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Each year the Tahoe Douglas Rotary Club holds their signature fundraiser, the St. Patrick's Day Celebration, and because of this they are able to give away tens of thousands of dollars in scholarships, grants and gifts to members of the community.

On Friday, local non-profits were handed the fruits of the Rotarian's labor at their annual community donation day.

This year, the following groups received a donation either at the meeting or during the school year:
Zephyr Cove Elementary School
Boy Scouts Troop 468
Boy Scouts Troop 594
WHittell High Boosters

Supervisor Sue Novasel, Lake Tahoe’s representative on the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors, announced the formation of an ad hoc committee that will engage a visioning process related to future development and use of County-owned properties and facilities in South Lake Tahoe. The vision committee will join with two members of the City Council and staff in collaborating toward mutual facility goals.

El Dorado County Senior Legal Services, a program of the El Dorado County Health and Human Services Agency, is hosting a series of legal seminars in South Lake Tahoe for seniors during September and October, 2015. The seminar series, entitled "Planning for the Future," provides information about financial and health planning. Individuals may attend the series or just one class. Reservations are not required. Each seminar session is free, although donations are accepted. The seminar sessions will be held as follows:

Soroptimist International of Tahoe Sierra (SITS) recently installed President Lydia Rogers and her slate of Officers and Directors for 2015/16.

Each year, the President of the club selects a theme for her term. Lydia has selected “We are our Sisters’ Keeper” as her theme. How appropriate given that the Club’s mission is to “Strengthen and enhance the lives of women and youth in our community and the world.”

During Saturday's Carson Valley Days parade, the Douglas County Community Services Foundation will be showcasing a 1967 classic Ford Mustang which they will be raffling off this fall. The car will be the Grand Prize for the Foundation’s 2nd Annual Classic Car Raffle fundraiser to be held on October 17, 2015. Only 100 tickets will be sold for this fun and unique raffle hosted by the Community Services Foundation.

Have you heard any good Middle Eastern Oud or Kemenche lately? How about South American Charango and Zamponia or East Indian Tablas or Santoor? Intrigued? These and many other ethnic instruments from the Middle East, Central Asia, India, China and South America will be played by multi-instrumentalist Todd Green at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, March 27 at South Tahoe High School Theater. Admission is $12 for adults, $10 for seniors, and $5 for children. The concert will be preceded by a half-hour quiet strings-only, live prelude.

Five, six, seven, eight. Dancers will always have numbers in their head as they count out the beat, and those participating in the annual Dancing With the Tahoe Stars are no doubt experiencing just that as they wrap up their final two weeks of rehearsals.

There's an old saying: "Writing about art is like dancing about architecture." After watching rehearsals this week I starting searching for the words to start as I found that translating the movement of the human body into something written down to be a frustrating process.

So instead, I'll focus on those who are participating.

RE/MAX Reality Affiliates, a Minden real estate network, donated $5,750 to the Douglas County Community and Senior Center for one year naming rights of the Dining Room and eight electronic score boards in the gymnasium.

“We saw this as a great opportunity for us to support an amazing cause,” said John Fisher, broker and owner of the network.

The network generously stepped forward at the opening ceremony of the Community Center on December 6th, 2014 to provide the donation.

The following is a summary of accomplishments during 2014 by the City of South Lake Tahoe.

Strategic Priority: Fiscal Sustainability
The most important issue facing cities and local agencies is continued steadfast attention to the budget, both short term and long term fiscal impacts.

· Implemented “budget watch” approach to financial analysis; a year-long effort evaluating state, national and global economic impacts for South Shore economy, and capital investment opportunities

The Lake Tahoe Historical Society invites the community to their annual "Holiday in History" event December 13-14. They will have a Victorian Christmas scene in the museum, free tours of the 1930's log cabin, a special phone with a direct line to the North Pole so kids can talk to Santa, refreshments and free giant snowflakes with qualifying purchases.

They will have both buildings open Saturday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

It may still be summer but it's not too early to start preparing for the flu season!

There will be three flu shot clinics put on by the El Dorado Health Department on September 24, October 8, 15, 22, 20 and November 5.

Blue Shield of El Dorado Hills’ IT Shared Services division offered its community “Day of Giving” services to benefit the Food Bank of El Dorado County. About 50 volunteers arrived at the Food Bank warehouse Tuesday to sort and bag food for three hours, racking up more than 130 hours in volunteer services. In the days leading up to their “Day of Giving”, Blue Shield employees hosted a department wide food drive bringing in 230 pounds of food for El Dorado County’s at-risk population.

The South Lake Tahoe community was treated to 320 free books on Wednesday night as part of World Book Night.

Volunteers from Friends of the Library gave books out at beaches, bus stops, the El Dorado County Food Bank truck, recreation center, Senior Center, Juvenile Treatment Center, Tahoe Senior Plaza and various other places around town. They announced on Facebook that they were heading out, but didn't disclose locations until after the books were distributed.

"We enjoyed reaching out to others in our community by sharing a special book," said volunteer Lynne Brosch.

It's long been joked that South Lake Tahoe has two seasons: winter and road construction.

Get ready for the latter as it's time to begin the South Lake Tahoe projects.

At Tuesday's City Council meeting, Jim Marino, the City's Assistant Public Works Director, outlined all 13 different projects happening within city limits this year.

On the photos in this story you'll their locations, and which ones are deemed to create the heaviest traffic as a result of closing intersections or reducing travel to one lane.

The South Lake Tahoe Senior Center celebrated the grand reopening of their full facilities on April 7 with a community party. City staff painted, reordered and reorganized the center so the seniors could once again enjoy their dance floor, library game room and offices.

The City of South Lake Tahoe is encouraging residents to be informed and engaged in the community and is offering several opportunities in the coming weeks to do just that.

"In an engaged community, every person has the information, the opportunities and the support needed to take action and lead change throughout their lives," according to the Knight Foundation. "When people become involved, and exercise their full democratic rights, they make their lives and those of others better."

You may have noticed all of the blue snow plows at their home next to the South Lake Tahoe Recreation Center, Ice Arena and Campground on Rufus Allen Boulevard. During the last city council meeting there was a unanimous vote to move the current Public Works Streets Division yard (that houses the snow plows) to a new home on the corner of D Street and Shop Street. The council voted to spend just under $400,000 on the purchase, thus paving the way to further expand the work on the 56 acre project.

Enjoy Bingo Night at the South Lake Tahoe Senior Center on September 7th.
Doors open at 4pm, bingo packs start selling at 4:30 pm, early game at 5pm and the regular games start at 5:30pm. All people 18 years and older are invited.

Free refreshments for players. This is a fundraiser for Senior Center activities. The South Lake Tahoe Senior Center, 3050 Lake Tahoe Blvd.

For more information call 530-542-6094 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

South Lake Tahoe Senior Center will host a Valentine Dance Friday.The 17-piece Tahoe Dance Band will play music for the dance. Guests do not need to bring a partner and wearing red clothing is o...

South Lake Tahoe's regular neighborhood community meetings continue Wednesday, Dec. 5 for the Service Team Area 5 part of the city. This includes the Rancho Bijou and Bijou Acres. The meeting will be at the South Lake Tahoe Senior Center, 6 p.m. 3050 Lake Tahoe Blvd.

Thank you very much to the Kiwanis Club of South Lake Tahoe for donating a new public announcement sound system to the South Lake Tahoe Senior Center. It is very helpful for use at our social bingo...

Five Douglas County, Lake Tahoe and Northern Nevada area non-profit organizations are the recipients of Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District employee insurance money designed to benefit community groups.
The money directed to the nonprofit groups comes from the fire district's health insurance plan operated through consultant LBG Advisors.
The following organizations were given the gifts:

The South Lake Tahoe Fire Department would like to invite the public to attend the Badge Pinning Ceremony on Friday, August 3 from 3:00-4:00 pm at the Senior Center. The Badge Pinning will be for our three newest firefighters and the welcoming of our 19 new firefighter Reserves.

The South Lake Tahoe Fire Department proudly provides the finest fire protection, rescue, emergency medical, hazardous materials control and response services to our community This goal is reflected in the department's mission statement:

Douglas County’s financial management practices were recently rated “strong” by Standard and Poor’s (S&P) Rating Services.
As part of its rating, S&P stated that the highlights of the County’s management techniques are its formal financial policies, utilizing external and internal resources for budget assumptions, and engaging in multi-year financial planning, including a new five-year forecast the County created this year, according to a news release issued by Douglas County.