four year terms. These seats do not represent geographical areas. The change would allow all candidates to run for all board positions available during that election cycle.

There is no additional cost to running elections in this manner. The next scheduled election will take place in November 2016  when the seats of John Bergmann, Tim Ferrell and Sue Daniels are up.

Douglas County is looking for residents to participate in a Flood Control and Roads Task Force.

The countywide task force will consist of residents and staff with complementary skills such as storm water, flooding, drainage management, engineering and other related technical skills. The task force will be responsible for establishing a recommended process to develop a Countywide Storm Water Flood Containment and Roads Master Plan as well as potential funding strategies.

Anyone interested in being on the task force must submit an application describing their qualifications and interest in 300 words or less. Entries are due Sept. 18 at 5pm. Email it to countymanager@douglasnv.us.

Cherie Boulton, a Lake Tahoe News reader, is sharing her aunt’s family album snapshots which were taken in the 1920s during trips to Lake Tahoe.

The slight yellowing is indicative of these 90-year-old prints. According to E. B. Scott’s “The Saga of Lake Tahoe”, all three steam ships shown below met their fates within a year of each other.

Photo/Cherie Boulton

The Meteor, launched in 1876, was an 80-foot-long steam tug, ultimately scuttled near Glenbrook in 1939.

Photo/Cherie Boulton

The 60-foot long Nevada (originally Tallac) cruised Lake Tahoe from 1890 to 1940.

Photo/Cherie Boulton

The 169-foot-long Tahoe still lies on the lake bottom near Glenbrook where she was scuttled after serving as a passenger ship and mail carrier from 1896 to 1940.

Photo/Cherie Boulton

Boultan’s aunt and family members are seen on board the Nevada in the 1920s. Behind them, notice the highway trestle going around Cave Rock, before the first tunnel was bored.

Photo/Cherie Boulton

The family was onboard the Tahoe when they snapped this view of Lucky Baldwin’s Hotel Tallac site at South Shore. Baldwin died in 1909, and his daughter Anita had the sizable hotel and most of its facilities razed in the late 1920s, partly because she rejected commercial development.

Photo/Google Earth

The yellow X indicates that same beachfront today from an aerial view looking south, showing virtually no vestiges of Hotel Tallac. That’s Camp Richardson Marina at far left and Kiva Beach at far right.

— Bill Kingman

·       The Tour de Tahoe bike ride starts at 6:45am Sunday at Hard Rock Lake Tahoe. Expect cyclists to be on the highways around the lake until about 5pm. They ride clockwise around the 72 miles of the lake.

·       The Tahoe Rim Trail Association has named the last mile of the Rim to Reno trail the Stephen S. Ball Mile. His estate donated money to the TRTA after his death.

·       NBC Sports is slated to air a one-hour special on Reno’s National Championship Air Races in February 2016.

·       Here are the El Dorado-Tahoe and Sierra roadwork schedules from Caltrans for the week.

The 4th annual Fall Festival and Chili Cook Off is Sept. 12 from 10am-4pm at the South Lake Tahoe Recreation Complex on Rufus Allen Boulevard.

Admission is free. There will be free games and prizes for the kids, and a free door prize ticket for all attendees. Several local nonprofit organizations and public safety entities, South Lake Tahoe Cancer League, Clean Tahoe, Lake Tahoe Humane Society,Tahoe Coalition for the Homeless, K-9 and SWAT Associations, and Christmas Cheer were given free space to promote their services to the public.

Those who bring a non-perishable food item for Christmas Cheer will receive an extra door prize ticket. South Tahoe Refuse has also donated a silent auction item, which includes the use of a dumpster. This item will be dedicated to raising money for the South lake Tahoe Cancer League at this event.

·       Truckee police are beefing up patrols in the Worchester Circle and Rolands area because of several thefts from unlocked cars and garages.

·       Justin Kaplan of Cold Water Brewery and Grill won the Sierra Chef Challenge at Sample the Sierra in South Lake Tahoe.

·       The Nevada Department of Public Safety, Office of Traffic Safety’s Zero Teen Fatalities program has been granted a $10,000 gift courtesy of State Farm.

·      Truckee’s draft Trails and Bikeways Master Plan and the draft mitigated negative declaration are available online for comment.

·      The Safari Rose is the setting for Tahoe Arts Project’s sunset wine cruise. The fundraiser is Sept. 17 from 5:30-7:30pm. To buy a $65 ticket, call 530.542.3632.