• South Tahoe Public Utility District is having a workshop Feb. 5 from 9am-1pm to review the 10-, 20-, and 30-year capital improvement plans. The district is at 1275 Meadow Crest Drive, South Lake Tahoe.

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

• If you have old prescription glasses, take them to Barton Memorial Hospital and put them in the donation box located on the front desk in the lobby.

• St. Theresa Catholic Church will host its 21st annual Crab Dinner on Feb. 13. The event will begin at 6pm with cocktails and a silent auction, dinner at 7pm. Tickets are $40 at St. Theresa Church Rectory Office, 1041 Lyons Ave., South Lake Tahoe. Tickets may be purchased at the door for $45 if the event is not sold out. For more information, call 530.544.3533.

• Due to an increase in interest, the climate presentation Fire and Water on Jan. 27 from 5:30-8pm has been moved to Tahoe Valley Elementary School, 943 Tahoe Island Drive, South Lake Tahoe.

Highway 50 near Third Street in South Lake Tahoe in the 1960s. Photo/South Lake Tahoe

Highway 50 near Third Street in 1960s South Lake Tahoe had a gaggle of buildings and businesses shown on the left in the photo above. This included Bob Bellemore’s used car dirt lot on the corner at Third Street.

They’re gone now, all replaced by the Bank of the West.

Third Street was only three blocks long between Highway 50 and Ruth Avenue. It had no stoplight and did not extend across Highway 50.

This is what Highway 50 near Third Street looks like today. Photo/Bill Kingman

By the 1990s, Third Street had connected left and right: left to Washington Avenue and right across Highway 50 to Barton Avenue, making Third and 50 a major intersection with a traffic signal.

The Richfield gas station of the 1960s now is Brothers Burrito House after many changes, including being a KFC. Between it and the Hill Center today is Accurate TV and Audio, adjacent to the new intersection.

— Bill Kingman

Jim Gallanty, a physical therapist for 20 years and certified Feldenkrais practitioner, is putting on a two-day workshop.

Friends of the Library is hosting the Feb. 21 and Feb. 28 classes. Both are from 10:30am-noon.

Balance Class: Enhance your functioning; Rollback your age, Reduce your fall risk is the title.

For optimal benefit, attend both sessions. Wear comfortable clothes to do as much or little exercise as you choose and bring a bath towel.

Space is limited. Call (530.573.3185) or go to the library (1000 Rufus Allen Blvd., South Lake Tahoe) to reserve a spot.

• The Community Athletic Coordinating Council will meet Feb. 4 at 5:15pm at the district office of Lake Tahoe Unified School District on Al Tahoe Boulevard. This group represents youth and adult sports organizations the area.

• 968 Park Hotel’s CoffeePub will feature a free live performance by the Marty O’Reilly Trio on Feb. 7 at 7:30pm. The performance begins during the South Lake Tahoe hotel’s weekly complimentary wine tasting event from 6-8pm.

• The deadline to register for the 2015 Reno-Tahoe Senior Winter Games has been extended to Jan. 30. For a schedule of events, and information on how to register, go online.

• California State University, Sacramento is creating an institute for environmental science and policymaking that will focus on local and global climate change and water issues.

• Oregon California Trails Association, a nonprofit organization responsible for searching for, mapping and preserving Emigrant trails from the 1840-60s, will have its national convention Sept. 19-26 at Harveys in Stateline.

The theme of today’s tip takes aim at the tragic fires caused by matches and lighters when they are used carelessly or allowed to fall into the hands of children.

Of the home fire fatalities where the cause could be established, more than one-third involved children playing with matches or lighters, or the careless use of smoking materials.

Tragically, children are often the victims of fires they start. Many of these fires could be prevented if lighters and matches were kept out of children’s hands.

Teach your kids that matches and lighters are tools, not toys, and it is wrong to play with them.

— Sallie Ross-Filgo, South Lake Tahoe Fire Department

• Friends of Alpine Meadows is making noise about changes to the resort since KSL took over a few years ago. Check out this report for details.

• The Nevada Visitors Guide is available for free at area visitors’ centers or online.

• South Lake Tahoe Firefighter’s Association provides CPR classes. For more info, call 530.542.6161.

• South Tahoe Alliance of Resorts provided $15,000 between three area nonprofits this holiday season to feed families as well as secure essential upgrades to community centers/programs.

• Burton Mountain Festival is Jan. 23-25 at Northstar. It is billed as the most extensive, interactive snowboard demo experience in North America. And it’s free.

The Food Bank of El Dorado County will be at the American Legion Hall in South Lake Tahoe on Jan. 28 from 10-11am.The Food Bank of El Dorado County will be at the American Legion Hall in South Lake Tahoe on Jan. 28 from 10-11am.

The agency will also distribute emergency supplemental groceries to those who need it in Placerville on Jan. 30 from 10-11am at the Veteran’s Memorial Hall on Placerville Drive.

Income guidelines may be found online.

The Food Bank will provide one allocation of groceries per family.

For more information on how to give or get help, call 530.621.9950 or email info@foodbankedc.org.

Immediate treatment of burns is crucial. Cool a burn within seconds after the burn occurs under cool, not cold water for at least 10 to15 minutes.

Cool with water a burn that is red, blistered, white, or charred, and immediately seek emergency medical treatment. Ice should not be used because it can damage the skin.

Butter, ointments, or tooth-paste should not be used because they will seal in the heat and can cause further burn damage to the area.

— Sallie Ross-Filgo, South Lake Tahoe Fire Department

Douglas County’s Countywide Connectivity Plan is the transportation blueprint designed to accomplish many of the projects incorporated in the county’s Master Plan as well as the approved 2011 South Shore Vision and 2013 Valley Vision.

The Board of Commissioners will receive an update on the Countywide Connectivity project Feb. 5 in Minden and Feb. 19 in Stateline.

The team started its work on the initiative last summer when commissioners added an action item to the Strategic Plan to “work in partnership with residents, businesses, public entities and stakeholders to develop multimodal transportation solutions for improved connectivity and economic development.”

It includes road and highway projects such as identifying an alternate truck route to remove the heavy truck traffic of Highway 395 out of Minden and Gardnerville and the loop road project at Stateline. Shared-use paths such as Martin Slough Trail in Minden and Gardnerville, a Ranchos Connectivity path to connect the Gardnerville Ranchos to the new Community and Senior Center, the Pony Express Trail and the Stateline to Stateline Bikeway. Also included in the plan is regional transit, the potential for the return of the V&T railroad and a cross-lake passenger ferry for Lake Tahoe.

For more info, call 775.782.9821.

• Resort at Squaw Creek is turning 25 this year.

• The 256 businesses and 1,420 shoppers who participated in the Shop Local Holiday Contest in North Lake Tahoe-Truckee generated $407,476 in revenue for local businesses. This is an increase from 2012 campaign when $192,225 was generated.

• Winter Discovery Center at Tahoe XC is having a yurt fund-raising dinner on Jan. 31 from 6-9pm. For more info or to buy a ticket call 530.405.6689.

• South Lake Tahoe Recreation Facilities Joint Powers Authority meets Jan. 23 at 9am at Lake Tahoe Airport.

• The 10th annual Health & Life Science Expo at Tahoe Center for Environmental Sciences for children ages 6-12 and their families is March 18 from 4-6pm in Incline Village. It is free.