On March 28, students at Incline Middle School will learn all about the dangers associated with using tobacco. Thanks to the Incline High School leadership students, the American Lung Association’s Teens Against Tobacco Use program and the North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District, this collaborative program will provide life-saving information presented by the leadership students […]
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A national report ranked El Dorado County the sixth healthiest county in California. The University of Wisconsin’s Population Health Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation published the report. Counties were ranked on key factors that affect health such as: smoking, obesity, binge drinking, access to primary health care providers, rates of high school graduation, […]
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• Barton Memorial Hospital’s Skilled Nursing Facility recently received the highest rating of five-stars from U.S. News & World Report in the publication’s best nursing homes list for 2013. • California Tahoe Conservancy is putting on a two-day workshop about the Upper Truckee River restoration project. Click on the flyer for more info about the May […]
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The Family Resource Center will be making and selling tamales in early April. Pork, chicken, cheese, and pineapple tamales will be available. Fill out the order form and fax to (530) 542.0397 or email to cristina.luquin@yahoo.com by March 29 at noon. One dozen tamales cost $15. Orders may be picked up on April 4 from noon-5pm. […]
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Kiwanis Club of Lake Tahoe wrote a $500 check for concussion impact testing for South Tahoe High School athletes. Every athlete in every school sport is given this baseline test and then retested every two years, or sooner if they are injured. Typically the school will test 250 students per year. Because of this donation, […]
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The Taylor Creek Visitor Center is looking for motivated people to help in the gift shop. Located on Highway 89 just north of Camp Richardson, Taylor Creek is home to the popular Stream Profile Chamber and Kokanee Salmon Festival. The center offers several guided and unguided interpretive trail hikes and hosts many summer programs at […]
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• Fallen Leaf Lake Community Service District has a new website. • Sierra Resort team athlete and 2013 X Games gold medalist Jamie Anderson will make an appearance at the Billabong Flaunt it Finals at Sierra on April 6. • Kindergarten registration for 2013-14 at Zephyr Cove Elementary started March 18. • Children and families […]
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The Tallac Historic Site is looking for motivated people to help take part in the preservation, interpretation and maintenance of the historic structures on the Baldwin, Pope and Heller estates. Located on Highway 89 just north of Camp Richardson, there are many things one can do as a Tallac Site volunteer. You can: Provide tours […]
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Barton Hospice’s Reflections of Life and Loss is a grief support group on the first and third Thursday of each month from 5 to 6pm. Meetings are at 2092 Lake Tahoe Blvd., Ste. 600, South Lake Tahoe. Barton Hospice encourages people who have experienced the loss of a loved one or have endured a significant, […]
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• There is a Relay for Life meeting March 20 at 5:30pm at Kahle Community Center in Stateline. • The Banff Mountain Film Festival comes to the MontBleu Theatre in Stateline on April 1 at 7pm, doors open at 6pm. • Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care’s volunteer training is May18-19. Sign up online. • Here is […]
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