Sugar Pine’s Children’s House Opens for Events
Sugar Pine Point State Park has opened Children’s House, part of the Erhman Mansion, for small weddings, parties, corporate functions and other special events.
The house has been newly renovated for events, and is a historically significant structure on Tahoe’s West Shore. The room can hold up to 50 people. The adjoining Ehrman Mansion, which is also open for special events, can hold up to 140 people.
All proceeds from the Ehrman Mansion and Children’s House events are re-invested into the California State Parks System. Info: www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=991
Homewood Names Two New Executives
Homewood Mountain Resort announced today the appointment of two new members to the resort’s executive team. Bryan Schilling has been named snowsports director, and Tim Rantz has been named mountain operations director.
For the past two seasons, Bryan Schilling has been integral in designing and implementing new instructional and coaching programs. Schilling will launch Homewood’s new season-long competitive ski race and freestyle teams, as well as further develop the resort’s semi-competitive and developmental ski and snowboard teams for children and teens.
Prior to joining Homewood in February of 2010, Schilling managed the adult snow sports school at Sierra-at-Tahoe for two years, and trained instructors at Heavenly Mountain Resort for five years.
Tim Rantz, a 13-year veteran of Homewood Mountain Resort, has been named mountain operations director. Rantz will oversee all on-mountain departments. He previously oversaw the resort’s human resource programs and processes, as well as mountain departments such as lift operations. Info: www.skihomewood.com
Truckee Rotary Inducts New President
Wes Beyer is Truckee Rotary’s new president. Beyer, a member for more than 10 years, took over as president from past president Cathy Harry.
“I would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to the Truckee community for all their support this past year,” said Harry. “Since its charter, the Rotary Club of Truckee has presented over half a million dollars in funding grants to the greater Truckee community. Through local people supporting the Rotary Club of Truckee’s many fundraising events, we have been able to help over 160 different organizations that benefit children, seniors, and people in need.”
Truckee Rotary also recently inducted a new board for 2012-13. Info: www.truckeerotary.com
High Fives Buys Sit-ski for Disabled Sports USA
The High Fives Foundation donated a state-of-the-art adaptive sit-ski, designed for people with spinal cord injuries, to Disabled Sports USA Far West to provide ski lessons for High Fives Foundation athletes as well as anyone who will benefit from the ski. The two non-profit organizations have been working together since 2010 to help athletes return to the sport that they love.
Info: www.highfivesfoundation.org.
Jeremiah’s Tree Service Manager Finishes Specialized Training
Hunter Nelson, field operations manager for Jeremiah’s Tree Service, recently earned the designation of Certified Tree Risk Assessor.
Nelson’s studies for the certification included tree biology, structural mechanics and risk theory. He adds Risk Assessor to his long list of other tree industry certifications. The two Nelsons have also become Certified Wildlife Protectors from the Wildlife Training Institute, which included training for the care of injured and orphaned animals, a knowledge of state and federal wildlife protection laws, and pre-work wildlife survey detection training.
Northstar Names Environmental Manager
Northstar recently named its mountain systems manager, Tim Stansell, to the newly created position of environmental manager. In this new role, Stansell will be responsible for managing the resort’s environmental compliance, facilitating the sustainability aspects of the Vail Resorts Echo program, and leading the company’s paper and energy savings initiatives at Northstar, in addition to retaining his role managing mountain systems.
Prior to being named Northstar’s environmental manager, Stansell was instrumental in implementing energy reduction efforts in the Village at Northstar, and has been an active member of the resort’s Echo environmental action team.
