• When Aaron Rodgers was in town for the ACC celeb golf tourney in July, “60 Minutes” interviewed him. That’s South Tahoe Middle School’s field in the background in this video. The segment aired Nov. 4.

• At the Welcome Winter Fundraiser $11,000 was raised for the Squaw Valley & Alpine Meadows Teams Foundation.

• Ridge Tahoe is celebrating 30 years at the top of Kingsbury Grade.

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

• The Truckee Donner Chamber of Commerce launched two new websites. One is dedicated to tourism and the other to business.

The Civil Air Patrol Blackhawk Squadron in South Lake Tahoe is enrolling local youth ages 12-19.

CAP provides leadership training, technical education, scholarships and career education to young men and women, ages 12 to 19.

CAP offers more than $200,000 in college scholarships each year, and about 10 percent of each year’s freshman class at the U.S. Air Force Academy is comprised of former CAP cadets.

If interested, contact Robert Olea at CAP.KTVL@gmail.com or (530) 541.5335.

Self Discovery, Not Self-Improvement is a workshop designed for those who feel overwhelmed weeding through the plethora of self-help information.

During the 90-minute session, participants will examine their personal definition of “self” and consider common elements from which people are pressured to derive their sense of identity.

Colleen Akiko Jackson, founder-director of Workshops from the Inside Out, will lead the Nov. 13, 6-7:30pm workshop at 10833 Donner Pass Road, Ste. 201, Truckee.

Register by Nov. 8 by calling (916) 781.6280.

The black and white photo was taken in about 1970. The Sahara Tahoe spire, which is visible, opened in 1965.

Paul Kennedy’s Steak House is at right.

Neither Harrah’s nor Harveys had built their current large hotels, yet the photo shows Tahoe’s first “high-rise”. It was Harvey’s at 12 stories in 1962.

The top floor was Harveys’ popular Top of the Wheel tiki lounge motif with Ron Rose’s music and top-shelf setting, food, and service.

— Bill Kingman

Casino heights climbed through the years. Photo/Bill Kingman

The Stateline area circa 1970. Photo/Done Lane

Did you set your clock back? If not, go back to bed. It’s OK to sleep another hour.

Clocks were supposed to be turned back an hour at 2am for those locations going to standard time.

Josh Welch, a Meyers chiropractor, is working for food. Safe Haven Chiropractic is conducting a food drive from now through Nov. 17 to help the community for the holiday season.

Welch is exchanging chiropractic care for five non-perishable food items for local charity. Current, new or reactivating patients and families will receive a chiropractic adjustment for their donation.

This support is near and dear to Welch because during his time in college, living off school loans and supporting a wife and three kids, this type of community support helped them tremendously during the holiday season.

Welch may be reached at (530) 577.5433.

• Swiss Chalet restaurant in South Lake Tahoe is not closing permanently, but just for the fall. According to owner Peter Baumann, it should be open for winter business starting Dec. 12.

• The Lake Tahoe Historical Society is operating the museum in South Lake Tahoe on winter hours. It is open Saturdays from 11am-3pm. It will be closed in January to update exhibits.

• Sierra Nevada College’s holiday party is Dec. 7 at 5:30pm at the Hyatt Regency Lake Tahoe in Incline Village. Cost is $125 for the seated dinner. For info or tickets, contact adabrowska@sierranevada.edu or (775) 881.7589.

• Voting help is available for people with disabilities. Call 888.569.7955 in Northern California for help with getting to a poll, if you have a problem or need to file a complaint.

• Tahoe City PUD is having a budget workshop Nov. 5 at 4pm at 221 Fairway Drive, Tahoe City.

Tahoe Fund is launching its Plates for Powder promotion to drive sales of Lake Tahoe license plates.

From now until April 15, anyone who purchases a new Lake Tahoe license plate in California or Nevada is eligible to receive two free ski tickets to one of 11 Tahoe area resorts participating in the program.

More than 96 percent of the funds raised through the plate sales go directly to California Tahoe Conservancy and Nevada Division of State Lands to fund hiking and biking trails and watershed restoration projects.

The Tahoe Fund is a bi-state nonprofit dedicated to raising money for environmental improvement projects that support lake clarity, recreation and stewardship in the Tahoe Basin, is organizing the program on behalf of the public agencies.

The resorts participating in the promotion include Alpine Meadows, Heavenly Mountain Resort, Homewood, Kirkwood Mountain Resort, Mt. Rose, Northstar, Royal Gorge Cross Country, Sierra-at-Tahoe, Squaw Valley, Sugar Bowl, and Tahoe Cross Country.

Information on how to purchase a plate and redeem free tickets is available online.

Paula Crenshaw of Barton internal medicine on Nov. 7 is giving a lecture about how to maximize nutrition and exercise for busy lives.

The 6pm talk at Kahle Community Center in Stateline is free.

The discussion will focus on: Food vs. vitamin pills? Research shows why food nutrients are better than supplements. What foods have the greatest nutrient value? Become a savvy consumer. Organic? When and why to buy organic foods. No time to get fit? Get the most benefit from exercise in less time.

The hazardous wood roof replacement grant program that is designed to encourage homeowners with hazardous wood roofs to replace them with a full Class A Assembly, non-combustible, non-wood roof is now available to people living in South Lake Tahoe.

Lake Valley Fire Protection District in cooperation with the California Emergency Management Agency and the Federal Emergency Management Agency has money for eligible houses in the El Dorado County portion of Tahoe, Lake Valley, Meeks Bay, South Lake Tahoe and Fallen Leaf fire protection districts.

This grant provides eligible participating homeowners with a 70 percent reimbursement, with a maximum reimbursement of $6,000 for the cost of replacing an eligible wood roof.

For more info, call (530) 577.2447.