• Hot Springs Spas recognized HotSpring Spas Carson City–Lake Tahoe as a 2013 Territory Dealer of the Year. The territory includes Northern and Central California, Nevada and Hawaii.

• The Tahoe Donner Association Nordic Center application is scheduled to be reviewed by the Truckee Planning Commission at a special hearing on March 4 starting at 6pm.

• The KT-22 Banzai at Squaw Valley for the Rahlves’ Banzai Tour event on Feb 15-16 was canceled and rescheduled for March 1-2.

• New Orleans’s Clone Attack will play for free Feb. 15 at 7:30pm at Park Hotel’s CoffeePub in South Lake Tahoe.

• Kayla Anderson is now marketing manager of Diamond Peak Ski Resort and the Incline Village General Improvement District.

Due to the forecasted unsettled weather, Truckee Department of Public Works has made sand bags, sand and shovels available for public use.

A truck with sand has been stationed at Truckee Fire Station 92, located at 11473 Donner Pass Road (near the high school).

Sand bags and shovels are also available at the Public Works Public Service Center located at 10969 Stevens Lane.

For further information, call (530) 582.7707.

• John Pang is retiring April 4 after being fire chief at Meeks Bay for 19 years.

• Tahoe City Cross Country ski area is open – again.

• On Valentine’s Day, Dutch Bros. Coffee at 1449 S. Carson St. in Carson City is offering a free medium drink in exchange for three nonperishable food items to help Food for Thought fight hunger.

• Volunteers are needed March 17-21 for the Science Expo in Incline Village. Sign up online.

• Check out Hannah Teter leading the Special Olympic snowboarders:

Kenneth “Hap” Klopp, founder and former CEO of The North Face, will be Squaw Valley Institute’s speaker Feb. 13.

Klopp was president and CEO for 20 years. In addition to being a highly regarded businessman and innovator, Klopp is also the author of “Conquering The North Face: An Adventure In Leadership”

Klopp will be speaking on the spirit of entrepreneurship at the Resort at Squaw Creek.

It is free to students with valid ID and members, $15 for others. Reserve a spot online. Doors open at 6pm.

• CVS has decided to stop selling cigarettes.

• On Feb. 20, the Outpatient Laboratory on South Avenue will move to 1067 Fourth St., (the former Tahoe Women’s Care Building) in South Lake Tahoe.

• Tahoe Rim Trail Association and Cabela’s of Reno are presenting an equestrian first aid and nutrition seminar on March 5 at 6pm at Cabela’s, 8650 Boomtown Garson Road, Verdi. The topic on March 19 at 6pm is equines on the TRT.

• There will be a meeting Feb. 13 at 5:30pm to discuss the Brickelltown streetscape at council chambers at 10183 Truckee Airport Road, Truckee. For more info, call (530) 582.2938.

• South Lake Tahoe library is starting a bilingual book club. Ages 10-14 will meet at 3pm March 7-May 2. Books will be provided for free.

Soroptimist International of South Lake Tahoe is looking for an artist to design the 2014 wine tasting poster.

Artists have until July 1 to submit an original piece of art or photograph. The theme is Tahoe and Wine Tasting.

The winner receives $500.

For more info, call (530) 867.4586.

South Lake Tahoe is hosting a public workshop on the Tahoe Valley Area Plan on Feb. 27 from 6-7:30pm at Lake Tahoe Airport.

The Tahoe Valley Area Plan upon completion and adoption by the city and Tahoe Regional Planning Agency will provide planning and land use guidance for the area known as the Y.

Contact John Hitchcock at jhitchcock@cityofslt.us or (530) 542.7472 for more information.

• Sno-Flake Drive-in in South Lake Tahoe is on the market. “We are just starting our 10th year and we always said we would put it on the market then and go to our next adventure,” owner Duncan Sennott told Lake Tahoe News.

• Gary Romano, author of “Why I Farm”, which was published by Bona Fide Books in Meyers, will talk about the challenges of small farming in the 21st century at Book Passage in the San Francisco Ferry Building on Feb. 11 at 6pm. Romano will also be at the Nevada Small Farm Conference Feb. 20-22 in Sparks.

• Reservations are being taken for the March 3-26 Placer County Sheriff’s Office Community Awareness Academy. For more info or to register, contact Kim Rivera at (530) 889.6922 or krivera@placer.ca.gov.

• The meeting about the near shore for the North Shore has been rescheduled to Feb. 7 from 2:30-4pm at Tahoe City Public Utility Office board room, 221 Fairway Drive, Tahoe City.

Truckee Donner Chamber of Commerce is having two speakers at its Feb. 11 meeting.

Will Richardson from Tahoe Institute for Natural Science will discuss post-fire ecosystems and issues related to managing environments for safety, fuels, and ecosystem health and recovery.

A member of the Washoe Tribe will talk about the tribe’s use of the area, significant places, travel routes an the importance of the Truckee River.

The breakfast meeting is from 7-8:30am at the Truckee Airport. Cost is $10 for members, $12 for others.

For more info, call (530) 587.2757.

• Every Tuesday from Feb. 4-March 25 Harrah’s Lake Tahoe is having free blues shows at Casino Center Stage.

• The Cal-Neva in Crystal Bay has pushed back its opening to May 2015.

• The Pop-Tarts U.S. Revolution Tour’s second stop on its three-stop tour will relocate from Boreal to Mammoth Mountain. The freeskiing and snowboarding event is Feb. 23-28 and will feature men and women’s halfpipe and slopestyle competitions.

• Incline Village General Improvement District has hired Davis City Manager Steve Pinkerton to be its general manager.

• Former South Lake Tahoe orthopedic surgeon Richard Steadman is retiring from active surgical practice. He will continue to be co-chairman of the Vail-based Steadman Philippon Research Institute.