We are pleased to share our 2024 Annual Report, featuring our community events, business member programs, community connection initiatives, member promotion, and more! We thank our members and community supporters for helping build sustainability for the cohesiveness of Incline Village and Crystal Bay! We are excited for another year of supporting our thriving community.

Incline churches are active in our community in many ways, helping the needy and lending support to individuals and nonprofits. Many people have found a church home here. But, if you are one of those who only attend on the big religious holidays, this weekend is IT!  Brave the cold for the traditional sunrise service at Burnt Cedar with Pastor Jeff Ogden and the Village Church. St. Francis has a sunrise service too, but in the sanctuary at 7 am. St. Patrick’s and Cornerstone also have Easter services. Most have an Easter egg hunt, or breakfast (St. Francis), and Village Church also has a traditional Easter brunch. And of course, check websites for other services during Easter week. 

The Hyatt Easter dinner is a great reason to head over to Osteria Sierra after the Easter Egg Hunt at the Hyatt.

If you are looking for something special for a sweet gift, check out the Tandem chocolates (handcrafted and hand-painted!) at Tahoe Gifting Company.

PREPARING FOR WILD-FIRE SEASON

 What can we do to protect our property against fires and help to keep our insurance?  Attend the vegetation management and home hardening workshop at Prim Library on the UNR campus. It is one of a series of workshops throughout April. 

YARD CLEAN-UP is important too. IVGID starts its yard waste pick-up on May 5. Look for the stickers (96 free!) in the mail; the yard waste bags must have the stickers in order to be picked up.   NLTFPD starts its defensible space appointments and curbside chipping in mid-May as well. 

UPCOMING EVENTS

Incline Star Follies at the high school, May 2-3

GREASE is the Word fundraiser for Lake Tahoe School on May 17. Check out the ICE, Incline Center for Events at Bowl Incline!

Wine on the Water Dinner Series – May 2, May 16, and June 25

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IVCBA is the Community and Business Association that promotes our local businesses and nonprofits, organizes community events, and produces the Weekly SnapShot!  If you are a subscriber and regular reader, please join as a Community Supporter for $50. If you are not a subscriber, do for free! Go to IVCBA.org. We are financially supported by our local agency “investors”, and our business community and residents. Please help! JOIN HERE

Submitted by Tia Rancourt, North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District

Incline Village, NV — With warmer weather on the horizon, it’s time to spring into action and prepare for wildfire season. The North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District will soon begin offering Defensible Space Inspections and Curbside Chipping Services for residents of Incline Village and Crystal Bay.

Online registration starts on May 5, 2025, and services will begin the week of May 12, 2025.

Visit www.nltfpd.org/curbside-chipping for full details and to submit your request.

Here’s what to expect:

• Defensible Space Evaluations: After submitting your request, our team will contact you within two weeks to schedule your evaluation.
• Chipping Services: Requests are completed on a rolling basis as staffing allows. Please be aware that crews may be delayed if responding to wildfire incidents.

To help us continue offering these services at no cost, we ask that you fill out the online request form thoroughly and accurately.

Creating defensible space is one of the most important actions you can take to protect your home from wildfire. As part of this effort, NLTFPD can issue free tree removal permits for fire hazard trees—however, tree removal must be part of a complete defensible space treatment.

For Waste Management curbside yard debris collection information, including dates and guidelines, please click here.

Finally, don’t forget to sign up for emergency alert notifications to stay informed during the wildfire season. Washoe County utilizes the Rave Alert system—you can register here: Sign Up – Smart911, or by downloading the Smart911 app.

Let’s work together to keep our community safe and fire ready.

Originally Published in Islands Travel Guides, 04/14/2025, Written by Lauren Kershner

With serene beaches and crystal clear waters, Lake Tahoe is an enchanting destination for a nature-filled getaway. Straddling the California-Nevada border and covering 191 square miles, the pristine lake is encircled by a myriad of sparkling gems to discover — from the rustic, year-round resort at Camp Richardson with endless outdoor recreation to the special Kings Beach for swimming and sunbathing. If you want to explore it all, the 72-mile loop around the lake takes about three hours to drive, creating the perfect itinerary for a family-friendly road trip.

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Some seek power, others seek fortune, others yet seek fame, but most folks just want to lead healthy, happy lives with their family, friends and neighbors. So how about a campaign to make America kind again, MAKA, a movement to encourage thinking with the heart ahead of algorithms and artificial intelligence.

We have a literary society in Carson City, “The Never Sweats,” and our common bond is, “Love of History and Love of Community.” We meet for lunch once a month to regale in conversation about books, essays, journalism and fanciful stories. One always comes away from these gatherings feeling smarter and better off. We can’t take on any new members at present, as we have filled the Mark Twain Room at the Fox to capacity.

Incline Village boasts a similar society, OLTAC, The Old Lake Tahoe Athletic Club, whose common bond is, “The older we get the better we were.” We gather together to watch sporting events on television or play poker while smoking cigars and sipping whiskey. Our motto is, “I don’t give a _____ what you think!” Yes we do swear on occasion, but our swearing is lighthearted, musical, and carries no guile. Not unlike the Never Sweats, OLTAC is camaraderie at its best.

Having friends in both of these first-rate societies, I feel I am a better person for the association, and yet I know little about any member’s political or religious beliefs. All I know about my pals for sure is that they are cultured, well-read, well-traveled, and kind.

So I think I’ll have some red baseball caps made up that say, MAKA and give one to each of our honorable Never Sweats and OLTAC members in good faith.

I have recently changed my voter registration to No Political Party, so I can better examine everybody else’s political and religious beliefs, and not try to push my political or religious beliefs onto anybody else. Just because someone has beliefs that are not congruous to our own, does not mean we have to dislike that person, or worse yet, consider them to be an enemy. We need to lighten up, show some compassion, and exhibit some kindness toward those who do not believe as we do.

On my journey toward making America kind again, I try to imbue my life with music, instrumentals mostly, though I do like Barbara Streisand’s words, “People who need people are the luckiest people in the world.” And too, friends who lend a little light-hearted humor and warmth to my day are always appreciated. A kind word, a smile, a wave, a tip of the hat, these are gestures that carry goodwill and benevolence. Our world, our country, our community is sorely in need of more of these heartfelt gestures. 

So let us each be a living Statue of Liberty, in the spirit of that wonderful gift from France, and honor our American ideals, and liberty and democracy…

Audio: https://open.spotify.com/show/7Fhv4PrH1UuwlhbnTT23zO

Originally published in the Tahoe Daily Tribune, 4/11/2025, Written by Katelyn Welsh

The bill goes by Senate Bill 83 this legislative session, but it’s not the first time a bill of this kind has seen Nevada legislative chambers. This bill, and those prior like it, are important for maintaining Lake Tahoe’s clarity, environmental health, and accessibility.

The reason—the bill is the mechanism that funds Nevada’s portion of the Environmental Improvement Program, which is a project-based multi-agency collaboration across both California and Nevada to improve Lake Tahoe’s environmental health.

“What we do is so critical to the environment of Lake Tahoe and restoring the lake and the basin,” Kevin Fromherz says with the Nevada Division of State Lands, which is the agency sponsoring the bill. “The success of this funding will be success of these projects.”

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Originally published in Moonshine Ink, 04/10/2025, Ted Owens

Forgotten document highlights the rotary club’s role in hospital’s creation

In preparation for Tahoe Forest Hospital District’s 75th Anniversary, a curious document was discovered in some old files.

A handwritten, three-page letter dated Oct. 10, 1951, to Tahoe Forest Hospital District Director Jim Sherritt. The motivation for the letter appears to be in response to a note Sherritt sent to “Hobie” Snider inquiring about how the whole quest for the hospital started. At the time, the hospital was not yet open; it was, in fact, still under construction.

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Courtesy Image: Moonshine Ink