March 14, 2023 | Member Submitted
Incline Village General Improvement District Board of Trustees Meeting Synopsis
Date: Wednesday, February 8, 2023
Time: 6:00pm
Meeting Location: The Board Room at the Administration Building, 893 Southwood Blvd. Incline Village, NV 89451
March 14, 2023 | Member Submitted
Each year as part of the North Lake Tahoe-Truckee Leadership Program, the participants create surveys to test their ideas and to get feedback for their action plan. Plans will emphasize collaboration with local community groups and promote positive impacts. This year, the class has come up with some very interesting topics. Please take all of the surveys that interest you.
March 14, 2023 | McAvoy Lane
As I wind down a gratifying career as an impressionist of Mark Twain, certain hilarious, if embarrassing, moments come to mind. Back in ’88, having discovered how much fun it can be to stop time and step into history, I accepted an invitation to the governor’s mansion to present, “Becoming Mark Twain.” Excited? Yes. I donned my new white suit, grabbed a cigar, and headed down to Carson City. Full to the brim with pride at having memorized an hour-long program, I forgot to put gasoline in my vehicle and ran out of gas at the top of Spooner.
So I stood out there on Highway 50 in my white suit, waved my cigar, and hoped somebody would recognize Mark Twain and give him a lift.
Several folks passed us by before an elderly gentleman, perhaps the oldest person ever to sit behind a steering wheel, pulled his chicken truck off the road and took us in.
As I climbed into the cab, feathers flew everywhere and I started sneezing. I thanked the elderly gentleman, and once we were back on the highway, he looked me over, and said, “You look like, maybe…somebody I should know.”
I smiled, and feeling full of myself, extended my hand, “Me, mui viejo, Mark Twain!”
He scratched the stubble on his chin, smiled, extended his hand, and boasted with no little pride, “Me, Ponce de Leon!”
So there we were, Ponce de Leon and Mark Twain, riding in a chicken truck down Highway 50 into Carson City. He was kind enough to take me straight to the governor’s mansion and drop me off. We shook hands again and I hoped he might always remember meeting Mark Twain, because I knew I would always remember meeting Ponce de Leon.
Another amusing, if embarrassing incident happened at the Nugget, when John Ascuaga brought out his pet elephant Bertha to warm up the crowd for Mark Twain. While Bertha was enjoying a round of applause, Bertha’s handler saddled up to me and said, “You brought me some trouble, Mr. Twain.”
Quite surprised, I asked, “Well now, how could that be?”
“Mr. Ascuaga and his daughter are giving me conflicting orders. Miss Ascuaga is telling me to follow Bertha, while Mr. Ascuaga is telling me to follow you around with this shovel.”
The very next day I was elated to get a call from Carol Piper Marshall, asking if I would present two shows a day, six days a week at Piper’s Opera House for the four months of summer…wow. I was able to try out Twain material on 200 live audiences and find out which passages recite, and which passages I should save for a rainy day. If Carol had told me back then, that we were launching a career to span 35 years, and that I would be presenting the last hurrah back at Piper’s in September of 2023, well, I should have asked for her hand and kissed it…
March 13, 2023 | Grace Hubrig
What a winter we are having! Check out these stats from Washoe County roads crews in Incline Village from March 3rd.
UC Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Lab
Another 13.2″ (33.5 cm) of snow over the last 24 hours has taken us to the third snowiest winter on record at the lab! We now have 651″ (1653 cm) from Oct 1 to present.
We’re expecting another 18-30″ of snow through tomorrow and then rain tomorrow afternoon.
Shoutout to Diamond Peak for staying open throughout all of these storms!
From their Facebook –
“March has been a wild ride so far with storm after storm and some peaks of sunshine in between. We hope you’ve been able to get to the mountain to play in the fresh snow or are enjoying the photos and webcam views from the comfort of your home.
Big shout-out to Mountain Ops and our entire staff for getting the mountain open through ALL these storms! THANK YOU!!!”
March 13, 2023 | Miranda Jacobson
Originally published in the Tahoe Daily Tribune on 3/10/23. Written by Miranda Jacobson.
INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. — T’s Mesquite Rotisserie in Incline Village has reopened after being closed for nearly eight months, and business has been booming.
“It’s been busy,” said Co-owner and Manager Jaime Swing. “We were starting from nothing and then it was like Fourth of July-type business, but it was all locals. We really didn’t know what to expect. We thought it might be a little busier than it normally would be this time of year, but it was really, really busy. We’ve been super lucky. We’re really happy with the turnout.”
The business was forced to shut down shortly before the July Fourth, 2022, after a hood fire broke out in the kitchen.
March 13, 2023 | Member Submitted
Originally published in the Tahoe Daily Tribune on 3/11/23. Written by Laney Griffo.
INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. — It might not look like it but Lake Tahoe is going through some changes. The lake is flipping for the first time since the winter of 2018-19.
What does that mean? It means it fully mixed vertically from top to bottom.
The full mixing started on Feb. 27 or 28 and while it’s an annual event in shallower lakes, with Tahoe’s 1,640-foot depth, it’s a less common occurrence.
March 13, 2023 | Member Submitted
Originally published in the Tahoe Daily Tribune on 3/15/23. Written by Staff Report.
INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. — Incline Village High School was deemed unsafe for students and staff and was closed Tuesday, authorities said.
North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District and Washoe County Sheriff’s Office responded to the high school at about 7:45 a.m. for a report of the smell of natural gas.
Students were evacuated while fire crews attempted to locate the origin of the smell. No gas was detected inside the building, the fire district said in a news release, but high levels of gas were detected in multiple locations in the snow on the roof.
March 13, 2023 | Member Submitted
Originally published in the Tahoe Daily Tribune on 3/13/23. Written by Staff Report. Photo provided by Mt. Rose Ski Resort.
INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. — Mt. Rose Ski Tahoe will make the most of daylight savings time and historic snowfall by staying open late on Fridays for the rest of the season, resort officials announced Monday.
“Open Late Fridays” begins this Friday, March 17, where selected lifts and services will stay open until 6 p.m., an extra two hours after normal closing “to give skiers and riders the opportunity to take ‘bonus runs’ this spring,” the resort said in a news release.
The $59 “Ski G.I.F.” Friday Daily Special discounted lift ticket after noon makes Fridays even more special with the later skiing and snowboarding.
March 13, 2023 | Member Submitted
Originally published in the Sierra Sun on 3/10/23. Submitted to the Sun. Photo provided by League to Save Lake Tahoe.
TAHOE CITY, Calif. – With snow piling up to historic levels in the Lake Tahoe Basin, summer is a distant thought for residents and visitors. The League to Save Lake Tahoe, an environmental advocacy and action organization dedicated to Keep Tahoe Blue, is already planning ahead to protect the Lake once the snow melts.
This week, the nonprofit released the results of two pioneering projects: one that uses a beach-cleaning robot to remove trash hidden in the sand, and another designed to measure the 2021 Caldor Fire’s impacts on the Tahoe ecosystem. The projects’ findings are shared through interactive StoryMaps, where users are free to explore graphs, maps, videos and images.
March 8, 2023 | Mary Danahey
Hi I’m Mary with the Incline Education Fund, a local nonprofit that support students, educators and parents here in Incline. Through our programming, advocacy and fundraising, IEF helps to ensure academic achievement and skill development across generations of Incline students. We have some exciting updates to share from each of the schools:
Incline Elementary School
Family Reading Night (due to last week’s Snow Day) has been rescheduled to this Thursday, March 9th. From 6-7:30 at Incline Elementary School. Food will be provided.
Also –
Glasses Wine Bar is hosting Sipping For Schools every Wednesday in March and will donate 20% of wine purchases from 3-9 pm on Wednesdays.
Incline Middle School
2 of our IMS Spelling Bee winners have qualified for the state competition in Las Vegas later this month!
IMS would like to thank Peter Hanson for coaching our Nordic Team this season and Alejandro Dominguez for coaching Volleyball. All teams had successful seasons. We are currently running an after-school intramural indoor soccer program until Spring Break with teacher Randy Berenson. Our next sport is Track and Field, open to all students. Hopefully, the snow will melt quickly!
A huge thank you to our new partners for the IMS Exploratory this term:
Pet Network, Nevada Nordic and Tahoe Multi-Sport all provided exciting opportunities for IMS students.
Incline High School
The annual IHS Boosters Crab Feed is sold out!
Thanks to the Duffield Personalization Grant, 10 IHS staff members are headed to the Deeper Learning Conference at High Tech High in San Diego later this month and a separate team is headed to Seattle to visit Highline High School.
Employment Opportunities
Love being at the school and volunteering? Join the Incline High School Highlander Staff! Email: tcahill@washoeschools.net
• Teacher Aide II SpEd: (32.5 hrs. benefited position)
• Clerical Aide: (23.5 hrs.)
• Night Custodian (FT)
• Family Graduation Advocate -Full-time. (Spanish Speaking/Writing)
This is a very important position. We are looking for someone to advocate for and support all students/families to graduation.