Rosemary Manning will lead a guided meditation, along with deep breathing — an hour of relaxation and contemplation — on June 25 from 6-7pm.
The session is at Tahoe Wellness Community Center (next to Hot Gossip in the Bijou Center).
The class is free, but donations are accepted.
Lakeview Avenue in South Lake Tahoe will be partially closed June 20 for the dedication of Lakeview Commons.
A one-block section of Lakeview Avenue will be closed to vehicular traffic beginning at 11am. This closure of Lakeview Avenue will include the distance between Lake Tahoe Boulevard and Riverside Avenue.
The reopening is anticipated to be about 5pm.
El Dorado County Office of Education’s Head Start, state preschool, and early Head Start programs are accepting applications for the 2012-13 school year.
For more info, call (530) 543.8200.
While improvements are made to Bijou Community School, the Head Start/State Preschool classroom will be relocated to the Al Tahoe campus (Room C5) for the 2012-13 year.
The Douglas County Public Library in Zephyr Cove is sponsoring a special summer reading program on June 29 at 1:30pm.
Children ages 5 to 12 will take part in an imaginary camp out by singing campfire songs with recording artist Nancy Raven around an imaginary campfire. Miss Carol will tell ghost stories or children may share a story.
Sign up by June 28 to participate — (775) 588.6411.
Members of the Boys & Girls Club Marching Beat Brigade will be on hand June 20 to help kick off the 2012 Paddlefest and other ceremonies commemorating the opening of Lakeview Commons.
The drummers will perform at 5pm with Liz Broscoe, South Lake Tahoe professional drummer.
Immediately following the performance, Broscoe will lead a drumming circle. The public is invited to attend and bring their drums.
Paddlefest is celebrating its fifth year with a special project: The World Tribal Canoe Project. The project is being developed by the Cultural Conservancy, a nonprofit organization based in San Francisco. The vision is an intercultural, multitribal collaborative venture to support the renewal of indigenous watercraft traditions of the Pacific, starting in California.
Paddlefest will be celebrated June 23-24 at El Dorado Beach with a variety of activities and booths celebrating paddling in South Lake Tahoe. For more information about Paddlefest, contact John Dayberry at nativeelementsoftahoe@gmail.com.
There will be more than 180 positions available on various city councils, school boards, parks, fire, water, and utility districts in Placer County this November.
Citizens who are interested in serving their community and are registered voters are qualified to run for local office but may not know how to go about it.
Placer County Office of Elections will have free candidate workshops throughout Placer County to take the mystery out of running for office.
Prospective candidates and their supporters are encouraged to attend.
The times and locations are:
June 28 at 6pm — Tahoe, Customs House Building,775 North Lake Blvd., Tahoe City
July 9 at 6pm — Roseville City Council Chambers, 311 Vernon St., Roseville
July 12 at 6pm — Lincoln, McBean Pavilion, 65 McBean Park Drive, Lincoln
July 21 at 10am — Auburn, FAB Building, 2956 Richardson Drive, Auburn.
Candidate filing for the Nov. 6 election will open July 16 and close Aug. 10. For more information, call (530) 886.5650.
Battles are raging all around for the future of Lake Tahoe. As we are finding out, to preserve the lake’s clarity is to sustain all of those who live, work, and play at this monumental water body.
Although Lake Tahoe is severely threatened, we now hold the key to making a difference. This journey has led me to believe that conservation at Lake Tahoe means far more than just protecting this water’s phenomenal optical qualities; it is something critical to the survival of the human race.
— Dylan Eichenberg, a recent UC Berkeley grad who studied conservation and resources studies, grew up in Tahoma
The South Lake Tahoe Rec Center is going to the Reno Roller Kingdom on June 21.
Cost is $25.
Preregister by calling (530) 542.6056.
Bring a sack lunch, socks, water bottle, sunscreen, and tennis shoes for the park. A snack bar is available to purchase smaller items.
For more summer activities from the rec department, click on the calendar.
Tahoe National Forest fire crews are ready just in case a fire breaks out in the region.
Helicopter 514 is in place at the White Cloud station on Highway 20. Other suppression support is also there for the 15-member crew.
The Bell 212 is is a medium size helicopter that can carry water, firefighting supplies and a crew of eight. Advantages to it over the larger tankers is the ability to get into confined spaces as well get personnel to remote locations.
• Shaun White will not defend his skateboarding title at the X Games in LA this month.
• Best Tahoe West in South Lake Tahoe is now America’s Best Value Inn.
• Kent “Hoop” Hoopingarner is moving from GM of Homewood to executive director of mountain development at JMA Ventures, the owners of the West Shore ski resort. Kevin Mitchell loses the assistant in his title and is now general manager of Homewood.
• The Hardcore Baseball World Series will be played mostly in South Lake Tahoe from July 27-Aug. 2.
• These are the weekly roadwork schedules from Caltrans – El Dorado-Tahoe and Sierra.