Lake Tahoe Posts - Incline Village & Crystal Bay

I am pleased to report that the Board of County Commissioners unanimously approved a lease extension for the Incline Village courts to remain in their location, 865 Tahoe Blvd. Suite 301(September 21, 2021).

If there are any proposed changes to the Incline Village Crystal Bay Township Justice Court in the future I will ensure that the Incline Village / Crystal Bay residents will have opportunities to comment and provide input.

Please let me know if you have any additional questions, thanks!

Alexis Hill

She/her/hers

Washoe County Commissioner, District 1

Tahoe Forest Health System Receives the Best Places to Work Award for a Third Year in a Row - Tahoe Forest Health System is proud to be awarded 3rd place for the 2021 Greater Reno-Tahoe Best Places to Work in the Extra-Large Business category. The recognition took place at the 14th Annual Greater Reno-Tahoe Best Places to Work celebration, presented by the Northern Nevada Human Resources Association, held on Friday, August 27, 2021, at the Atlantis Casino Resort Spa in Reno.

“We are honored to be receiving this recognition among organizations across all industries for a third year in a row” says Harry Weis, President and CEO of Tahoe Forest Health System. “The Best Places to Work Award reflects our commitment to the community we serve as we continually strive to provide high quality healthcare delivery every day,” Weis added.

Best Places to Work winners are determined entirely on the basis of employees’ responses to the Employee Engagement Survey that measures key areas that make up an organization’s culture, including trust in leadership and employee engagement.

Tahoe Forest Health System provides an array of medical services reaching the communities of Truckee, North Lake Tahoe, Donner Summit, the Sierra Valley in California and Incline Village in Nevada.

Click below for a complete list of the 2021 Greater Reno-Tahoe Best Places to Work Award winners.

With clear skies surrounding the High Sierra, it's time to unplug and plug in to all there is to do throughout the Autumn season. Whether you live at the Lake or need a break, enjoy a morning on the links then take your pup leaf-peeping in the afternoon. In between, we encourage you to shop and dine local to help sustain all our small businesses who need your support most! While we look forward to opening our homes to locals and visitors alike, we remind you to please adhere to our Sustainable Travel Pledge to keep our landscape, local economy, and lives healthy and thriving for years to come.

LAUNCHPAD 2021:
THRIVE LEARNING LAB DESIGN CHALLENGE
What will you do?
• Embark on action learning & research trips & workshops with national experts
• Start designing an innovative community learning, career, & wellness center
• Create a “Self-Preneur Thrive Plan” just for you
• Collaborate with kids, coaches, & experts to explore & design your ideal career
• Discover what makes you come alive as you imagine your future

FALL BREAK DESIGN CLUBS
October 4-8, 2021
10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. (lunch included)
• 10 lucky kids get to lead the way! ages 11-18
• Home base in Incline Village w/ trips to Reno & beyond

October 15 - December 17, 2021
Whether you do the Fall Break Club or not, join this group for more fun learning and design experiences - finish design of a THRIVE TOWN LAB and develop a plan to build it!
• 4-6 hours a week, 9 weeks, in-person & on-line, teams decide plan
• Incline Library and other locations in Incline & beyond

Rotary Duck Race Evolves to Rotary Duck Drop –

For more than 20 years, the Rotary Club of Incline Village (RCIV) has held a 4th of July Rubber Duck Race as an annual fundraiser. During this event, ducks floated down the crystal clear Third Creek in Incline Village to the delight of kids and adults alike.

Due to COVID, the Rotary Club of Incline Village pivoted to a new date and event, still featuring those cute ducks and pumping even more fun into the event!

For the second year, the Duck event is a Duck Drop being held 10/8/21 (originally scheduled for Labor Day). It will begin at 9 am on Preston Field.

Thanks to two great partnerships with North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District and the Incline Village General Improvement District, the Duck Race is now a Duck Drop. NLTFPD will use their specialty ladder truck and fire crew work to hoist large buckets of numbered rubber ducks to drop them onto a target below; The winning ducks are those closest to the target. In 2020 the event had seven heats, a final Drop, and a Platinum Duck Drop. The proceeds accumulated to over $18,000, a club all-time high. This has since funded many local and some international projects & grants.

The Prizes are $1000 for the Grand Prize, $500 – 2nd Prize, $250 – 3rd Prize, and each heat winner gets $100. The Platinum Duck Drop winner gets half of the prize pot up to $7500!

Prices are $10 per ticket, 3 for $20 and for the high rollers, Platinum duck tickets are $100 each.

Please help us continue to support our community, local businesses, and global projects by buying Duck Tickets at Incline Cleaners, The Potlatch and at ACE Hardware Duck Sales tables each weekend up to the Labor Day event.

For more information, please contact our RCIV Co-Presidents, Lu Sweeney at 510-334-5343; lurn@me.com or Lisa Bernard at 415-987-9395; lisa.b@wecotek.com.

Dress your groovy best, throw on your love beads, and join Tahoe Family Solutions, the Incline Village-based non-profit Family Resource Center, for a “Groovy Night for Mental Health” at their annual Shabby Chic fundraiser. This fun and festive event is being postponed to September 28th at 5:oo pm, a change from the original date of August 31st. Shabby Chic promises to be a colorful medley of 60s and 70s art, music, and regalia. Set in the beautiful outdoor setting of Aspen Grove, the evening will include live music by the local favorite, Jacked Up, dinner, drinks, themed tables, specialty cocktails, and a fabulous art and wine silent auction. All proceeds from Shabby Chic benefit Tahoe Family Solutions free and sliding fee mental health services. “Shabby Chic truly is the signature event of Tahoe Family Solutions,” says Amy Guinan, development director of TFS. “Not only is it a really fun and whimsical opportunity for the community to come together for a great night together, it also provides critical funding for TFS Mental Health Services. The wonderful support we receive at Shabby Chic allows TFS to continually keep mental health services accessible and available to all community members and allows us to keep fees low or completely free of charge. It is our goal to remove all obstacles for community members to access the mental health support they need.” Since its inception in 2013, Shabby Chic has raised nearly $700,000 for our community mental health services that include children’s therapy, play therapy, adult and family counseling, psychiatry services, and medication management. Organizers of Shabby Chic 2021 are hoping to raise $150,000 for TFS mental health services to engage an additional Marriage and Family Therapist, initiate group therapy sessions, and expand community collaborations – particularly in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the mental and emotional toll it has taken on the community. Tickets are selling fast for Shabby Chic and can be purchased at www.tahoefamily.org. Guests are encouraged to wear their 60s and 70s best and join TFS for a great night of live music, food, drinks, dancing – and mental health support.

Peace, love, rock and roll
Amy Guinan
Tahoe Family Solutions
303-999-6374

Shabby Chic, “A Groovy Night for Mental Health”
Date Postponed to September 28th
due to Wildfire Smoke

It was refreshing to see a couple teens vie for this year’s US Open Championship, and see a qualifier win it for the first time ever. Britain’s 18-year-old Emma Raducanu defeated Canada’s 19-year-old Leylah Fernandez, 6-4, 6-3. Happy? As Huckleberry might say, “I reckon not!” I can just picture Emma shoving her teddy bear over on her bedroom bookshelf back home, and standing that beautiful new silver championship trophy up alongside that teddy bear.

We've got something for everyone. Kids love Crosby’s!

JUST LISTED! This stylishly remodeled West Shore cabin features views of Lake Tahoe and overlooks conservancy land. Relax on deck soaking in lake views or cozy up by the fire. Ideal for year round enjoyment, trails for both winter and summer use are nearby. Plus Sugar Pine State Park and Homewood Mountain Resort are both just minutes away. 4 bedrooms & 2.5 baths, 2,080 sq ft, Offered at $1.549M

Stephanie Clayton, a registered labor and delivery nurse with Barton’s Family Birthing Center, has been selected as The DAISY Award winner for extraordinary nurses. “Her caring nature and ability to stay on top of all of her patients' needs definitely makes her worthy of a DAISY Award!” Congratulations Stephanie!

With the potential for power outages in our area, it's always good to be prepared. We have several brands of generators and other items available to keep you comfortable during these outages. For advice on picking the right generator, proper care, fuel, maintenance tips, and more, stop by any of our locations today.

Thank you Incline Village and surrounding communities for your generous support for the fire victims & fire fighters. On 9/11 The Village Christian Thrift Shop raised $3,000 in sales and donations that we matched. A total of $6,000 will go to Caldor Fire Fund, Wildland Firefighters Foundation, and Salvation Army Del Oro - CA/NV Fire Relief.

Well done Incline!! Thank you so much to everyone who shopped, donated, and volunteer for this special event.

Incline Village REALTORS, Good Neighbors of Incline Village Committee would like to say thank you to the Incline Village and Crystal Bay communities! Not even fires and ash could stop this community from giving to our local schools. With your help, we raised over $11,000 in cash donations and school supplies. We were able to give each teacher from Incline Village Elementary, Middle, and High Schools gift cards. We had gift cards from Rainbow Printing, Walmart, Target, Office Depot, and many other places. Our list of thank you's is endless, so please take a minute to review all of our wonderful donors on our flyer.
Special thank you to our event Volunteers!

The speed of change is increasing and with it comes the stress and confusion that can hinder us from achieving our goals and purpose. Join us in celebrating the importance of the role that mentors play in our lives and listen to our broadcast. https://skidrowradio.org/weekly-broadcasts/.

For those of who speak Farsi, you're in for a treat with another episode of our work in Farsi, translated and voiced by Maria, one of my mentees in Iran. You'll find her work on our site. Most recently on the topic of Authenticity and Self Esteem.

Mark Twain's Tales of Tahoe and Hawaii to support the first responders at St. Patrick's Episcopal Church.
We'll see you there. Until the...

PINE NUTS
Thanking Our Firefighters

When the lake we love for it’s scenic splendor showed up in a photo on the front page of the New York Times with the caption, “ The lake that Mark Twain once called ‘the fairest picture the whole Earth affords,’ looks and smells like the bottom of an ashtray.” Well, that was enough to sink my heart to the very bottom of Lake Tahoe.
So I donned a mask and walked down to the lake. I don’t tear-up easily, but “the fairest picture the whole Earth affords” was not looking so fair. A lady shouted to me along the way, “You are so brave to be out here walking.”
I responded, “Thanks be to our intrepid firefighters we have the smoke, and not the flames.” Then I evacuated on an unplanned road trip to visit friends in the Bay Area who were
not expecting me…

My Evacuation List looked something like this…
1 Check on the neighbors
2 Grab a Twain portrait
3 Pack a toothbrush
4 Grab a Twain portrait
5 Pack a change of skivvy-drawers
6 Grab a Twain portrait

One nice thing about lifelong friends is that they are always quick to feign they are as happy to see you as they might be to see a winning three-way parlay ticket placed at the Hyatt Sports Book a year or two ago. And too, it’s always entertaining to hear one of them whisper through the kitchen window, “Hide the good silver!”
And then our fearless firefighters did it! Twenty nine hundred of Tahoe’s finest saved the Masterpiece of the Creator, the Lake of the Sky, Lake Tahoe. I thanked my generous hosts for their safe harbor and drove four hours home to the lake, still there, encased in hazardous haze, but still there. I was so elated to be returning home that I realized as I pulled into my drive that I had made the entire trip with my left turn indicator on.
Once again home to Layne Haven, I opened a bottle of Mark Twain’s Private Stock and hoisted a glass on high to our gallant firefighters, hung a few Twain portraits back up on the wall, and called St. Pat’s for a possible venue in which to present a benefit for our firefighters, the victims of the Caldor Fire, and the animal rescue heroes who answered the call. Outside of a grateful look from a grounded hoot owl, those animal rescue folks hardly get any thanks.
I’m happy to report our benefit will be at St. Pat’s beautiful new outdoor amphitheater on the evening of Saturday, September 25th, 6pm-7:30, “The Air That Angels Breathe – An Evening with Mark Twain at Tahoe and the Hawaiian Islands.”
Let’s get out and shout our gratitude…a $25 donation is suggested, more if you can stand it, checks payable to St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church. For reservations call 775-833-1835.
Seating will be limited to 100.

SEPTEMBER IS NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH: Prepare to protect.

Preparing for disasters is protecting everyone you love. National Preparedness Month is recognized each September to promote family and community disaster planning now and throughout the year. Being prepared for an emergency includes three basic steps:

1. Make a Plan - talk to your friends and family about how you will communicate before, during, and after a disaster. Make sure to update your plan based on the Centers for Disease Control recommendations due to the Coronavirus.
2. Assemble a Kit - gather supplies that will last for several days after a disaster for everyone living in your home. Don’t forget to consider the unique needs each person or pet may have in case you have to evacuate quickly. Update your kits and supplies based on recommendations by the Centers for Disease Control.
3. Stay Informed - Natural disasters don’t wait for a convenient time. Preparing for them shouldn’t wait either. Start today by signing up for alerts, safe-guarding important documents, and taking other low cost and no cost preparedness actions to lessen the impact of disasters and emergencies for you and your family.

If you have these three components in place you will be able to navigate an emergency situation much quicker with less stress.