Tahoe gossipy news

unedited Oct. Mt. News story:

A coup for Kirkwood – the resort is on the cover of this month’s Ski magazine.
The Oct. 28 Sunset Gala by the Lake will mark South Lake Tahoe Women’s Center 30th anniversary. For tickets, call (530) 544.2118.
South Tahoe High’s football team nixed plans last month to honor firefighters who kept the Angora Fire from destroying the school because of the salary-benefits turmoil in the city. A fire department logo is on their helmets. The field may be dedicated to the men in uniform later this season.
Yet another Tahoe website is online; this one by longtime local Becky Bell. Tahoe Arts and Mountain Culture is at http://www.tahoeculture.com.
Kudos to Caltrans for the decorative masonry retaining wall near Emerald Bay.
LTVA says the half-naked girls who flitted about the outdoor concerts at Stateline were funded mostly by the casinos and TDVA. Guess that stands for Tit ’n Dick Visitors Authority since it’s the twentysomething boys they admittedly are trying to attract with the same-aged girls.
What time is it? Don’t call POPCORN to find out in California. Nevada is now the only state where AT&T provides the free service.
Claudio Bellotto of HeliTahoe let the Mountain News hear a recording from an angry caller berating him for flying over the burn area. Turns out the helicopter pilot was taking scientists over the acreage for free to map the area. He also took LTVA folks up for free to shoot footage for marketing material to help get tourists back to town.
Barton has some bucks to pay for screening and diagnostic mammograms for women and men who are uninsured or underinsured. Stop by the hospital’s Community Clinic, Monday-Friday, 8:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. and 1:15-5 p.m. for an application.
South Shore Chamber Prez Carl Ribaudo was influential in the campaigns of South Lake council members Ted Long, Jerry Birdwell and Mike Weber – the same three who voted to give the Nevada-based entity money from California taxpayers.
And did it strike anyone as odd that Long voted to give the Bike Coalition money. He was a founding member of that group. Conflict of interest?
A group of South Lake-based massage therapists put some teeth into the city ordinance. The City Council OK’d upping the minimum number of hours of schooling to 250, with continuing education now part of the mix.
The latest nonprofit in the area -- Tahoe Helping Hands Inc. -- is focusing primarily on women diagnosed and/or disabled by a terminal or long-term illness. Money is being raised to make Holly’s Place on Rufus Allen Boulevard a retreat offering workshops, group support and networking for them, their caregiver and canines.
Mary Morgan, who used to work in the local Forest Service office, is now the deputy forest supervisor for the White River National Forest in Colorado.
The former Travel Lodges on the east end of town are now the Tahoe Park Inn.
Just past Sawmill Pond Road on Lake Tahoe Boulevard an official looking sign put up since the fire says “Mountain View Estates, Elevation 6,600, Population Proud.”
Latcham Vineyards’ 2005 Special Reserve Zinfandel won a double gold and best Zin in the state at the California Zinfandel Championships.
Grizzly’s is shutting its doors throughout the region; with the South Lake store being kaput next month.
Private services for Squaw Valley pioneer Sandy Poulsen were Sept. 19. One of the peaks there is named after her late husband, Wayne.
Applica¬tions for the Housing Ad¬visory Committee will be reviewed by the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors Oct. 16. For infor¬mation, contact (530) 642-7307.
Felon Karsten Gronwold finally resigned as a teacher in LTUSD.
On Sept. 21, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed four bills to provide disaster relief to Californians affected by wildfires in 2006 and 2007 and the freeze last winter.
Our tragedy is garnering awards for the SF Chronicle. It’s July 1 Insight edition on the Angora Fire won best section from the Association of Opinion Page Editors.
Riker the El Dorado County sheriff’s dog is back on the job after being attacked by a pit bull that jumped into the cop mobile.