The Humane Society of Truckee-Tahoe’s Pet Pantry is a “no questions asked” program that distributes donated pet food to anyone who can’t afford to feed their pets. The tough economic times continue to affect some Truckee-Tahoe residents and their pets, forcing some families to give up their beloved companions due to financial hardship. To help […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – Museums are more relevant today in this high-tech world because they offer people something tangible, concrete and tactile. At least that’s how curators and volunteers think. “Nothing has changed, and yet everything has,” is how Diane Johnson, who runs the Lake Tahoe Historical Society, describes life at the lake. It […]
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The South Lake Tahoe Library is hosting a number of programs this summer. They include: · Children’s Reading Club, ages 0-14, June 21 to July 30 – Get prizes for reading. Sign up at the library and get a time card to keep track. For every five hours of reading, children can come in for […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – Few entertainers are better live than recorded. Diana Krall is one of those musicians. Though her voice ranges from purring sex kitten to raspy lounge singer, it’s her fingers that are most magical. The way they glide across those ivory keys — lingering, pounding, subtle, but always with such purpose. […]
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Shadow (aka Killer because she likes to ‘beat up’ dogs) – is a beautiful 4-year-old shorthair cat. She is declawed on her front paws and has lived with children. She would like to be an only pet. Shadow is spayed, microchipped, and vaccinated. She is at the El Dorado County Animal Services shelter in Meyers, […]
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By Juan Lopez, Reno Gazette-Journal Nevada’s volunteerism rate of 20.6 percent in 2009 ranked last in the United States, according to the Corporation for National and Community Service. The “Summer of Service” program wants to change that. The Summer of Service was launched in Northern Nevada this month. It is a program aimed at enhancing […]
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The idea of Father’s Day was conceived slightly more than a century ago by Sonora Dodd of Spokane, Wash., while she listened to a Mother’s Day sermon in 1909. Dodd wanted a special day to honor her father, William Smart, a widowed Civil War veteran who was left to raise his six children on a […]
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By Kathryn Reed TRUCKEE – It’s the perfect trifecta – food, adventure and lodging. The Cedar House Sport Hotel offers all of this to guests, making for an uncomplicated stay and a new twist on an all-inclusive resort. It’s more than the average dining experience, more than the average outdoor adventure, and more than the […]
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MEYERS — Travel writers fancy themselves world travelers, able to share with those left behind something about far-flung places most people will never see. Poets are the artists of the written word. Suzanne Roberts through her book “Three Hours to Burn a Body: Poems on Travel” has brought the two worlds together. She read seven […]
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Tahoe-Baikal Institute’s annual Friendraiser Gala is July 1 at Heavenly Mountain Resort’s Lakeview Lodge. Tickets are $60. Parking will be at Heavenly’s California Base Lodge The tram will begin operation at 5pm. The formal program begins at 6pm. The Tahoe-Baikal Institute is a nonprofit organization based in South Lake Tahoe that promotes international cultural understanding […]
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