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July 17, 2009
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On the Spot: News
Travel Alternatives to Avoid Delays on I-80
Ways to avoid the I-80 traffic for Hot August Nights
SBC Hosts Constitutional Convention Town Hall Meeting: August 21
As California dives deeper into a $24 billion deficit, discussions are taking place across the state about the possibility of calling a constitutional convention
Local Man Acting Global on a Local Scale
ROCKSTAR: (noun) ordinary person doing extraordinary things in the community
Firecracker Mile Fun Run
Like they had a bottle rocket in their backside more than 250 runners sprinted through downtown Truckee in the Auburn Ski Club’s Firecracker Mile Fun Run on July 4
Lake of the Sky Garden Club's Incline Village Garden Tour
The club’s goals are to promote an interest in gardening, with particular emphasis on the problems at high altitude
Say Om: New Yoga Studio Opens in Tahoe City
Tahoe Yoga Institute
On the Spot Announcements (16 July - 12 August)
Local LWV Chapter Forming
The League of Women Voters (LWV), a nonpartisan political organization that encourages active participation in government and influences public policy through education and advocacy, is forming a new Truckee/North Tahoe chapter
High and Dry
How one little mussel has shut down
Lake Tahoe to night-time boaters
Donner Summit Politics Are All About Water
Sewer rates to increase 15 percent
Once upon a time - she ran for the school board
When she began working for the board she learned more than she ever wanted to know about test scores, No Child Left Behind, teachers unions, declining enrollment and language barriers.
All Aboard! - Almost
The Truckee Town Council unanimously approved the Truckee Railyard Master Plan and certified its accompanying environmental impact report (EIR) on June 17.
What Lurks on the Net
I have anti-virus software already, and I don't think hand-washing will help. Is there anything I can do to keep my poor machine from getting "sick" again?
Reinventing Business With Cleaning Products
Breaking Boundaries Series
Summer Bummers
TTUSD braces for more cuts, weathers inner-district drama
State Park Battle Rages On
California State Controller John Chiang began issuing IOUs to deal with the state’s cash flow crisis on July 1 and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger continues to dangle the proposition of massive state park closures over the legislature as a way to shave millions off California’s $24 billion deficit.
Meals on Wheels Needs Your Help!
Funding shortfalls and a rising demand for services have left the Meals on Wheels program, which annually provides over 24,000 hot meals to disabled and senior citizens in Tahoe-Truckee, struggling to survive.
The Spout: Editorials
McClintock: Carpetbagger from Southern California
The column by Beth Ingalls published last month (V7, N7), “A Day in the Life of Tom McClintock” certainly generated responses from our readers. Read on...
Mountain Life
'It's Your Trip, Not Ours'
Rogue Klamath River Adventures
Sierra Storytelling Festival
A Must Hear Experience
Mountain Life Announcements (16 July - 12 August)
Whats going on in your mountain town!
Fat Bottom Girls: You Make the Rockin' World Go Round
A mixology of high-altitude gadfly gossip for oxygen-starved brain cells
Wellness & Learning
Here's Looking at You, Kid
Meet Humphrey!
Stay on the Mark, Follow Your Bliss
The Sun enters Leo on July 22
Sweet Revelations
The many different (and hidden) names for sugar
Wellness & Learning Announcements (16 July - 12 August)
Kids, Classes and Events
Rocking Stone: Arts & Culture
20 & 90: North Tahoe Arts and its Founder Celebrate Coming of Age
Think back to where you were at 20.
Open Studios! Tahoe ARTour in its 16th year
Explore behind the scenes of the art world in the Truckee-Tahoe area by visiting the Tahoe ARTour during it’s second weekend, July 17, 18 and 19.
Getting Personal with Anonymous Snapshots
An Artown Display
Rocking Stone Announcements (16 July - 12 August)
Photography at Uncorked
Local photographer Ryan Salm will be displaying his collection of Lake Tahoe photographs at Uncorked Wine Bar in Squaw Valley
Three Cups of Tea for Three Generations
Mortenson built schools for children who otherwise would not have had buildings to house students and teachers
Zen of the Party:
Bringing yoga, music and dance together
Tahoe Youth Ballet
A New Venture Takes Off
Catching Honey with Amanda Palmer
Ukuleles unite at Wanderlust
First Annual Tahoe Art and Music Fest a Success
The turnout may have been small, but sprits were high at the first annual Tahoe Art and Music Festival, an event that organizer Chris Talbot says was meant to “celebrate the spirit of Tahoe.”
The Music Accomplice Goes to War
Congratulations to our High Sierra pass winners: Jennifer from South lake and Lindsey from Truckee.
LAST, BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST
What happens when you love him, but not his last name?
