If you’d like more information or would like to discuss the market in more detail, don’t hesitate to contact us.

Have you heard about the Summit Station & Roadhouse project, a  “Gateway” to the Summit”? 

The Summit Station & Roadhouse is an intriguing project designed to improve the “look” of the Summit and revitalize the economy at the same time.

The project is focused on a multi-use building located at the old Beacon Hill Lodge property by the entrance to Interstate 80.  You know it — Who could miss it? It’s the spot where the old Soda Springs gas station has been forever.  

Initially, the project would appear to simply appeal to the Donner Summit visitor — all year long. You know, that tourist looking for a place to stop,  gather information on the area, grab a bite to eat, do a little shopping, rent gear, purchase lift tickets or make resort reservations and much more — all this would be amidst historical artifacts from our beloved Donner Summit, rich in the history of the area. Summit Station & Roadhouse would be a “destination” in and of itself.

But the Summit Station & Roadhouse is meant to be more than just a “visitors’ stop”.  It would meet the needs of the community by offering space for local businesses, offices for non-profit, environmental organizations, core social services meeting the community members’ needs and avoiding the trip down to Truckee. Plus, the Summit Station & Roadhouse would be a center for community meetings and gatherings.  

All in all, it sounds like a very good project to us. For more detail and to view the newsletter, visit the Summit Station & Roadhouse website.

Winter has Finally Arrived in Lake Tahoe!    March 1 — Food and Resource Support Center
10111 E. St., Truckee. 12 pm. Free. All are welcome for a hot meal, showers and support services. Sponsored by Project MANA and Assumption Catholic Church.
530-582-4079       1   Fireside Chats
Sierra Nevada College, 7 – 9 pm. Ongoing series of evening discussions with some of Incline Village’s most interesting community members.
www.sierranevada.edu or 775-881-7549       1   Vintage Squaw
Squaw Valley USA. 9:30 am to 12 pm. Benefit from expert instruction combined with a high level of social interaction. Led by instructors who are highly trained and understand the importance of warming up.
www.squaw.com       1-20   Turtleneck Tuesdays
Northstar California. 6 to 9 pm. Skates $5. Outdoor fire pits, drinks and s’mores from the cabana bars.
www.northstarattahoe.com or 530-562-1010       2   SnowFest! Opening Night Ceremonies
Squaw Valley USA. 6 pm. Laser show, torchlight parade, fireworks display. Live music on the KT22 Sundeck. Presented by the Squaw Valley Business Association.
www.tahoesnowfestival.com or 530-583-7167       2   Feminist Artist Joanna Frueh Workshop
Sierra Nevada College. 1 – 3:30 pm. The workshop is limited to 25 people. There is a $10 workshop fee that includes a copy of the book, The Glamour of Being Real.
www.sierranevada.edu or 775-881-1314       2   First Fridays
Historical Downtown Truckee . 5 pm – 8 pm. Participating downtown shops and restaurants will offer complimentary art, food, drinks, music and more. Participating shops and restaurants display First Friday Flags. For more information please send an email to events@historictruckee.com.
www.historictruckee.com       2-11   SnowFest!
Various venues throughout the Northshore. 6 pm to 9 pm. Numerous winter carnival activities including: parades, parties, games, fireworks, live music and dancing, libations, food and ski & board races.
www.tahoesnowfestival.com or 530-583-7167       3   Winter Beach Party – Snowfest!
Tahoe Donner Downhill Ski Area. 12 pm. Live music, food and games.
www.tahoedonner.com or 530-587-9444       3   Full Moon Snowshoe Hikes
Sugar Pine Point State Park. 7 pm. $20 for adults ; $5 for children under 12. Cost includes event parking and snowshoe rentals if needed.
www.parks.ca.gov or 530-525-7232       3   Shred the Love – Boarding for Breast Cancer
Sugar Bowl, Coldstream Terrain Park. 8:30 – 10 am. Registration, $25. Competition, 11-1 pm Music/ Awards, 1:30 – 4:30 pm, 10 – 2 pm live auction in the Mt. Judah Lodge.
530-426-9000 or www.sugarbowl.com       3-4   Rahlves’ Banzai Tour
Squaw Valley USA. Open to all ski, snowboard, men and women $125 ($100 with a resort season pass). Battle it out in four competitor heats down a wide open course set over natural terrain in off piste conditions at four of Tahoe’s premier resorts.
rahlvesbanzai.com       4   Extreme Food Challenge
Squaw Valley USA. Mamasake, Extreme Food Challenge. 4 to 6 p.m. Free. Contestants try food from around the world.
www.thevillageatsquaw.com or 530-584-1000       4   Stone Soup
Truckee Community Arts Center, 10046 Church St. Downtown Truckee. 5 to 7 pm. Come enjoy music, soup and community. All are welcome, bring your own bowl and spoon.
      4   Sierra Senior Services Pancake Breakfast
10040 Estates Drive, Truckee Donner Senior Apartments. $7 Adults, $3 Children under 12. Pancake breakfast sponsored by a local service club or other affiliated group. 8 – 11 am.
www.ttseniorscouncil.org or 530-550-7600       4-8   Nordic Ski Camp
Lake Tahoe Nordic Ski Camp. March 4 to 8. $1,375 Includes world-class instruction, gourmet meals and luxury lodging at Cedar House Sport Hotel. Focus on moves that are necessary to obtain a strong skiing stance, core strength and balance, each day also includes a gourmet lunch. At night enjoy a make-your-own pizza class, gourmet dinners and a moonlit snowshoe tour.
530-587-2251       6   Turtleneck Tuesdays
Northstar California. 6 to 9 pm. Skates $5. Outdoor fire pits, drinks and s’mores from the cabana bars.
www.northstarattahoe.com or 530-562-1010       7   SnowFest Bunco
North Tahoe Events Center. 6 to 9 p.m. $20 cash or check benefits Tahoe Forest Cancer Ward.
530-546-4543       7   SnowFest! 2012 Wine n’ Ice – Ice Carving Contest
Truckee River Winery. 1 to 5 pm. $100 Competition Fee includes a block of ice and top three contestants will win wine and gifts, plus $100. $20 Spectator Fee includes soup, chili, appetizers, dessert, glass of TRW wine and souvenir glass. ($10 Fee for under 21) Fun will include barrel roll races, live music and other outdoor games and entertainment. Prizes will be awarded for most colorful spandex attire. Portion of proceeds will go to High Fives Foundation.
www.truckeeriverwinery.com or 530-587-4626       7-8   Winter 2012 Wine Series
Squaw Valley USA. 5:30 pm to 9:30 pm. – PlumpJack Cafe, Hall Wines.
www.squaw.com       7-9   Women of Winter 3 Day
Squaw Valley USA. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. For Women who LOVE TO SKI! Designed for strong intermediate to expert abilities to develop new skills and build confidence. For more information please email wow@squaw.com.
www.squaw.com       8   Food and Resource Support Center
10111 E. St., Truckee. 12 pm. Free. All are welcome for a hot meal, showers and support services. Sponsored by Project MANA and Assumption Catholic Church.
530-582-4079       8   Full Moon Snowshoe Adventure
$65 Per person includes snowshoes, poles, hot drinks, trail snacks, professional guides, natural history discussions and permit fees.
www.TahoeAdventureCompany.com or 530-913-9212       8   TOCCATA- Tahoe Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
West Shore Cafe, Homewood. $110 for concert and dinner. $45 per person for concert. 4:30 pm Appetizers and wine, 5 pm Concert, 7 pm four-course dinner with 3 gourmet wines.
www.ToccataTahoe.com       9   Boreal Expression Session #3
Boreal. Registration 5 pm ; Competition 6:30 pm. $5 Entry fee with a Boreal lift ticket or season pass.
www.rideboreal.com/expression or 530-426-3666       9-10   The Vagina Monologues
Truckee Community Arts Center. 7 pm. $25. Raise awareness and money locally for the need to end violence in relationships, families and our community. Sponsored by Tahoe SAFE Alliance.
www.tahoesafealliance.org or 800-736-1060       10   Food For Thought
Boys & Girls Club of North Lake Tahoe, Kings Beach. 6 to 9 p.m. Enjoy homemade tamales, with all proceeds going to benefiting ARC’s outdoor programming for local high school youth.
www.bgcnlt.org or 530.546.4324       11   Stone Soup
Truckee Community Arts Center. 10046 Church St. Downtown Truckee. 5 to 7pm. Come enjoy music, soup and community. All are welcome, bring your own bowl and spoon.
      11   TOCCATA – Tahoe Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
St. Theresa’s Catholic Church, South Lake Tahoe. 3 pm. Tickets are $25 adults, $20 seniors, and $5 students ( 19 – 25 ). Preferred seating is available for $35.
www.ToccataTahoe.com or 775-313-9697       13   Turtleneck Tuesdays
Northstar California. 6 to 9 pm. Skates $5. Outdoor fire pits, drinks and s’mores from the cabana bars.
www.northstarattahoe.com or 530-562-1010       13   Good Morning Truckee
Truckee Town Hall, 7:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. General admission $10, Members $8
townoftruckee.com       14   TOCCATA – Tahoe Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Trinity Church, Reno. 7 pm. Tickets are $25 adults, $20 seniors, and $5 students ( 19 – 25 ). Preferred seating is available for $35.
www.ToccataTahoe.com or 775-313-9697       15   Food and Resource Support Center
10111 E. St., Truckee. 9 – 12 pm Every Thursday. Free. All are welcome for a hot meal, showers and support services. Sponsored by Project MANA and Assumption Catholic Church.
530-582-4079       15   Play Again
Stellas, Cedar House Sport Hotel. 6 to 8 p.m. $15 Includes snacks, premiere Truckee/ Tahoe showing of ” Play Again”, and Dr. Barbara Schneider speaks on the value of outdoor education and time in nature. Sponsored by the KidZone Museum and Sunshine Tahoe.
www.nicolecheslock.com or (530) 548-5010       16   TOCCATA – Tahoe Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
St. Patrick’s Church, Incline Village. 7 pm. Tickets are $25 adults, $20 seniors, and $5 students ( 19 – 25 ). Preferred seating is available for $35.
www.ToccataTahoe.com or 775-313-9697       17   Butterbox Highest Ollie
Northstar California. Highest Ollie contest in front of Butterbox in the Village. Anyone is welcome to enter for prizes.
www.northstarattahoe.com or 530-562-1330       17   Snowshoe Through History
Sugar Pine Point State Park. 11 a.m. Program is free and parking is $8. Come enjoy an easy hike and learn about Lake Tahoe’s history.
www.parks.ca.gov or 530-525-7232       17   St. Patrick’s Day at Squaw
Squaw Valley USA. 9 am. Ski the green ski slopes, dance to Irish music on the KT Base Bar, and enjoy festive drink specials; including GREEN beer! Catch Lenny the Leprechaun on the slopes with his pot of gold! Music & More!
www.squaw.com       17   St. Patrick’s Day Corned Beef & Cabbage Bash
Community Arts Center, Truckee. 5:30 p.m. $40 Includes dinner, a chance at $1000 door prize, one raffle ticket, music & fun. Tickets available at Stones Tires and the Truckee Welcome Center in Train Depot.
530-563-6776       18   Stone Soup
Truckee Community Arts Center. 10046 Church St. Downtown Truckee. 5 to 7pm. Come enjoy music, soup and community. All are welcome, bring your own bowl and spoon.
      22   Food and Resource Support Center
10111 E. St., Truckee. 12 pm. Free. All are welcome for a hot meal, showers and support services. Sponsored by Project MANA and Assumption Catholic Church.
530-582-4079       22   Winter 2012 Wine Series
PlumpJack Squaw Valley USA. 5:30 to 9:30 pm. CADE & PlumpJack Winery.
www.squaw.com, www.plumpjackcafe.com or 530-583-1578       23   Inspiring Uncommon Conversations
Squaw Valley Institute. 6:30 – 9 pm. Guest speaker Jeremy Bloom, three-time World Champion, two-time Olympian and eleven-time World Cup gold medalist in freestyle moguls skiing, and NFL player. Bloom is also founder of the Wish of a Lifetime Charity, which grants lifelong wishes to 80, 90, & 100+ year old people. In April 2010, Bloom co-founded the internet company Integrate.com, and he has just been recognized on the Forbes’ Magazine’ 30 under 30 list in Technology.
www.squawvalleyinstitue.org or (530) 581-4138       23-24   Pain McShlonkey Classic
Squaw Valley , USA. On and off-mountain event. Costumes, music, drinks, snowlerblade Chinese downhill, celebrity judges.
www.squaw.com or 530-583-6955       24   200-foot Banana Split Extravaganza
Tahoe Donner Downhill Ski Area. Come help construct and then devour the incredible 200-foot Banana Split.
www.tahoedonner.com or 530-587-9444       24   Star Tour Snowshoe Adventure
4:30 to 8:30 pm. “Regulus and Mars; War in the Sky”, $75 includes a two hour guided sunset snowshoe followed by a brilliant 1.5 hour tour of the midnight sky with Tony Berendsen. Trip includes: snowshoes, poles, hot drinks, trail snacks and discussions.
www.TahoeAdventureCompany.com or 530-913-9212       24   Crab & Pasta Feed
Parks and Rec Building. 8924 Donner Pass Road. 5 – 9 pm. Tickets $40 each. Proceeds go to Sierra Expeditionary Learning School. For tickets contact any local rotary member or send an email to billwalters@sbcglobal.net
www.truckeerotary.com       24-25   Spring Magic
Squaw Valley USA. The High Camp Swimming Lagoon & Spa opens for the season with an outrageous pool party.
www.squaw.com or 530-583-6985       24-30   Skiing for Schools
Sugar Bowl Ski Resort. $35. Lift ticket to be purchased week prior at Porters Sports in Truckee and Tahoe City. Proceeds go to Excellence in Education Foundation.
www.exined.org or 530-550-7984       25   Tahoe Donner Family Challenge
The family challenge is a matched time GS race completed as a family team. The winning team gets bragging rights plus there names engraved on a trophy in the base lodge. All children who complete two runs receive a medal. Top finishers receive prizes.
www.tahoedonner.com or (530) 587-9484       25   Stone Soup
Truckee Community Arts Center. 10046 Church st. Downtown Truckee. 5 to 7pm. Come enjoy music, soup and community. All are welcome, bring your own bowl and spoon.
      29   Food and Resource Support Center
10111 E. St., Truckee. 12 pm. Free. All are welcome for a hot meal, showers and support services. Sponsored by Project MANA and Assumption Catholic Church.
530-582-4079       30   Take the Lake Jumpline Competition
Alpine Meadows Ski Resort. $100. Men Only. Freestyle ski/ snowboard competition. Enter to win $15,000, or season pass.
www.skialpine.com or 530-583-4232       30   Diamano Coura – West African Folklore & Dance Company
Truckee High School Theater. 7 pm. $15. Portrays West African music and dance specifically as forms not simply for entertainment or exhibition, but rather, means by which communities educate, communicate, organize, and preserve their ancestral past. Proceeds to benefit Arts for the Schools.
www.artsfortheschools.org or 530-582-8278       30-31   Ability Challenge
Alpine Meadows. The 2012 Ability Challenge, is for anyone with a love for skiing, a love for someone with a disability or a love for making the world a better place. This event is an all mountain fundraiser, designed to accommodate and challenge skiers and snowboarders of all levels. Utilizing GPS technology, participants will enjoy the day by covering as much terrain as possible. All proceeds benefit Disabled Sports USA Far West, a non profit organization. Registration is at 8 am. $200 registration for adult groups of 4 -8 , $100 registration for youth groups 4 – 8 , $50 individual adult , $25 individual youth.
www.abilitychallenge.net or 530-581-4161       31-1   Tahoe Junior Freeride Series
Alpine Meadows . 10 am. TJFS is a series of three comps. The are four age categories: Girls 11-14, Girls 15-17, Boys 11-14, Boys 15-17. Competitors can earn points from their TJFS performance toward national ranking.
www.tahoejuniorfreerideseries.com       31   Peaks & Lagoons Spring Party Weekend
Squaw Valley USA, High Camp. DJ, pool party, skiing & riding.
www.squaw.com or 530-583-6985       31   Cultural Festival
Patterson Hall, Sierra Nevada College Campus. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
www.sierranevada.edu or 775-831-1314

                                                                                                  Obtained from Truckee Chamber of Commerce.

But now, things have changed! Those fishermen will have to wait till next year to resume their catches!

Property Owners in the Serene Lake subdivision may be wondering what is going on with the sewer treatment expansion and how it will affect them. Here’s our unofficial understanding of the current status.

On January 14, 2012, ballots were counted and the formation of an assessment district for the sewer treatment plant upgrade/expansion passed in an 85% “yes” to 15% “no” vote.

The formation of an assessment district is for $9 Million in funding through the USDA to which the Sierra Lakes County Water District applied for their portion of the sewer expansion. When funding is approved, an assessment will be passed down to each property owner in Serene Lakes.  Owners of developed lots will be assessed $8,942.61 (in the worst case scenario) and owerns of undeveloped lots will be assessed $9,564.64.  Right now, the SLCWD is in a “holding pattern” as the USDA has not yet granted the funding.

However, once funding is granted, a letter will go out to all property owners that gives them 30 days in which to decide whether they want to pay the assessment in total or amortized it over a 30-year period with payment being assessed on tax bills.  Due to the fact funding has not yet been granted, it’s unlikely that the assessment would be on the next tax bill.

If you have other questions or need futher clarification, please call Anna at Sierra Lakes County Water District – 530/426-7800. She is a wealth of information and has always been very happy to provide whatever information she can and if you have questions she can’t answer immediately, she’ll find the answers.

For some basic information on the sewer treatment plant expansion, visit the Sierra Lakes County Water District website .

“Boy Scout Troop 206 (Menlo Park, CA) has been happily returning to Hoyfjellet Lodge for more than 10 years for its annual ski trip. Because it is conveniently located for Sugar Bowl and Royal Gorge, Hoyfjellet is an ideal base for our Troop to go downhill skiing, snowboarding, cross-country skiing and snow-shoeing, and we know we’ll get a warm welcome, good food and a cosy place for après ski relaxation. Highly recommended for groups.

Phil McHale, Assistant Scoutmaster, BSA Troop 206″