• While sports pages are filled with teams swapping quarterbacks, Vikings quarterback Christian Ponder is thinking about golf. He is one of the new players committed to the July 17-22 annual American Century Championship golf tournament in Stateline. Other “rookies” are New York Giants Super Bowl champion defensive-end Justin Tuck, Baltimore Ravens running back Ray […]
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Special Olympics Nevada is taking fundraising to new heights with the annual Over the Edge fund-raising event. Anyone who raises at least $1,000 for the charity may rappel down the Grand Sierra in Reno in late June. Participants may create an online fundraising page so friends, family and co-workers can make a secure credit card […]
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• Curtis Fong, who writes the daily ski report for Lake Tahoe News, was honored this month by the North American Snowsports Journalists with the Mitch Kaplan Memorial Award for Excellence in Snowsports Coverage. • El Dorado County is looking for a rep to the oversight board that will review, approve and in some cases […]
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Q&D Construction and the Nevada Department of Transportation are hosting a meeting March 29 at 5:30pmat The Chateau at Incline Village to discuss road work projects scheduled to begin April 1. The project includes erosion control improvements from the summit of Highway 431 to the intersection of Highway 28 and from the same intersection northwest […]
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The Nevada Highway Patrol will be stepping up enforcement on Highway 395 in Douglas County at the end of this month for a non-disclosed period of time with special emphasis on stopping and citing motorists who exceed the posted speed limit. Motorists can expect to see an increased presence of troopers in marked NHP cruisers […]
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This year’s annual spring South Shore tourism forum is titled Trends in Tourism. On April 26 from 3-5pm Ralf Garrison and Emilyn Sheffield will present current statistics and trends to inform tourism and hospitality operations for the future. Among the topics to be presented are differences in how the younger “wired” and ethnic visitors will […]
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South Shore orthopedic physicians will screen children March 31 for possible acceptance into the medical programs offered by Shriners Hospital for Children Northern California. The screening clinic will take place from 9am- noon at the Lake Tahoe Surgery Center, 212 Elks Point Road, Ste. 201, Round Hill. All families who believe they may benefit from […]
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New York Times best-selling author and aviator Dale Brown talks about his life, career and avocations on April 5 at Sierra Nevada College in Incline Village. Brown volunteers for Angel Flight West, a group that volunteer their time, skills, and aircraft to fly needy medical patients free of charge to receive medical treatment. He is […]
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• Judith Chow, a professor at the Desert Research Institute in Reno, received the Sanqin Friendship Award for her research on how pollution is affecting China’s famous terracotta soldiers. • Live Violence Free’s fourth annual Bowl-A-Thon is April 25 from 6-8pm at Tahoe Bowl in South Lake Tahoe. • All parents delivering at Marshall and […]
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Edgewood Companies is having an open house March 29 from 5:30-7pm to explain the Edgewood Tahoe Lodge project. The meeting will be at the clubhouse of the Stateline golf course. The lodge project includes a LEED-designed hotel with environmental improvements located adjacent to the current Edgewood clubhouse. It will include 194 hotel rooms, a bistro-style […]
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