Tahoe Donner – Look What’s Happening at The Lodge !

Deck Opening Party

Don’t miss the annual deck opening party at The Lodge on Friday, June 11. Enjoy a complementary drink with live music from 6 to 9 p.m. and Happy Hour from 4 to 9 p.m. throughout the entire restaurant.

Happy Hour

4 – 6 p.m., Sunday – Friday
25% off entire Pub Menu,
Plus drink specials.
(In Pub Only. Not valid during holiday periods.)

Wild Wednesdays

Enjoy Happy Hour in the Pub all night long, Wednesday nights from 5 p.m. ’till close.
(Last Wild Wednesday of the season is on June 9.)

Music in The Grotto

Free live music in The Grotto, every Wednesday night through August. Begins June 16.

No Corkage Tuesdays

Every Tuesday night The Lodge will waive the corkage fee when you bring in a bottle of wine.
(Not valid during holiday periods.)

Truckee Day

Truckee Day is a town-wide street clean up and civic-pride day, taking place on Saturday, June 5 2010. The Tahoe Donner check-in station will be at Snowtech (17356 Northwoods Blvd.) and will open at 8 a.m. Arrive early to pick up your materials and your volunteer tee shirt, and then you will be assigned a section of roadway to clean.
Following the cleanup, there will be a town-wide barbeque and block party starting at noon at the Truckee River Regional Park. This is a great way to spend time with your friends and neighbors while helping the community. For more information, visit www.truckeeday.org.

Truckee Farmers Market

2010 Farmers Market Weekly Schedule

Our Farmers Markets strive to bring you healthy and tasty, local food and artisans treasures. Plus, there are activities and fun for the whole family.

So come experience our area Farmers Markets. Enjoy the music. Enjoy the variety, freshness, taste and nutritional value of area grown produce. Support of local food!

Tuesday
Truckee, Truckee River Regional Park,  8am to 1pm,  June 8th to September 28th
King’s Beach, Kings Beach State Park,  9am to 1pm,  June 8th to September 7th

Thursday
Tahoe City, Commons Beach, Tahoe City, CA   8am to 1pm,  May 27th tp September 30th

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3 Good Reasons to Eat Local

1. Fruits and vegetables that are grown locally taste better.
2. Eating local decreases our carbon footprint; reduces transportation and energy costs & eliminates wasteful packaging.
3. Eating local puts money into the local economy.

Take the Recycling Challenge!

Keep it Green.

Here you’ll find all the information you need so that you can participate in North Lake Tahoe’s and Truckee’s Curbside recycling solution. Challenge your household to reduce waste as much as possible and recycle everything you can. Chances are you’ll have a much greater volume of recyclables than trash.

Use your BLUE BAGS to recycle all of the following:

• Mixed paper: Office paper, catalogues, magazines, junk mail. Virtually all mixed paper types can be recycled!
• Paper board: Paper board includes such as cereal & food boxes (remove plastic liners), paper towel and toilet paper roles.
• Glass bottles and jars: All colors are okay.
• Plastics numbered 1-7. Check the bottom of the container for the recycling symbol and number 1-7. Plastic bags and Styrofoam are the exceptions. Plastic bags can be dropped off at local grocery stores for recycling. Styrofoam is not recycled in Truckee, please avoid Styrofoam when possible. Mixed rigid plastics (these are generally non-food plastics, some do not have a number 1-7. Examples include old laundry baskets, children’s toys, snow disc.)
• Aluminum, tin (steel) and bimetal cans.
• Aluminum foil.
• Cardboard: Cut it up to make it fit in the blue bag. Drop-off large quantities of cardboard at the fire station. Please do not place loose cardboard at the curb. Loose cardboard will be contaminated in the collection truck and charged as trash.

The Blue Bag Process: What happens to your BLUE BAG after it leaves your curb? What should you know in order to effectively participate in the blue bag program?

When your blue bag is picked up at the curb it is tossed in a small trash truck right along side your bag of garbage. When the small trash truck is filled it returns to a staging area where the big compacting trucks await. The load from the smaller truck is then transferred into the compactor. All the bags, both blue and black are compacted and driven to the Eastern Regional Landfill on Cabin Creek Road off HWY 89 south for processing. Truck loads of garbage and blue bags are dumped onto a floor, pushed around by heavy equipment and fed onto a conveyer belt. Two employees spend their day picking the blue bags out of the waste stream and setting them aside. Trash is then sent up a conveyer belt where 15 people pick recyclables from garbage. Depending on the time of year, the transfer station receives on average 100-250 tons of trash and recyclables from residential routes every day. Due to the high volume of trash, the conveyer belt must move quickly in order for all the trash to be processed. The 15 workers do an excellent job picking recyclables out of the trash and are able to recover 17-18% of recyclables from trash. Towards the end of the day the operation converts to processing blue bags. Blue bags are opened and the contents are sent up the conveyer for sorting, the blue bag itself is also bailed and sent to a plastic recycler. Keep in mind that recyclables in blue bags are much cleaner and easier to sort than picking recyclables from trash (we all know what we toss away). In order to assist in sorting recyclables, by material type, the conveyer belt is slowed way down when blue bags are processed. Workers are able to recover over 90% of the recyclables contained in blue bags. Using blue bags significantly increases the amount of recyclables recovered. In order to work effectively, your blue bags must hold up in the trash collection process so durability matters. When purchasing blue bags pay attention to the strength (the higher the millimeters (mil) on the package the better). Place your recyclables in your bags being mindful to not over stuff the bags and tie your blue bags securely to ensure that your recyclables will remained contained in the bag. If you have an excess amount of glass (which is heavy and could potentially tear the bag), consider using the Nex Cycle recycling facility behind Safeway or the recycling facility at the Eastern Regional Landfill. Cardboard should be cut into smaller pieces and placed in blue bags. If you have more cardboard than can easily be cut up and placed in a blue bag please utilize one of the free cardboard collection dumpsters at the Fire Station on Donner Pass Road or at the elementary school in Glenshire. Loose cardboard left beside your garbage can will be mixed with the trash, contaminated and not recycled.

Warren Miller Ski Film – “DYNASTY”

This winter, WARREN MILLER celebrates 60 years of filmmaking with the release of “DYNASTY”. Fresh cinematography, immeasurable talent, in-your-face powder shots, massive cliffs and unmatched scenery explode from “DYNASTY”, showcasing the experience, the influence and the originality that has grown from the action sports filmmaking of WARREN MILLER.

WARREN MILLER’S “DYNASTY” takes you on a global tour that includes China, Alaska, Norway, Colorado, British Columbia, our very own LAKE TAHOE and more! The Lake Tahoe segment captures breathtaking views of Lake Tahoe where steeps rise out of the deep blue Lake Tahoe. Esteemed World Cup athlete Darron Rahlves shreds the Tahoe backcountry with confidence, precision and implausible speed; Gold Medal Olympian Jonny Mosely nails a back flip with the lake’s glistening waters providing his backdrop and JT Holmes elevates Lake Tahoe skiing to a whole new level. Jamie Burge puts it simply, “If you are brave enough, you can pretty much do everything here.”

In addition to Darron Rahlves, Jonny Mosely and JT Holmes the Lake Tahoe segment of “DYNASTY” also features many other local skiers and boarders including: Kevin Quinn, Jessica Sobolosky, Alan Riley, Ingrid Backstrom, Errol Kerr, Jamie Burge, Jason Mack, Kevin Bramble and Kip Garr.

 You can see the Lake Tahoe Premier at the following venues:

 CRYSTAL BAY CASINO (2 shows nightly) – Thanksgiving Weekend
Friday, November 27^th              6:30 PM & 9:15 PM     SOLD OUT
Saturday, November 28^th         6:30 PM & 9:15 PM     SOLD OUT

All Tickets $12; available at Dave’s Skis & Boards, Crystal Bay Casino and online at www.CrystalBayCasino.com.

It’s not too late…….also showing at:

MONTBLEU RESORT CASINO (1 show each night)
Thursday, December 3^rd           7:30 PM
Saturday, December 5^th            7:30 PM

Advance Tickets $12, At the Door $14; available at Sport LTD, MontBleu Resort Casino.

 Shows sell out! Buy your tickets early. All seating is general admission. Come early to get the best seats. Doors open approximately 1 hour before showtime.

Ski Passes – Tis’ the Pre-Season!

Tahoe Donner Downhill
and Cross Country Season Passes On Sale

Yes! It’s already that time of the year. We’ve had a dusting of snow and the mountain tops look like they’ve been decorated with powdered sugar!

Member Season Pass Application
Public Season Pass Application

Discounted season passes for Cross Country Skiing are on sale from Thursday, October 1– Saturday, October 31. On Sunday, November 1 the prices go up. Act now to save money. Make sure to submit your pass application by October 31 to receive the discounted rate. Mail it to the Member Services Office at 11509 Northwoods Blvd. Truckee, CA 96161. Or fax it to (530) 587-9423.

Daylight Saving Time

Don’t forget to turn your clocks back 1 hour

on November 1st, 2009.

Labor Day Art Show in Downtown Truckee

Venture into Downtown Truckee for the Labor Day Art Show

Artists from throughout the West will be displaying their artwork in Historic Downtown Truckee Labor Day weekend September 5-7. Bridge Street will be made in to a pedestrian plaza full of wonderful artists’ booths. Local artists, Elizabeth and Olaf Carmel of the Carmel Gallery will have a special outdoor display just outside the gallery. Check out this fun event, which is sponsored by Pacific Fine Arts and the Truckee Downtown Merchants Association.

I-80 Road Closure/Detour Alert

Truckee Traveller Alert…

Attention I-80 travellers! Cal Trans has major road work scheduled on Interstate 80 from the end of March until the end of November 2009. Click here to check out the Cal Trans Travel Restrictions Calendar and Detours.

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) is alerting motorists that Interstate 80 (I-80) will be subject to nighttime closures from Tuesday, March 31 through Monday, November 30. The closures will be in effect between 7 p.m. and 8 a.m. (10 a.m. on weekends) and may occur seven days a week. Closure schedules may vary throughout the construction season.

2009 Cross Country Ski Junior Olympics

Once again, the Cross Country Ski Junior Olympics are coming to Truckee, CA. All events will be held at the Auburn Ski Club Training Center on Donner Summit located right off of I-80.

Training for the Nordic events starts on Thursday March 5th and the Opening Ceremonies will be held at The Truckee High School on Sunday March 8th from 3:00 to 4:45 P.M.

Race Events are scheduled as follows:

Monday, March 9th:  Sprint Competition
Wednesday, March 11th: Freestyle Competition
Friday, March 13th: Classic Competition
Saturday, March 14th: Relay Competition

Closing Ceremonies: Saturday, March 14th, 7:00 P.M. at Truckee High School.

This is a very exciting event with tremendous energies expended by athletes, staff and volunteers. It is a “must see” event. Come and cheer on the athletes that travel from far and near or lend a hand and volunteer. Truckee did such a good job in 2005 that the games have come back again this year!