Did you miss out on the 10/21 IVCB Community Forum? Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered! You can watch the recap here.

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The Incline Village/Crystal Bay Community Forum will be held the 1^st and 3rd Fridays of the month at 9am in person and online using the meeting app Zoom. The Zoom meeting ID number is 815 3612 1755 and the password is 1864.

On Friday morning at 8:55am John Crockett or Amanda McPhaill from the library will start the meeting. Please join before 9am so we start on time.

If you are unable to join the Zoom meeting by computer or cell phone, you may still submit issues to be discussed to Denise Davis (ivcbcommunityforum@gmail.com).

Did you miss out on Inclined to Meet: IVGID Trustee Candidate Forum from October 13? We’ve got you covered! IVGID Trustee Candidates Yolanda Knaak, Ray Tulloch, David Noble, and Gail Krolick answer pre-submitted questions along with questions from the audience. Program sponsored by IV Community and Business Association in partnership with IV/CB Community Forum.

Check out the recap video here

I have a good friend whose wife puts a jar out whenever I visit, and makes us deposit a
dollar into that jar every time we use a profane word to color our conversation. So I always stock
up on dollar bills before visiting. Maybe it’s because I was in the Marine Corps, but I have found
as an adult, that sprinkling your banter with an occasional cussword for emphasis is like
sprinkling your mashed potatoes with pepper. Of course, if ladies are present I am most
guarded, and if children are present I abstain altogether.

Yet, nobody could swear, I have to believe, like Mark Twain. As his thirty-year
housekeeper Katy Leary wrote in her book, A Lifetime with Mark Twain, “Men don’t come any
better in this world than Mr. Clemens. He swore like an angel, sort of amusing it was—and
gay—not like real swearing. I suppose everybody has a few private cuss words of their own to
help them over the rough places.”

Apparently, there was little or no wrath or malice in Sam’s swearing. As Elizabeth
Wallace averred, “Gently, slowly, with no profane inflexions of voice, but irresistibly as though
they had the headwaters of the Mississippi for their source, came this stream of unholy
adjectives and choice expletives.”

And Sam had his own personal respect for the art swearing…

“As for profanity, there are times when profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer,
and when it comes to pure ornamental cursing, the average American is gifted above the sons of
men. Oh, I used to be able to utter an oath that would knock the dust up where it struck the
ground. When angry, count four; when very angry, go ahead and swear. It’s the people’s poetry.
A gentleman can swear and still be a gentleman if he does it in a nice and benevolent and
affectionate way.

I had a lady friend who was not feeling well last week, and she asked me, ‘Sam, what can
I do to feel better? I feel awful!’ So I told her what my doctor told me, I said, ‘Dear, you must
give up drinking, smoking & swearing.’

She said, ‘But Sam, that would be easy, I don’t drink, I don’t smoke, and I’ve never
sworn.’

There it was. She had been neglecting her habits. Here was this poor moral pauper, a
sinking ship, with no baggage to throw over. Oh yes, one little bad habit might have saved her.”
Sam’s swearing, it might be safe for us to say, was an artform unto itself. I only wish I
could have had the distinct pleasure of hearing it fall upon my ears, like an American folksong.
By listening to Mark Twain’s swearing, well, I’m confident it might improve my own liberal use
of profanity and make me more comprehensible to my comrades in conversation. Sadly, that
might not happen today, but it might happen…

Listen to the audio here

North Tahoe’s Most Flavorful Fundraiser Features 30 Food, Wine, and Beer Tasting Stations and a Silent Auction and Raffle.  

Back for it’s sixteenth year, Passport to Dining promises to be an evening of delicious food, craft breweries, and regional wineries that attendees won’t want to miss. North Tahoe Business Association (NTBA), a nonprofit organization with a mission to improve economic vitality and quality of life, will host North Tahoe’s most flavorful fundraiser on Thursday, November 10, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at North Tahoe Event Center, in Kings Beach, CA. 

Passport to Dining brings together a wide variety of flavors from restaurants, caterers, wineries, and breweries including: Alibi Ale Works, Aunty Elaine’s, Batch Cupcakes, Bear Belly Brewing Co., Caliente Southwest South, D’Lish Catering & Burrito Window, Glasses Wine Bar, Jiffy’s Pizza, Lanza’s Restaurant, Las Panchitas, Men Wielding Fire, Mountain Slice Cafe & Creamery, Now We Taco’N, Pep’s Place, River Ranch Restaurant, Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., Spindleshanks American Bistro & Wine Bar, Susie Scoops Ice Cream, Tahoe Bread Company, Tahoe Blue Vodka, Tahoe Central Market, Tahoe Tap Haus, The Soule Domain, Tree House Cafe, Truckee River Winery, and Tunnel Creek Cafe.

While enjoying tastings, attendees can support two worthy local nonprofit organizations by purchasing raffle tickets and bidding on silent auction items and packages. The raffle and auction are recognized as one of the best in North Lake Tahoe featuring Northern California Getaway Packages and many additional valuable items. 

This year, NTBA will donate a portion of Passport to Dining’s proceeds to Sierra Community House, an organization dedicated to connecting and empowering the community through family strengthening, crisis intervention, hunger relief, and legal services.

Tickets are $60 and include unlimited responsible tastings.  Attendees can vote for the People’s Choice award for best food station. Tickets are available in advance only, and can be found online at www.northtahoebusiness.org on a limited, first-come, first-served basis.   

“Passport to Dining is a super fun and social fundraiser that allows NTBA to showcase and guests to enjoy culinary delights from a variety of tasting stations while supporting two worthy local nonprofit organizations,” said Alyssa Reilly, executive director of NTBA.

For a list of tasting stations, premier silent auction and raffle prizes, and additional Passport to Dining information, visit www.northtahoebusiness.org.

Passport to Dining is made possible through the generosity of the participating restaurants, caterers, breweries, and wineries. Passport to Dining is sponsored by Liberty Utilities, North Tahoe Public Utility District, Placer County, Moonshine Ink, Tahoe Quarterly, and Tahoe Weekly.

Written by Natalie Erquiaga

Since 2012, many people have joined the philanthropic movement known as Giving Tuesday, created in the wake of Black Friday shopping and spending, as a day to raise money for charity and unleash the power of people and organizations to transform their communities and the world.

As we approach November 29, 2022, Parasol Tahoe Community Foundation is dedicated to connecting donors to the causes they care about through its Nonprofit Directory TahoeGives.org.  The directory lists over 80 nonprofit organizations providing services and programs including education, arts, health and wellbeing, environmental preservation, and community support.

“Philanthropy in Tahoe has continued to grow, and Giving Tuesday is a great way to come together to empower those in need,” says Claudia Andersen, CEO of Parasol.  “We encourage people to join the movement, and the Tahoe Gives directory makes it easy to navigate and connect with our amazing local nonprofits and their missions.”

Community foundations were developed as a unique way to lead philanthropy in local communities through collective giving.  Parasol Tahoe Community Foundation works to communize grantmaking by working with the local nonprofit community serving the Tahoe Basin as more than just grant recipients – but as partners in community-building.  This led to the creation of TahoeGives.org, showcasing Tahoe’s nonprofit community, and empowering donors to make a real impact directly to the causes they are most passionate about.

As you enter this season of giving, Parasol Tahoe Community Foundation encourages you to join in giving in all seasons, and collectively on this Giving Tuesday.  Together, through the power of philanthropy, we can transform our community and make a global impact. 

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Parasol Tahoe Community Foundation is Tahoe’s oldest and largest community foundation. Dedicated to cultivating community philanthropy, Parasol connects donors to causes that count and helps nonprofits achieve their charitable goals, positively impacting the quality of life and supporting the people and places of Tahoe. 

*This event has been postponed to a later date that is tbd. Check back here for updates*

The University of Nevada, Reno at Lake Tahoe is the perfect location to play host to a new public speakers’ series — Talks@Tahoe — where our Incline Village and surrounding communities can join together for engaging conversations. We hope you consider attending Talks@Tahoe, where we’ll invite notable guests to engage you in meaningful conversations on topics relevant to our local region, nation and world.

Aaron Hill, assistant professor of oboe and classical saxophone, and Jean-Paul Perrotte, assistant professor of electro-acoustic composition and the director of the Electro-Acoustic Lab, join us from the University’s Department of Music in the School of the Arts within the College of Liberal Arts. They will perform “Sierra Lullabies,” a musical soundscape for oboe and computer; composition by Jean-Paul Perrotte. Their musical performance will evoke Lake Tahoe, the Sierra Nevadas and Pyramid Lake.

The event will be hosted in the Prim Library, First Floor.

Reserve your seat today!

~ Submitted by Darolyn Skelton (aka Blonde Ale) on behalf of the Girl’s Fantasy Football League in Incline Village ~ Twenty years ago, two girls were hanging out at a sports bar in Incline Village and were curious about all the rage for this thing called “Fantasy Football”. When they inquired about how they could get involved in the local league, they were told “no girls allowed”. They didn’t care for that answer and thus the Girl’s Fantasy Football League was born in Incline Village! Founders Darolyn Skelton and Shelley Robins, with the help of the late Ron “Coach” Bryant and Shelley’s husband Mike, worked on the details of the league and then set out to recruit teams for their first season. Recruiting wasn’t easy in those days. “It’s too hard”, “I don’t have time”, and “I don’t know anything about Football” were some of the hurdles they had to overcome. They managed to recruit eight teams that the first year and found that once they got a woman playing for one season they were hooked. 

“On Sundays in my house, from the time that I was a little kid, and to this day, you never asked what you want to watch on TV. You asked, which game? It’s the reason for the season. I love FF because I love football. In the first years that we had this league, I asked my niece to be my partner. We live on separate coasts because I moved from the East to the West Coast. We had lost some of the amazing communication because of our distance and FF gave us a reason to stay in touch often. It was awesome!”, shares original league member Rosie Webber.

Today the league has grown to two divisions; the Pearls and the Diamonds. The division champions from each division play for the Superbowl. There is a crystal football trophy that is passed around to the winners and there are also financial payouts. “But more importantly are the bragging rights. We are very competitive and have a lot of fun trash-talking each other every season, all in good fun!” says Skelton, aka Blonde Ale. The draft is held in person on Labor Day every year. If you can’t be there in person, you must find someone to recruit for you or you can’t join the league. And the league is strict on its no men policy: no boyfriends, husbands, or male friends are allowed in the draft. The ladies enjoy food and drinks and camaraderie at the draft thanks to all the monies contributed from the drop/ads during the season. 

Carol King and Gayle Griffith, aka the Champagne Chickadees, are the reigning league champions. Carol and Gayle are both longtime locals, but Gayle now flies up from her home in San Diego every year for the draft. “It took us 20 years to win the Superbowl,” said Carol King. “I literally didn’t know one thing about football when I was recruited but was told it is a lot of fun and there were a lot of parties so I thought I would try it out. It’s true – it has been a lot of fun!” Most of the players are or were Incline locals at one time and some fly in from California and a few drive up from Reno. The league has some crazy team names that not rated for publication, but you can find the Pack Attack, Pub Muffins, Fantasy Divas, Dago Dynasty, and Brady Gaga on the roster every year. They now have four commissioners to keep everyone in line including Carol King, Sue Paynter, Shelley Robins, and Rosie Webber.

The league is full this season, but they usually have a few openings each year. If you are interested contact Chktahoe@yahoo.com or RosieHall89450@yahoo.com.