The 2010 Tahoe Truckee Earth Day Festival is slated for April 24 from 11am–5pm at the Village at Squaw Valley. This all-ages, community sponsored event gives participants an opportunity to learn about recycling/composting, alternative energy, sustainability, watershed and forest health, and reducing ecological footprints via a diverse array of agency representatives and earth-friendly vendors. It […]
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Roger Walker started taking photography classes at Lake Tahoe Community College about three months after he retired from Albertson’s grocery store. It was something he always wanted to do, but never had the time. In 2008, his photographic entry “Corn Lily Suite” took best in show at the college’s annual student art exhibition. This month […]
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The American Association of University Women and Lake Tahoe Community College Library present author and Holocaust survivor Paul Schwarzbart on April 10 at 10am in the Aspen Room. Schwarzbart survived the Holocaust as one of the so-called “Hidden Children.” As a boy growing up in Belgium, he escaped the concentration camps by taking on a […]
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The final performances in the “Little Theatre” at South Tahoe High School is of the Commedia dell’arte play “The Servant of Two Masters”. The comedy will be presented April 1-2-3 at 7pm and April 3 at 2pm. Tickets are $10 adults, $5 for seniors and students. Super ASB Card holders will be admitted free as […]
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South Tahoe High School needs 175 new books for its library to provide students and teachers with the resources they need for reading, research and curriculum supplements. “The library plays a critical role in increasing literacy and test scores among students, as well as contributing to the lifelong joy of reading,” Douglas Dilts, the school’s […]
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Tahoe Senior Plaza Inc. recently received national recognition as a Community of Quality for outstanding management of Tahoe Senior Plaza in South Lake Tahoe. Through the Communities of Quality National Recognition program, affordable multifamily rental properties can be certified as having achieved a high standard of excellence in the way they are maintained and managed, […]
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By Kathryn Reed MINDEN — “America’s Garden Book” was first published in 1939. It talks about humus (not hummus) as the key to good soil composition. In 1978, Craig Witt graduated from UNR with a degree in agriculture. Nothing in his textbooks said anything about humus; the organic matter that is created after plant and/or […]
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By Bonnie Turnbull Try crafting a projectile from common materials like a hat, rubber bands, paper, pennies and pencils that will sail over a barrier, under a rail, then hit a target 20 feet away. Now do it in less than 4 minutes, graciously, with four other kids. Sound easy? Apparently, it was for four […]
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By Susan Skorupa, Reno Gazette-Journal While the first spring flowers are pushing up in people’s yards, the earliest wildflowers are winking open around the Great Basin, the slopes of the mountain ranges of Western Nevada and Northern California. Wildflower season is just starting, local experts say. Depending on the weather from here on out, different […]
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The first Genoa Cowboy Poetry & Music Festival is scheduled for April 29 to May 2, and organizers are working to combine Carson Valley’s varied cultural heritage and history with music, poetry, performance and visual arts to create an event worthy of its location. The festival will feature more than 50 performances in a variety […]
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