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December 10, 2009
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On the Spot: News
It's Not Easy Being Green
Truckee’s Cedar House Sport Hotel was the setting for the first annual Keep the Sierra Green (KSG) Exemplary Business Awards for 2009.
Tracing the Story of a Green Home
There is a house on the West Shore that has magic to it.
On the Spot: Business News
(10 Dec. 2009 to 13 Jan. 2010)
Boulder Bay Development Ready for Public Comment
Roger Wittenberg is a self-proclaimed geek. A chemist by training, Wittenberg gets excited when he talks about environmental technology like cellulose insulation, pervious concrete and water collection systems.
Pot In My Backyard
With several cannabis legalization initiatives cruising towards 2010 ballot status and California Assembly Bill 390 — the Marijuana Control, Regulation, and Education Act — set to be heard early next year, there’s more than idle pot talk wafting through the air these days
On the Spot: News Announcements
(10 Dec. 2009 to 13 Jan. 2010)
If You Build It, Will They Come?
A leisurely morning drive through the once robust construction zones at the Gray’s Crossing development in Truckee is now an eerie experience.
The Spout: Editorials
Do Tell!
“What was the best thing that happened to you in 2009?”
Dear Editor
I’m getting a lot of emails about “buying Local” for Christmas. But, there is a problem: the merchants, many of them, are not interested in my business at all.
The Value and Impact of a Purchase
Weighing the value and impact of a purchase is one of the highest gifts my parents instilled upon me.
Mountain Life
Kings Beach Students Share Wishes
Stoke your holiday spirit with these wishes from local students.
Glenshire Students Share Holiday Wishes
Moonshine Ink asked students at Kings Beach, Glenshire and Truckee Elementary schools to share the holiday gift they would most want for their town.
Tahoe Gal Achieves Dream
On Oct. 9, Colleen Conners-Pace raced in the Ironman World Championships in Kona, Hawaii, and lived to tell us about it.
Moonshine Ink's Holiday Handbook 2
Welcome to part deux of our Holiday Handbook! We present a new photo shoot featuringlast-minute gift ideas and stories offering a taste of multicultural holiday spirit
Toasty Toasts and Holiday Wishes of the PC Kind
Mountain Mix
A mixology of high altitude gadfly gossip for oxygen starved brain cells
Holiday Happenings
(10 Dec. 2009 to 13 Jan. 2010)
Truckee Students Share Holiday Wishes
Stoke your holiday spirit with these wishes from local students.
The Dogs of Holidays Past
The clock glows 2:13 a.m. With its giant green numbers, the clock had seemed like an inspired idea, but I must’ve been hypnotized into an impulse purchase on Black Friday by the gleam of the salesman’s nose jewelry – three studs per nostril.
Red Panties, Twelve Grapes and a Suitcase: Recipe for a Fruitful New Year
We’ve gathered some unique and entertaining New Year’s Eve traditions from around the globe to share with you. Let’s journey to visit these exotic destinations!
The Original Gift Givers: The Three Wise Men
From the earliest time I can recall Santa Claus as the bearer of gifts, I also remember my delight after gifts were unwrapped, each toy played with, and the tree in all its lonely yet beautiful glory
Mountain Life Announcements
(10 Dec. 2009 to 13 Jan. 2010)
Changes in Altitudes, Changes in Attitudes
How the Gateway Mountain Center is transforming young lives
Wellness & Learning
Waxen Moon on the Martha Stewart Show
Moon original creation, the serenity bowl, a shallow wax bowl that’s illuminated by a floating candle.
Believe
At this time of year, we are given many opportunities to suspend our disbelief, and when we do so, we are blessed with the gift of hope.
A Time to Reflect
Astrological Alchemy
The Sun enters Capricorn on December 21, the shortest day and longest night of the year, and marks the beginning of winter
Wellness and Learning Announcements
(10 Dec. 2009 to 13 Jan. 2010)
Getting VO2'd
Some sort of contraption is covering my nose and mouth, and various cords are attached to my body
Pet Announcements
(10 Dec. 2009 to 13 Jan. 2010)
When Harry Met Flip
I dig Harry’s distinctive bark, but if you want to take him home you better make sure you can handle his howl. I think he could win canine “American Idol” with that voice.
Rocking Stone: Arts & Culture
Woman In Raw: Art by Sara Zimmerman
Truckee artist and illustrator Sara Zimmerman will be celebrating her newest artworks at the opening of her “Woman in Raw” exhibit
Getting into the Spirit with Brooke Bishop
This holiday season seems overwhelmingly festive. Whatever the reason, there’s so many art exhibitions, craft fairs and trunk shows that it’s dizzying. One of the events topping my list is “Path to Heart,” an exhibition of paintings and monoprints by Truckee’s own Brooke Bishop.
Catch Me if You Can
Truckee local Ben “Jammin’” Martin gets around. Whatever the capacity in which you may know Martin, this master of multitasking has new digs in which to organize his schedule and mold minds young and old about all things with strings.
Wild & Scenic Aims to Inspire Activism Through Film
The largest film festival of its kind in the United States, WSEFF will feature a 2010 program with a focus on films concerned with the cultivation, procurement and consumption of food and water.
