Explore Tahoe, the urban trailhead experience at Heavenly Village, is showing off its new topographical relief map and children’s discovery center.

A speakers series at the center is beginning in November.

* Nov. 19 6:30pm – Scott Valentine, LTCC Earth Sciences Instructor presents “The Geology of the Tahoe Basin” faults, volcanoes and tsunamis and the creation of the lake.

* Dec. 10 6pm – Krissi Russell, local author and teacher presents, “Don’t Feed our Bears” an interactive read and sing-a-long about local wildlife.

* Dec 17 6:30pm – David Borges, LTCC Lake Tahoe History Instructor presents “The History of the Stateline and Casino Corridor.”

* TBA Darin Talbot, musician and producer of “Around Tahoe” presents, “Ski Tours Around Tahoe.”

All events are free, refreshments will be provided and public transportation to Explore Tahoe is highly recommended.

Call Lauren at (530)542.4637 for more information or go to http://www.recreationintahoe.com/.

South Lake Tahoe massage therapists need to have completed 12 units of continuing education credit to be able to renew their license through the police department in 2010.

You can get all 12 CE hours (or a portion of them) and learn the leading energy medicine technique and in Tahoe. EFT classes will be taught by mind-body therapist Rosemary Manning at Shannon’s Lake Tahoe Day Spa on three Sundays.

This is for massage therapists only. Manning offers EFT classes for the general public. Look under Events on Lake Tahoe News on Nov. 12 for information on those.

Massage therapists will be offered three, four-hour workshops on Nov. 15, Nov. 22 and Dec. 6. You can take one, two or all three. Individually, each workshop is $45 or take all three for $120. All participants must be pre-registered. No registrations will be taken at the door.

Seating is limited, so register early. Have questions or want to register? Contact Rosemary Manning at (530) 541.6565 or email rosemary52@sbcglobal.net.

Halloween isn’t just for little kids who like candy. Big kids like to dress up, too — and eat candy.

Businesses and houses throughout the South Shore of Lake Tahoe are decorated for the holiday. Ghosts and witches are in abundance. Spiders and their webs are woven around doors.

Plenty of activities are planned throughout the day and evening — check the Events page on Lake Tahoe News.

Today is also Nevada Day — the day the Silver State was admitted to the Union. Click here to find out what is going on in Carson City.

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Lake Tahoe Community College presents the work of snowboard photographer Tim Peare on Oct. 30 in the Duke Theatre.

Take an intimate look into the world of professional photography and a special showing of Forum Snowboards “Forever,” its sixth team-inspired snowboarding film starring Peter Line, Joni Malmi, Eddie Wall, Jake Blauvelt, Pat Moore, John Jackson, Stevie Bell, Jake Welch, Nic Sauve, and up-and-comers Daniel Ek and Niko Cioffi.

“Forever” documents the life and times of the Forum Team from 5a backcountry calls to midnight street sessions, and everything in between.

Tim Peare is a professional photographer and former Lake Tahoe Community College photography student.

A special three-minute film preview to announce LTCC’s upcoming Winter Quarter DMA class offering; “Action Sports Winter Filmmaking”will also be shown to kickoff the evening.

This event is free and open to the public.

Complimentary food, beverages at 6:30pm in the theater foyer. Presentation will begin at 7:30pm.

Not sure what to do this Halloween? Check out the Events page on Lake Tahoe News. A slew of activities are listed — for the young and the young at heart.

If you have an event you want listed — for Halloween or otherwise — send it through the Contribute page at the top of the Home page.

Six groups are about to share $23,000 in health grants from Barton.

Barton Health’s Community Advisory Committee, in collaboration with the Barton Foundation, are awarding their the first Barton Health Grants to help address unmet health needs in the South Lake Tahoe areal

Of the 16 proposals, six came away winners. They are:

• Bijou Community School – P.T.A. $500, and School Classroom Fitness Equipment $1,170

• Tahoe Magic – Dentistry Services for Children – $10,000

• South Lake Tahoe Library – Relaxation and Stress Reducing CDs, pregnancy and postnatal fitness DVDs, and “A Health & Fitness Story Time Kit” – total of $700

• We Can! – Childhood fitness and nutrition program – $7,500

• Boys & Girls Club of SLT – Triple Play Program to encourage fitness, nutrition and self confidence in youth – $2,000

• South Lake Tahoe Unified School District – Swine Flu Vaccinations – $1,400.

Winners will be honored Nov. 5 at a Philanthropy Day celebration from noon-2pm at Riva Grill. Lunch is $20. RSVP to the Barton Foundation at (530) 543-5909 before Nov. 2.

By Johnathan L. Wright, Reno Gazette-Journal

Have glue gun, will marry.

In tough times, women planning weddings in Northern Nevada are getting in touch with their inner crafters and making their own invitations. They’re summoning their inner gardeners and arranging their own flowers.

To save money on her wedding cake, Tina Miller of Carson City is calling on her inner decorator by garnishing three Costco cakes with fresh flowers and displaying them on her Wilton tiered cake stand.

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LTCC presents “The Importance of Being Earnest” by Oscar Wilde in Novmeber.

This is one of the funniest comedies in the English language. Dashing men-about-town John Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff pursue fair ladies Gwendolen Fairfax and Cecily Cardew. Matters are complicated by the imaginary characters invented by both men to cover their on-the-sly activities – not to mention the disapproval of Gwendolen’s mother, the formidable Lady Bracknell. With witty dialogue, outrageous characters, and intricate twists and turns, Wilde offers a sly send-up of the upper-crust chic, and invites us into a world where artifice is everything, honesty is entirely passé, and truth is “never pure and seldom simple.” This classic is a critique of love, sex and social hypocrisy that remains stingingly pertinent.

Performances at Duke Theatre: Nov. 12-14, 8pm; Nov. 19-21, 8pm; and Nov. 22, at 2pm.

Zoe Rose, Reno Gazette-Journal

Canadian-born Shari Chase wasn’t sure what she was going to be when she grew up, but whatever it was, she knew it would be something she chose for herself.

“I was always an independent thinker,” Chase said. “From time to time, that probably caused a few problems. When you do things out of the ordinary, people will question you about why you’re doing that, but when it succeeds, they’re thrilled to be a part of it.”

Chase moved to the Lake Tahoe area from the Bay Area in 1984.

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Karen Baker, from left, Brianda Torres, Noe, and Karen Houser.

By Soroptimist International Tahoe Sierra

An passionate and articulate view of Mt. Tallac High School was presented by Susan Baker to the Soroptimist International of Tahoe Sierra Thursday morning.

“This club has been there for us since its inception 11 years ago, and I’m here to thank you,” Baker said.

Their financial commitment has included funding for academics, counseling, mentoring, clothes, diapers and educational medical support. Since 1999, 140 students have graduated and moved on to other endeavors such as college and the work force.

A future graduate, Brianda Torres, shared her experience in the foster care program where she has been a participant since she was 10, support from CASA, and her early pregnancy at 16. Noe, a beautiful loving baby boy, was there as evidence of the care and love that she learned from being a student at Mt. Tallac.

The involvement of such professionals as Amy Jackson, formerly with Tahoe Youth & Family Services, STHS and now a counselor at Mt. Tallac has resulted in the success of Brianda, where she is succeeding and thriving using good decisions and staying in school.

Karen Houser, director of Boys & Girls Club, also spoke emphatically about, not only the B&G Club of Lake Tahoe’s association with Brianda, but also her direct knowledge of the fabulous mother and person Brianda has become as a result of the connection with Mt. Tallac.

Susan Baker believes that her next mission in life will be to continue her program focusing on prevention of teen pregnancy through the “Circle of Hope” which is in place at the Bijou Elementary School, but she has hopes of extending the self-esteem based program to the other schools in LTUSD.

Several members of Soroptimist International of Tahoe Sierra stated their pride in their long association with this program and how an early member (Estelle) was strategic in appropriating the Yellow Cab Company in this town to provide transportation which now is being supplied by BlueGo.

Brianda spoke to the crowd to share and show appreciation for the hard work of fund raising that SITS does and show that it does reap rewards in responsible future citizens.