The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit and the South Tahoe Environmental Education Coalition need volunteers to assist with programs and activities for elementary school students in South Lake Tahoe this fall.

Volunteer training will take place Aug. 29 from 2 to 5pm at the Tallac Historic Site located approximately three miles north of South Lake Tahoe on Highway 89.

Volunteers will train with experienced educators to learn skills needed to lead Children’s Forest, Outdoor Explore and Kokanee Salmon field trips for students in kindergarten through fourth grade. Volunteers are encouraged to commit to volunteering a minimum of two program days during September or October.

STEEC is a collaborative network of more than 20 local agencies and organizations dedicated to bringing high quality environmental education programs to Lake Tahoe Unified School District students.

For more information, contact Megan Dee at (530) 543.2618 or email mldee@fs.fed.us.

South Lake Tahoe Fire Chief Brian Uhler told Lake Tahoe News the temporary closure of station 2 will be from Aug. 27-31.

(LTN first reported about the possibility of this happening on Aug. 18.)

“(The) same number of actual people (will be) working on a day-to-day basis, just deploying them a little differently,” Uhler told Lake Tahoe News.

The change goes from 8am Aug. 27 to 5pm Aug. 31.

In an email he sent to staff that LTN obtained, Uhler writes, “During this time, I ask that you position the ladder truck at station 3 so any needed response will not require stopping and changing apparatus.”

— Lake Tahoe News staff report

• Voters registered in El Dorado County who will be overseas for the Nov. 6 election have a variety of ways to get a ballot. Check out this website for details.

• September is when Sugar Pine Foundation volunteers collect seeds. To volunteer, contact Maria at maria@sugarpinefoundation.org or (650) 814.9565.

• The 24th annual Alpen Wine Festival is Sept. 2 from 2-5pm at the Village at Squaw Valley.

• Hyatt Lake Tahoe has a new food initiative called “Food: Thoughtfully Sourced, Carefully Served” that focuses on providing fresh, local food and beverage selections. This includes a revamped kids’ menu.

•  This video shows how Lake Tahoe should be promoted. It’s a 10-month time lapse video of Lake Tahoe by Justin Majeczky.

Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District is putting on a Firehouse Pancake Breakfast for the residents of the Tahoe Douglas Fire District on Sept. 1 from 8:30—11:30am.

It will be at Fire Station No. 3, 193 Elks Point Road, Zephyr Cove.

Cost is adults $5, kids under 12 free. All proceeds go to local charities.

Meet the fire chief, firefighters, and fire board trustees, tour the station, play fire safety games, learn how to use a fire extinguisher, and more.

• At the Aug. 21 South Lake Tahoe City Council meeting Gino DiMatteo’s $1 million claim against the city for not letting him the ability to move his pot shop was denied by the council. DiMatteo now owns Push Fitness.

• Julie Paradysz was recently appointed marketing director at MontBleu in Stateline.

• Truckee has bear-awareness stickers for dumpsters. Call Nichole Dorr at (530) 582.2909 to get one.

• Tahoe City’s Jillian Whisler placed 15th in the USA Triathlon Age Group National Championships, which qualified her to represent the U.S. in the 2013 Olympic Distance Triathlon World Championships in London.

• El Dorado Trail from Jaquier Road to Parkway Drive will be closed in El Dorado County from Sept. 4-6 for maintenance. Call (530) 621.5890 with any questions or concerns.

Tahoe Maritime Museum is hosting a lecture called Fashion of the Twenties.

Curator Jan Loverin from the Marjorie Russell Clothing and Textile Research Center will talk about the revolutionary trends of the period and how fashion on and in the lake changed over time.

The Aug. 24 lecture is at 5:30pm. Cost is $5 for members, $8 for non-members.

The museum is at 5205 West Lake Blvd., Homewood.

Lake Tahoe News has a copy of Suzanne Roberts’ latest book “Almost Somewhere” to give away.

Roberts, who teaches at Lake Tahoe Community College and Sierra Nevada College, writes about her experience hiking the John Muir Trail.

All you have to do is go onto LTN’s Facebook page now and figure what the picture is of and post your comment there. It will be obvious once you get there.

Publisher’s note: We have two winners. Frances Lord posted the answer on LTN’s FB page and Tim Hauserman posted on Suzanne Roberts’. Congratulations!

Alan and Caroline Barichievich, Barton Rehabilitation & Sports Medicine’s husband and wife duo and ultra marathon runners duo, will provide a free lecture titled Running, It’s You Journey.

With years of running and rehabilitation experience, the two will provide advice for runners of all levels. Topics will range from how to improve your running performance, proper gear, attire, as well as injury prevention and treatment.

The lecture is Sept. 5 from 6 to 7pm at Kahle Community Center in Stateline.

For more details, call (530) 543.5537.

Want to attend a fun and free event and make a huge difference in the life of a child at the same time?

CASA El Dorado in partnership with OnCourse Events is sponsoring the inaugural South Shore’s Best Sunset Band Fundraiser on Aug. 31 at Lakeview Commons from 3-8pm.

Admission is free. There will be $10 paddleboard lessons, a bounce house, trampoline, food, wine and beer garden, and raffle prizes.

Everyone will be encouraged to cast a vote (which is how money is being raised) for her favorite band. All proceeds will go to supporting CASA — making it possible for every child to have a voice in court and life.

For additional information, call (530) 573.3072.

Royston Hanamoto Alley & Abey landscape architects and planners has opened a South Lake Tahoe office. Local landscape architect, Brett Long, has joined the RHAA team to head the new office.

Long and RHAA teamed together on the El Dorado Beach project at Lakeview Commons.

RHAA is a 54-year-old landscape architecture firm with additional offices in Mill Valley and San Francisco. RHAA employs sustainable development principles to ensure that design solutions integrate ecological systems, maximize economic benefits, and create places of beauty. The firm’s work ranges from playgrounds to rooftop gardens to streetscapes.