• Thunderbird Lodge Preservation Society received a $10,000 grant from the Nevada Commission on Tourism to improve the lagoon seawall and dock to enable more arrivals by boat.

• Tahoe Craft Village is being constructed on Marjorie Springmeyer’s property in South Tahoe where the old amusement park was.

• Truckee is having a meeting regarding the Hotel Avery project from 5:30-6:30pm on June 26 in the Council Chambers at Truckee Town Hall.

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

• Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care caught on video by First Track Productions:

Where do Tahoe’s animals go when they die?

For some, their remains are in the Angora burn area.

For decades before the 2007 fire, people had been burying their animals not far from the Gardner Mountain neighborhood. Although dogs are the primary pet of choice for those who live on the South Shore, other animals are buried in the forest.

Pet cemetery continues on in Angora burn area. Photos/Kathryn Reed

While this burial site on U.S. Forest Service land is technically illegal, the feds for now continue to allow this expression of grief, remembrance and closure to continue.

How long this pet cemetery has existed is not known. But the fire did not curtail the desire for humans to bury their four legged family members in the forest.

Some markers are new, while others are charred. Some are more elaborate than others. All are a symbol that life is fragile and that the dash is never long enough.

 — Kathryn Reed

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• Squaw Valley’s tram is free this summer to all active duty members of the military.

• National Alliance on Mental Illness is having a garage sale June 30 starting at 8am, 692 Tahoe Island Drive, South Lake Tahoe.

• Cedar House Sport Hotel’s Stella Restaurant will host “Vinegar 101” by Chef Jacob Burton on June 26, 6pm. This lecture will focus on the different types of vinegar and cooking with vinegar. Cost is $25/person.

• The fields committee of Measure R meets June 25 at 4pm at Lake Tahoe Airport.

• El Dorado County Board of Supervisors meets June 25 at 9am at Lake Tahoe Airport.

The fourth and final day of Lake Tahoe News’ four-part series on Angora Fire — 5 years later will run June 24.

Angora Fire -- 5 years later

Sunday’s stories will be about life in dispatch that fateful day, words from Lahontan water board, former South Lake Tahoe Mayor Kathay Lovell’s perspective and the pet cemetery.

If you missed the June 17 installment, here are links to those stories:

Snippets about Angora.

University study explores Tahoe’s devastating fire.

South Tahoe PUD keeps water flowing.

Personal and professional angst at TRPA.

Landscape a challenge for survivors.

If you missed the June 10 installment, here are links to those stories:

Dealing with insurance companies.

Annual garden show focuses on Angora properties.

Cutbacks would challenge future wildland firefighting resources.

Importance of defensible space.

Supervisor Norma Santiago talks about El Dorado County.

If you missed the June 3 installment, here are links to those stories:

Susan Wood was the first reporter on the scene.

Forest Supervisor Nancy Gibson looks forward.

A garden grows from the ashes.

No arrests made.

State senator to host Angora forum.

The El Dorado County Department of Transportation is inviting the public to attend a workshop on the Travel Demand Model Update.

The Travel Demand Model is an essential tool that helps determine the county’s future transportation needs. Not just for transportation engineers, the workshop will answer general questions about development, purpose and use of the new model, scheduled for completion this fall. The workshop will be presented by county staff, as well as representatives from Kimley-Horn & Associates Inc., the county’s project consultant.

The workshop is June 28 at 7pm in the Planning Commission hearing room at 2850 Fairlane Court, Building C, Placerville.

Business owners will learn to create apps for wireless devices in a course through Truckee Meadows Community College.

Dan Belhassen, an expert in digital marketing, will conduct the online course, “Creating Cell Phone Apps for Your Business,” through TMCC’s Workforce Development and Continuing Education. The class runs July 2-27 and is part of a three-course curriculum in mobile marketing certification.

The course will teach students how their companies can benefit from the use of mobile applications. Students also will create a mobile app.

Register by calling (775) 829.9010. Cost is $245.

— Northern Nevada Business Weekly

Herbal Medicine Making will be taught June 29 from 5:30-8:30pm through Lake Tahoe Community College’s Connect Education program.

Herbal medicines can be shrouded in mystery, but in reality they are simple to make when you tailor them to meet your specific needs.

In this workshop, there will be discussions on tastes, types, and basic chemistry and formulating.

For more information, go online.

California is a long way from the battlegrounds of the U.S. Civil War. So it may surprise people that 22 known veterans of that 19th century conflict are buried at the Sierra Mountain Cemetery in Truckee. Ten of the soldiers’ graves are marked with headstones; six are not. And six others recently got new headstones.

To dedicate those new grave markers and honor all the Civil War vets, local historical groups have organized a special ceremony at the cemetery next Saturday. Participating in the dedication will be Rep. Tom McClintock, the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Battle Born Civil War Reenactors, the Fort Point Garrison Civil War Band, Patriot Guard Riders, the Truckee Civil Air Patrol and the Mountain Belles.

The military call Taps (celebrating its 150th anniversary this year) will be played on an authentic Civil War bugle.

Sierra Mountain Cemetery is on East Jibboom Street in Truckee. The event is June 23 at 10am.

— Sacramento Bee

Do you like knitting or crocheting? Would you like to share your enjoyment with others?

If yes, then come to the South Lake Tahoe library each Wednesday from 5-7pm, and on the first Saturday of each month from 1-3pm for Spin A Yarn—an informal gathering of crafters.

Some yarn is provided, but bring knitting needles or crochet hooks.

People of all ages and experience are welcome.

For more information, call (530) 573.3185.

St. Theresa School, Knights of Columbus and the Women’s Guild are having an inaugural garage sale on June 23 from 9am-3pm.

The event will be in the parking lot of St. Theresa Church in South Lake Tahoe.

Donations of small appliances, household and baby items, toys and gently used clothing are being accepted at the school on June 22 from 9am-5pm.