May 26, 2023 | John Crockett
Saturday, June 3rd, the Incline Village Library invites you to our neighborhood block party and summer reading kickoff! There will be outdoor games and activities, free hot dogs, book sale, community information booths, a fire truck, and much more!
May 26, 2023 | McAvoy Lane
Away back in 1961, the SAE Fraternity at the University of Oregon held a House Dance in a barn out in Creswell, thirteen miles south of Eugene. I got there early with a date I had met that afternoon, hoping she might teach me how to dance before the party started, Peggy was her name. Anyway, we were standing around making small talk when a bus pulled onto the dirt lot that fronted the barn. The bus had a rocket painted on its side, and when the doors opened, outpoured the musicians that were contracted to play while we danced, or learned how to dance in my case.
They got set-up and plugged-in while we filled our glasses from a keg in anticipation of the occasion. Finally they started to blow, we started to dance, and then something unearthly happened. A pretty girl about our own age stepped up to the microphone, kicked the heavy base of the mic stand, and swung that stand in a complete circle. Everybody stopped dancing, and we just stood there staring at her. I knew if I had a week to practice, I could not duplicate what she had done with that microphone stand. We continued to stare in awe as she started to dance like nobody we had ever seen move before, and sing like an angel sent from above, but with wings on fire.
Peggy taught me to dance that night, an easy task for her, as the music would make a cast-iron dog dance, and as we left that barn around midnight, elated and exhausted, I caught the name of the band painted on the bus below the rocket, “Ike & Tina Turner and the Ikettes.”
Fast forwarding a decade, I learned Ike & Tina would be performing in Honolulu upon returning from a tour of Asia, and as news director of KORL, I arranged an interview. They invited me up to their hotel suite in Waikiki, where I was greeted by the always ravishing Miss Turner like I was a long-lost Nutbush cousin. Ike was more standoffish, but she wanted to talk, and was ever so enchanting. Persuasive? She could talk a goldfish into coming out and taking a walk with her. Ike, on the other hand, kept to himself, until he decided to show me some jewelry that he had managed to smuggle past customs.
Like everybody else in the world, I learned to love Tina Turner. From the moment she kicked that microphone stand into a perfect circle, to that interview in her suite, to the breathtaking performances I was able to catch thereafter, she stole my heart, aorta, pulmonary, ventricles and all. My breath stopped when I heard she had been summoned to entertain in the Great Beyond. But I caught my breath, set down what I was doing, fired-up my Boom 3 Speakers, and cranked-up, “What’s Love Got to Do with It?” Tina Turner Rest in Peace…
May 25, 2023 | Member Submitted
Incline Village Farmers Market: Thursdays, 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm
The 2023 Incline Village Farmers Market opened Thursday, May 25th 3:00 – 6:00!
Located at the Incline Village Library Parking Lot 845 Alder Avenue.
We’re looking forward to seeing y’all there!
Interested in becoming a vendor?
May 25, 2023 | Member Submitted
Join Washoe County and the Incline Village/Crystal Bay Citizen Advisory Board (CAB) members for a meeting on Monday, June 5, at 5:30 p.m., at the Incline Village Library, 845 Alder Ave., Incline Village, or via Zoom. Hear a presentation about the Washoe Tahoe Housing Partnership “Roadmap” and updates from public safety representatives.
AGENDA
11. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT — Limited to no more than three (3) minutes. Anyone may speak pertaining to any matter either on or off the agenda. Please raise your hand on your computer and then you will be called one by one. Comments are to be addressed to the Board as a whole.
12. ADJOURNMENT
-Please Note: If you have a question, please send to the CAB email at CAB@washoecounty.gov and your question will be provided to the presenter. If you have additional topics to propose for future CAB meetings, please send your suggestions to the CAB email at CAB@washoecounty.gov
May 24, 2023 | Member Submitted
SUBMITTED BY DAMIAN SMITH | IVCB VETERANS CLUB PRESIDENT
Monday, May 29th, 2023 at 10:00 am, Burnt Cedar Beach. (Arrive 9:30 am)
Memorial Day is a day of remembrance observed every year on the last Monday of May. This national holiday is set aside to honor all Americans who died while serving their country. This year the local Veterans Club will host a Memorial Day ceremony that will include the Incline High School JROTC Cadets performing as the color guard, an invocation from Rabbi Mendel Cunin, a bugle performance by Todd Lowe, a bagpipe performance by Sean Cummings, and the singing of the National Anthem by Sheila Lejon.
I think it’s important to take a short break from our Holiday routines to remember why Memorial Day exists, why it’s a National Holiday, and to reflect upon the fact that freedom isn’t free. Please come out to Burnt Cedar this year to celebrate and honor not only those who made the ultimate sacrifice in service to our country but also to honor their surviving family members. The Veteran’s Club is asking attendees to begin arriving at 9:30 for a short ceremony that will commence at 10:00 am.
God Bless America!
Damian Smith | IVCB Veterans Club President
May 24, 2023 | Linda Offerdahl
MEMORIAL DAY
Memorial Day weekend evokes a lot of Midwest memories. It’s a time of spring cleaning and a time for remembering loved ones and honoring those that served our country in the armed forces.
IVCB Veterans Club Annual Memorial Service at Burnt Cedar at 10 am (arrive at 9:30).
This year is especially poignant as the Vets Club honors AJ Banford, a ‘seasoned veteran’ who passed away this year. The IHS scholarship for a JROTC student has been named after him by the IVCB Vets Club. AJ was a 1962 graduate of the US Air Force Academy. He served a combat tour in South Vietnam, flying Huey gunships for the Navy Seawolves HAL 3. Banford moved to Incline Village in 1975 and started the Radford Company, a mortgage business, in 1979. He was a counselor for the VA’s PTSD program in Reno, having been a wounded warrior three times. AJ was last year’s Local Heroes Parade Marshal. A memorial service is being held for him on June 3.
Some of the wonderful people who lived and contributed much to our community passed away this last year. They are missed. Please think of them and others not listed here, especially on Memorial Day.
AJ Banford, Mike Croke, Kaye Dietrich, Ross Heppe, Bryan Hoopes, Donna McKay,
Robert Ohlmer, David Parker, Anga Rebane, Bear Resna, Thalia Routsis, David Smith
MEMORIAL DAY SPRING CLEANING
Who gets through the weekend without making a trip to Mountain Hardware and Sports! Go on Saturday, when they are serving up hotdogs and entertainment by the local group ‘Jacked Up.’ I swear there are more pine cones and needles than in previous years!
Get them cleaned up so your defensible space is good. And do it BEFORE June 3 so you are free to Clean up the Village and the East Shore Trail. Pick up supplies at IVGID. And start early enough so you can head over to the Incline Library Block Party in the afternoon! It’s the kick-off to their summer reading program.
LOCAL BUSINESSES are doing their part too. Thank you to IPM, Tahoe Immo, and the many other property managers who keep our commercial areas looking good. IVCBA and the Incline Village Main Street program are undertaking beautification projects…it all starts with a spruced-up Village. More later!
I have to mention yet another activity on June 3:
The Enchanted Forest Fur Ball, a fundraiser for the Pet Network Humane Society!
May 22, 2023 | Member Submitted
Originally published with News 4 on 5/30/2022. Written by Kim Burrows
RENO, Nev. (News 4 & Fox 11) — A new program is working to help Nevada National Guard soldiers and airmen with stress and depression and could end up saving their lives.
The guard introduced Purple Resolve in July 2021. So far, 300 men and women have attended the course.
Chief Warrant Officer Steve Nielsen took advantage of the program. After several deployments, he said he needed help…
May 22, 2023 | Member Submitted
Originally published in the Sierra Sun on 5/23/2023.
LAKE TAHOE, Calif.— California State Parks is honoring the service of veterans, and active and reserve military members, by offering free admission to 130 participating state park units on Memorial Day – Monday, May 29, 2023. The list of participating park units can be found at parks.ca.gov/MemorialDay2023.
“State Parks invites these brave people and their families to enjoy the beauty, peace, and rich history of their public lands,” said California State Parks Director Armando Quintero. “Thank you for sacrificing so much for your nation, for your families, and for our freedom.”
May 21, 2023 | Mary Danahey
Written and Submitted by Mary Danahey: maryd@inclineeducationfund.org
As most of you know, the Washoe County School District (WCSD) recently held 2 community meetings here in Incline to discuss their Facility Modernization Plan (FMP). The FMP is a proposal to “guide and inform (WCSD) facility use and capital investment decisions for the next 5-10 years”. The first meeting became quite heated when the plan presented the potential closure of Incline Middle School due to declining enrollment. The second meeting was meant to be a listening opportunity for the district to hear our community’s concerns and assure us that no decisions have yet been made. The take-away was that WCSD would put together and share a list of FAQ’s by the end of the school year.
School enrollment is a complicated matter that is plaguing many school districts across the country. It’s a convoluted mix of national and local trends that include declining birth rates, the impacts of the pandemic, recent inflationary concerns, and for us here in Tahoe, a continuing struggle with local housing issues.
While we all understand that you can’t continue to run a business if your customer base is shrinking, we also know that schools can’t and shouldn’t always be run like a business. There are human minds at stake.
We (IEF) believe consolidation of our schools is short-sighted and could have a detrimental impact on our kids and our community for a number of reasons.
1. Combining preteens and high schoolers is unwise and unhealthy.
Most parents would agree that putting pre-teens on a campus with older, more physically mature teenagers can create a negative environment for the academic and social development of both groups of students. Developing adolescents are just learning how to become independent and are highly impressionable. They do not need the distractions created by high school students who are juggling their own new-found independence.
2. More local, reliable data is needed.
While national data can paint an overall picture of school trends, it is imperative to understand how collecting and using that data to make decisions can impact an entire community and the education of its children. Especially when those decisions could potentially create negative outcomes for students, families and teachers.
Many long-time Incline residents point to previous population fluctuations and believe that the current trends may very well reverse themselves over the next several years. In fact, if one looks at the current waiting lists at local preschools, it seems that it would be short-sighted to close IMS when space might very well be needed again in the near future.
Additionally, Incline Village, like many other US resort communities, has seen an influx of new, younger residents over the past three years. At the same time, however, with inflation at its highest peak since the early 1980’s, and the aforementioned housing crunch here in the Tahoe basin, many residents were forced to move ‘down the hill’ and either change jobs or endure a lengthy commute. Again, it’s a complicated issue that needs accurate data.
3. IEF believes that our schools are well positioned to attract new students
Incline Education Fund has been working closely with each of our schools to create a K12 STEM Pathway. In the last 2 years, we have funded the IES Makerspace, the IMS Robotics program, and the IHS Engineering and Entrepreneurship program. Last month, both Incline Elementary and Incline High Schools were awarded the prestigious Nevada Governor’s STEM School Designation for those programs and are now considered models for schools around the state. IEF is working to get Incline Middle School added to this prestigious group next year (their robotics program was just launched this year). This would make the Incline schools the ONLY K12 STEM Pathway in the state (see related article on the OSIT STEM award).
Additionally, we are funding a number of other unique programs, including:
-academic support to help struggling students regain covid learning losses
-the Exploratory program at IMS which gives students an opportunity to explore areas of interest and re-engage them in the learning process
-a resiliency building program at IES to help students learn how to challenge themselves and be adaptable to stressors
-college and career prep programs
In short, Incline Schools deliver an excellent education.
With the support of the Incline community, we believe that the current enrollment decline can be reversed and that we can prevent WCSD from moving forward in their closure plans. WCSD has not made any final decisions regarding our schools yet, but it will take continued community involvement to prevent a consolidation of some sort.
Please read the weekly SnapShot and check the IVCBA event calendar for up-to-date information regarding our schools, or contact Mary Danahey at: maryd@inclineeducationfund.org
