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¿Cuál es tu comida mexicana favorita?
In Truckee/Tahoe, much like the rest of California and the Southwest, we have adapted Mexican food into our own culture. Tacos and burritos are as much a part of our diet as burgers and hot dogs. In honor of this month’s article “Tacos, Mi Amor” (see p. 11), we hit up Truckee to ask:
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En Truckee/Tahoe, como sucede en el resto de California y en el Suroeste, hemos adaptado la comida mexicana a nuestra propia cultura. Los tacos y los burritos son una parte de nuestras dietas al igual que las hamburguesas y los perros calientes. En honor al artículo de este mes “Tacos, Mi Amor” (ver pág. 11), salimos a Truckee a averiguar lo siguiente:
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Travis Fields, Truckee Barítono en Coffeebar • Barista at Coffeebar Burritos en Taco Station. [Tienen] burritos enormes, enormes. Y una gran variedad de opciones.
Burritos at Taco Station. [They have] massive, massive burritos. And a great variety of choices.
Lindy Miller y su beba, Lyla, Truckee Madre • Mother
Nos encanta Lupita’s en Incline Village. Súper bueno, súper fresco, y auténtico. Y el servicio es genial.
We love Lupita’s in Incline Village. Super good, super fresh, and authentic. And the service is great.
Rick Papaleo, Kings Beach Desarrollador web • Web developer Las Panchitas. Porque Alex [Brambila, el dueño] es realmente agradable.
Las Panchitas. ’Cause Alex [Brambila, the owner] is really nice.
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Chimichangas. Simplemente porque me gusta el sabor que tienen.
Chimichangas. I just like the way they taste.
Andrea Gilbertson, Truckee
Barítono en Coffeebar • Barista at Coffeebar Realmente me gusta Tacos Jalisco. Su carne asada está repleta de sabor y te saca una sonrisa.
I really like Tacos Jalisco. Their carne asade is full of flavor and makes you smile.
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Could Unofficial Squaw be sold to a traditional publisher one day? CEO Patrick Rivelli, who we profiled in our print story “Unofficial Millionaire,” thinks so. Read more about the angel of all ski bums — Rivelli has also backed the High Fives Foundation and the Push to the South Pole expedition — in our extended Q&A with the man. Search: Patrick Rivelli
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Why They Love Pain McShlonkey Debauchery and snowlerblades descended on Squaw Valley March 23 and 24 for the second annual Pain McShlonkey Classic. A testament to Shane McConkey’s whiskey-drinking saucer boy, the event (often referred to in its abbreviated form — “PMS”: for Pain McShlonkey) lived up to its name with participants dressed to the max, rappelling down Ice Goddess, and hucking themselves off cliffs despite the marginal conditions. Moonshine Ink caught up with PMS participants Mat Jackson, Robb Gaffney, and Cody Townsend (who took home the Golden Saucer in the first annual PMS) before the events to hear their take on ski preference, strategy, and why they love the PMS. Search: Shane would be proud
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Backstage with the Demented Minds Behind the Follies How does a collection of degenerate Truckee locals have the organizational skills to put on one of the most offensive and tasteless community plays west of the Mississippi River every other year? Moonshine Ink is going behind the scenes to give readers an inside look into the demented minds, ruthless humor, and questionable singing voices of the Truckee Follies actors, directors, and writers. Be prepared to be offended, and to laugh uproariously, as the Truckee Follies roll into town May 3 to 5 with guns blazing, and all of Truckee’s sacred cows in their crosshairs. Sign up for our email newsletter “The Brew” at moonshineink.com to receive the story in your inbox the minute it is published, or check our website this month to read it online. Fast-selling Follies tickets are currently available Cabona’s in downtown Truckee. Info: (530) 587-3161 Sign up for the Brew online or text “moonshine” to 22828.
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El Descargo: Opinión 2
20 Dreamers Walk
¡Cuéntalo!
Cross-country journey in support of immigration legislation
22 A Winter in avalanche country
Allí Mismo
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7 Nota de la Directora
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¿Qué te inspira? concurso de periodismo para estudiantes
Risk, tragedy, gear, and education
24 Business Feature
20 Los SOÑADORES Caminan Viaje por todo el país con el fin de apoyar la legislación de la inmigración
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25 Business Briefs 26 County News Briefs
La Vida de las Montañas 32 El Boletín Todo lo que sucede en Truckeee/Tahoe
Historia
Viajar a México a través de Principal las pupilas gustativas
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Rocking Stone: Arts & Culture 40 Book it! Pam Houston’s new wanderlust novel
42 Out and About Sara Smith’s green mural at Truckee Elementary
44 Calendar of Events “Miss Representation,” Lil Miss Mixer, and Greensky Bluegrass
Classifieds…48 Astrological alchemy® 48 planting the seeds of prosperity
27 Flip’s Friends
Creative Brew
28 Wandering Native
11 Tacos, Mi Amor
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Mountain Life Ralph the donut-eating cat
La Cocina del Alma
Soul Kitchen: from field to fork
Salsa verde and guacamole
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¿Cuál es tu comida mexicana favorita? Tim Hauserman Eve Quesnel Tobias the Cat
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Online Comments; Letters; In the moment
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The Spout: Opinion
Dancing with Denali
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29 Nature’s Corner The elusive bobcat
Salsa verde y guacamole
30 Who Says You Need Eyes to Ski?
La Música, La Cultura
Walter the blind cross-country skier
42 Aquí y Allá
32 The Bulletin
Arte y naturaleza en Truckee Elementary
Everything that’s happening in Truckee/Tahoe
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On the Cover: Speedflyer Kyle O’Neal prepares for liftoff dropping into Homewood’s Quail Face. Photo By Seth Lightcap/ Moonshine Ink About the photo: Kyle O’Neal is one of a handful of daring local athletes pioneering the sport of speedflying in Tahoe. The sport matches ski technique with paragliding skills and allows speedflyers to ski and fly down alternate portions of a steep mountain slope. The cover shot captures O’Neal straightlining off the top of Homewood’s Quail Face to gain the necessary speed for a smooth takeoff. about the Artist: Long on stride and short on sleep, Seth Lightcap is a purveyor of words and pixels from North Lake Tahoe. Soft pow, tacky trails, and year-round alpine hi-jinx keep him working the nightshift making media for the likes of Teton Gravity Research, Kronicle Magazine, and ESPNsnowboarding.com. Info: slightcap@moonshineink, sethlightcap.com MoonshineInk.com
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The Spout | Opinion Page that God provided that we would grow up in Tahoe and that I would marry into one of the oldest Tahoe families, many of whom rest in peace at Trail’s End. ~ Mary Carnell
In the Moment | No Trespassing
Art and Anke (In response to the article “Art with Anke” in the March print edition)
I have taken many watercolor classes from Anke at Sierra College and privately. She is a joyful and exciting person. I found her be an excellent teacher and generous with her time and supplies. She shares herself and her laughter. I learned so much from Anka, and I will continue taking her class or private lessons. ~ Patty Grossen
What a Wonderful Way to Share and Serve (In response to “Get Out & Go: Servin’ Up Dinner for the Community” in the March print edition)
~ Even after 25 years in Truckee, Pam McAdoo sometimes misses the farmland outside New York City where she was raised. The arts are
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Trail’s End Cemetery (In response to “Trail’s End Cemetery” in the March print edition)
Thank you, Tim, for bringing back the joyful memories of those who’ve lived and loved in Tahoe. I am the Spanish teacher at Creekside Cooperative Charter School in Tahoe City. Each year around Nov. 1 we celebrate the Day of the Dead. This year we made a pilgrimage to Trail’s End. Most students had never been 6
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her passion, from drawing, painting, printmaking, and book arts, to music, dance, and architecture. With “In the Moment,” she pays hom-
age to Paul Madonna, whose artful synthesis of text and reportage illustration has inspired her to add words to her visual records of North Tahoe
to a cemetery before. As we walked through, the children took note of the special items on the graves and felt the spirits close by without fear or trepidation. Before leaving, we shared our own stories of loved ones departing and ate pan de muerto (bread of the dead), a traditional Mexican sweet bread. Your thoughtful essay reminded me of that extraordinary day and reiterated how important it was to bring these students to such a lovely place. Gracias! ~ Monica Caldari
minor editing error, but my mom’s name was definitely not “Ethel.”) Also, in the early ’60s there were actually three small grocery stores in town: Jack and Dinty’s Market, The Village Store, and Kehoe’s General Merchandise. (That was also about the time that Safeway opened their first store in the area.) Again, I enjoyed your story and appreciate the kind remembrance of my parents. Thank you. ~ Mike Kehoe
I was pleased to see and read your story about Trail’s End Cemetery. It was especially nice to note some of your warm comments about the wonderful and interesting people who helped to make Tahoe City such a great place. I would like to make a few minor corrections about one aspect of your story regarding my parents, Basil and Rosina Kehoe. (I assume it was a MoonshineInk.com
(Response from article author Tim Hauserman)
Thanks for the correction, Mike, on your mom’s name. Sorry about that. I certainly remember your dad. We lived just up the street about 100 yards from what we just thought of as Kehoe’s, which was on my regular rounds. This was back in the day when kids left the house in the morning and came back at the end of the day, so there was plenty of time to roam around. ~ Tim Hauserman
and Truckee — conversations overheard or thoughts that arise in the moment when she’s drawing.
This is beautifully done, and brought back so many memories. You are quite a writer. Thank you!!! ~ Natalie Snider I know that I say this for our entire family. We are so blessed to live in such an amazing area with so many wonderful people. We thank you for recognizing Norma App as an important part of the community. Her spirit will live on and thank you for writing such a great article! ~ Brandon App Walking along the paths of Trail’s End through your article, Tim, brings back so many childhood memories. Graves decorated with Tahoe granite and pine needles reminds me that some parts of Tahoe never change! Thank you, Tim, for digging up memories of our childhood and the amazing people that colored our days. It is so astounding how short our lives truly are! I am thankful
What a wonderful and helpful way to share both good food and the Good Word. Actions speak louder than words, and so many ministries only serve up empty words to their congregations and their communities. This is the new paradigm for spiritual action and connection. Bless you. ~ Margot Easley
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Remembering a Lost Brother Tim, I appreciated and related to your article. Quite by coincidence I was in Tahoe, our daughter had picked up the paper, and I looked at it. My brother, Stewart Davenport, is buried there. He is another one of the younger (age 29) residents there. Some of his employment was bartending at Sunnyside and Squaw Valley. Over 40 years later, we recently purchased a condo in Tahoe City as a vacation home with our daughter and son-in-law. I often visit the cemetery and appreciate its surroundings. I think of how great it would be if Stewart were still alive. You didn’t mention the Eagle Scout project. A year ago, a scout categorized the plots and See SPout p. 8
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¿Qué Te Inspira?
What Moves You?
Concurso de periodismo para estudiantes en honor a Fro, el local consumado de Tahoe
Student journalism contest honors Fro, the consummate Tahoe local
En octubre 2010, nuestra comunidad perdió a un buen amigo de larga data local en Lake Tahoe y hombre de todo Tahoe, Robert “Fro” Frohlich. Fro se describía como una nota de la directora “colina de By Mayumi Elegado arena,” era leal a sus pasiones… Era un periodista incurable, ferviente esquiador, amigo devoto, fácil de volverse cascarrabias, y creía en el poder de la voluntad. Había algo que el realmente amaba más que a las palabras y los deportes en sí mismos: enseñarle a los niños a amar las palabras y los deportes.* Antes de partir, Fro soportó una prolongada batalla contra el cancer, combatiendo las circunstancias una y otra vez. Después de que le dijeran que le quedaban solo tres semanas de vida, salió a enseñarle a los niños a jugar lacrosse y a mantenerse al día con las tareas escolares. Compartió esta historia conmigo en un correo electrónico que me envió en septiembre 2010 en el que escribió: “Celebraré mi vida y mis amigos hasta el último día de mi vida.” Es en su honor que el Tahoe Truckee Unified School District, Switchback PR, y Moonshine Ink con orgullo presentan un
concurso de periodismo para estudiantes, abierto para todos los alumnos del distrito que estén en 11mo o 12mo grado. El tema es “¿Qué te inspira?” y fomenta a que los alumnos compartan todo aquello que los inspira a ser mejores personas, ya sea que se trate de sus pasiones, intereses, personas influyentes, o lo que sea que se les venga a la mente. Hay dos categorías: la palabra escrita y el video. Cada categoría gana un premio de $500. La fecha límite es el 11 de mayo, 2012. Estudia Visita moonshinn hacen lo tes: ¿Por qué eink.com y busca que hac en? “Qué te inspira” para obtener más información. “Soy escritor y los escritores escriben,” me dijo Fro. Es nuestro profundo deseo que el concurso ¿Qué te inspira? le permita a los alumnos definir qué hacen y por qué lo hacen.
~ Escríbeme a melegado@moonshineink.com. * Absoluta revelación: Como todos los que conocieron a Fro saben, las mujeres también deberían formar parte de esta lista. Pero a los fines de brevedad y pertinencia, las dejé a un lado en este caso.
weeks to live, he was out on the field teaching kids how to play lacrosse and keep up with schoolwork. Sharing this story in a September 2010 email to me, he wrote, “I shall celebrate my life and friends until the day that takes me.”
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Publisher’s Note By Mayumi Elegado
In October 2010, our community lost a good friend in longtime Lake Tahoe local and all-around Tahoe man Robert “Fro” Frohlich. A self-described “hill of sand,” Fro was loyal to his passions — he was an incurable journalist, zealous skier, devoted friend, early curmudgeon, and believer in the power of will. There was really only one thing he loved more than words and sports: teaching kids to love words and sports.* Before he left us, Fro endured a protracted battle with cancer, beating the odds time and again. After being told he had just three
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It is in his honor that the Tahoe Truckee Unified School District, Switchback PR, and Moonshine Ink proudly present a student journalism contest, open to all district 11th and 12th grade students. The topic is “What Moves You?” and encourages students to share what moves them to be a better person, be it their passions, interests, influential people, or whatever comes to mind. There are two categories:
written word and video. Each category wins a $500 purse. The deadline is May 11, 2012. Visit moonshineink.com and search “What Moves You” for more information. “I’m a writer and writers write,” Fro told me. It is our sincere hope that the What Moves You? contest will allow students to define what it is they do and why they do it.
~ Email me at melegado@ moonshineink.com. * Full disclosure: As anyone who knew Fro knows, women should be on the list as well. But in the interest of brevity and pertinence, I left it out in this instance.
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~ Pamela Davenport Cunningham
Big Paw Prints to Fill Welcome to Tobias the Cat. You have some big paw prints to fill, but as a cat (and dog) lover, I know you furry ones can do just about anything. Monkey the Mouser and Rubi Malamute send congrats, purrs, woofs, and wags. What a great story by Meghan Robins’ snowblower. My Honda is my most valuable tool. The snowblower lobby is not an aggressive one, so on behalf of my 928, I thank Meghan and her machine. Tim Hauserman’s column is always a joy. Although I have only been to Trail’s End once in my 35 years here, and donated the design of their directory/map, Tim’s article really brought the history to life (pun intended) — so many Tahoe household names, and so many young people, including friends we knew. Keep up the wonderful work Mayumi and crew. We love “our” Moonshine!
~ Ed Miller, Tahoma
Save the Music
Don’t Believe Everything You Read from Anonymous Commentors my shot
By Tim Tonachella Several days ago I was informed that I was mentioned in two postings on moonshineink.com regarding an article that was written about the Truckee Hotel and Moody’s. After taking a look at both of them I was shocked. In the postings the person or persons that wrote them implied that they were a friend of mine, and stated that I am suffering from a devastating case of cancer and that the Truckee Hotel had let me go. Both of these statements are not true. I have been in remission for the past 18 months, and as for the hotel letting me go, there is nothing further from the truth. In fact, they have treated me very well. After a long absence, my position
If all of the negative postings are as accurate as these were, maybe we should reconsider any judgments made from these postings. Many of you may not know that Leo Burke was one of the owners of the Truckee Hotel for many years and that he bought out two other partners, who were part of a much larger corporation. If you looked into every business in Truckee you would find that a vast majority, small and large, are incorporated. The talk about the “corporations” and the implication that they are all evil is purely naive. On a personnel note, Leo Burke, the visionary who’s kept Moody’s afloat and has great plans for the hotel, always had time for me during my treatment and recovery. He continually called and asked if I needed anything: his time, shoulder, or wisdom. He is a generous and kind man.
Have You Ever Been Experienced? my shot
I am writing this letter with much gratitude, but also concern and a call for action, to support the music programs throughout our school district. First, I offer a sincere thank you and letter of support for Claudia Waters, the music teacher at Glenshire Elementary School, where my children receive the highest quality of music instruction. Claudia is not just a special person, but a whole music program! Sadly, I have learned that Claudia and Mrs. Laurie Heath from Tahoe Lake have both received pink slips for the 2012/2013 school year, and other music cuts are in place. I am truly upset that what personnel at one school site in the district decide about cutting the music program at their school, affects other school sites and teachers. The choices that one school makes have created a domino effect for the other elementary schools, and that is not fair and balanced for our students or teachers. Claudia Waters is an excellent music teacher who puts so much time, love, and dedication into her school teaching and performances. This experience helps our children grow smarter and wiser, with a better understanding of other cultures through the joy of music. As a professional artist, I have collaborated with Claudia and her talented chorus performers for Peace One Day and Trails and Vistas. As a mother, I value and cherish the student performances given throughout the year at plays and concerts. And as a voter and supporter of Measure A, I was pleased to read in the March 22 TTUSD newsletter that Measure A will not reduce funding for music programs, and will offer music at all levels in our schools. The funding for the arts, music,
physical education, and all other enrichment programs is the reason I voted for the Measure A tax. I would like to thank Claudia for her devotion to music instruction by creating a higher level of learning for our children. I am hopeful that Kathleen Gauthier, principal at Glenshire Elementary, will be triumphant and succeed in protecting our
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with the hotel was still available for me to return to, which I did on a trial basis. I made the decision not to return for personal reasons. After declining the position, I was asked to stay on to help with some of the special events, train a new manager, and help with some marketing projects, which I have accepted. If this person was a friend they would be aware of these facts. I contacted Mayumi Elegado, Moonshine Ink publisher, and talked with her about the posting and asked her to remove them from the site. She said she would contact the person that posted them and when she tried, she found that both email addresses were no longer useable. This leads me to believe that they were just used to send the posting. I think it is sad that someone would use me or my illness to vent their anger, further their own political agenda, or voice their own resentments at the hotel.
By Jim Plehn Climb if you will but remember that courage and strength are naught without prudence and that a momentary negligence may destroy the happiness of a lifetime. Do nothing in haste, look well to each step and from the beginning think what might be the end. ~ Edmund Whymper (first ascent of the Matterhorn) Recent avalanche accidents and fatalities involving locals have caused many in the local ski community to question why these tragedies have struck experienced backcountry skiers. With over four decades of observations, I see several common themes: the person involved was often experienced and had all the right gear; often they had taken an avalanche course; often the avalanche forecast was high. With all this safety technology, courses, and free avalanche forecasts, one has to wonder why these incidents keep happening. With some simple training it is easy to recognize an avalanche path and what the consequences might be if caught in a slide. Much more difficult is evaluating
the stability of snow. Many techniques have been developed and can be learned in more advanced courses. All require some commitment of time. These days one can easily and quickly access regional backcountry avalanche forecasts put together by seasoned professionals. So why is it that so many experienced people keep getting into trouble? Is all this technology and information leading to a false sense of security? Volumes have been written about the perception of risk. Different people have different tolerance for risk. Young folks yearning to feel alive often take greater chances. Maybe the answer lies in what we mean by “experienced.” Experience is defined as a collection of things that have happened to someone over time. If someone has had many excursions in the backcountry without any trouble, does that make them experienced, or just lucky? When and with what kind of experiences does one become experienced? If you ask anyone who has ever been caught in an avalanche, buried, and rescued, or someone who has helped on a rescue, most will tell you that it is not an experience they would ever want to repeat. Most people would probably agree
that an avalanche course does not make one experienced. Forty years ago there were not many avy courses available. The best way to learn about avalanches was to join a professional ski patrol. Training was conducted in the time honored, hands-on way of an apprenticeship, not a few days of class work followed by some fieldwork, leading to a certificate. I was fortunate to be on the Alpine Meadows Ski Patrol in 1969. I learned from Norm Wilson, the mountain manager, and Bernie Kingery, patrol director, first-generation avalanche hunters from the 1960 Olympic ski patrol. After many years of patrol I taught avalanche courses with Norm. We would always end our courses by saying, “Regardless of what you may think you have learned here, if you really want to learn about avalanches, the best way is to join a professional ski patrol where you have all the proper safety tools, weather instruments, explosives for testing the stability of the snow, and the safety backup of the team.” After four decades in the field, patrolling, forecasting, coordinating rescues, consulting, and guiding, I still think it’s the best way to become experienced about avalanches.
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But last month, after procrastinating about preparing my taxes and hemming and hawing while the dreaded date of April 17 slowly loomed closer and closer (April 15 falls on a Sunday this year, and April 16 is some random federal holiday I have never heard of — Emancipation Day), after throwing out every excuse I had — I don’t have time, “The Voice” is on, I have to go skiing — I finally buckled down and started going over a year’s worth of bank records, receipts, and credit card statements. And then I had an epiphany. Doing your taxes doesn’t have to be a form of torture! It can be a (somewhat) enjoyable experience, if you look at it the right way. And what way is that, you ask in disbelief?
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This realization dawned on me when I got to my March bank statement. Five-thousand dollars to Barton Memorial Hospital? Ah yes, how quickly we forget, or rather block it out — that five grand was dropped after my husband blew his ACL and MCL skiing and had knee surgery. The memories from last March flooded back to me: countless trips down to South Lake, driving
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through blinding blizzards along the East Shore because Emerald Bay was almost always closed; a husband who could pick up our crying eight-month-old, but couldn’t carry her anywhere because he could only put weight on one foot; the pure joy we felt when the doctor finally gave him permission to ditch his crutches. Sifting through the paperwork, I also found souvenirs of better times. There on my April statement was $100 for the Monterey Bay Aquarium. That was our spring break trip last year, something I hadn’t thought about in months. Along with watching the aquarium’s playful otters dive and swim, a highlight of that visit was staying at the farm my sister was working on, Live Earth Farm outside of Santa Cruz. While we were there, the first baby goats of the season were born, a huge treat for my kids. Perusing my May statement, $100 to the Half Moon Bay Brewing Company brought my memory back to another road trip to visit my other sister, who had just moved to the area. While we were there, we visited another farm — Lemos Family Farm, which is now a mini-children’s amusement park that hasn’t changed much since the 1940s. Think about the oldest parts of Disneyland, subtract a few years, and you get the picture. In May, there was also a charge for $200 at Coachcraft Autobody in Reno. That was for damage to my car after a Class IV avalanche hit our house last March during the nonstop snowstorm that was the winter of 2011, another memory I’d like to forget. It took the auto repair shop more than three months to fix my car and my husband’s two trucks. The
only good part of all that mess? Our insurance paid for a rental car, a huge Suburban perfect for our road trips. My kids still talk about that car. Some of the “account activity” I came across stumped me. Four hundred dollars to the North Tahoe Fire Protection District? What in the world? Did we have a fire at our house I didn’t remember? And since when did firefighters start charging on a per case basis to protect your home? It took me a while, but then it came back to me. That was payment for an incident that happened in 2010, when we had to call 911 in the middle of the night after my son couldn’t breathe. It turned out to be a bad case of croup. In addition to scaring the daylights out of me, I learned three things from that event — croup can be treated by taking your child out in the cold night air, fire districts charge for ambulance service per mile, and it can take over a year to pay it off. In between all of the major events of 2011 were the things that make up everyday life — charges for gas and groceries and ballet classes and karate lessons. Now that I had turned doing my taxes into a trip down memory lane, it made the task less laborious, and, dare I say, even pleasant at times. I can only hope that my new outlook on one of our more despised civil duties will keep me from complaining about doing my taxes next year. After all, it was Benjamin Franklin that said, “Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain and most fools do.”
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Traveling to Mexico through your taste buds
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a hora del almuerzo de los martes es una rutina. Es el día de tacos por un dólar en Diego’s. Pollo grillado, carne asada, o carnitas servidas con cilantro, cebolla, lima, y salsa— bueno. Diego’s mantiene sus tacos simples y muy condimentados. Es una fiesta en la boca que corta el día de trabajo. Diego’s los martes, Tacos Jalisco después de escalar Donner Summit, La Mexicana cuando estoy de paseo en Kings Beach — la mayoría de nosotros tenemos un lugar, una taqueria favorita de la que nos enamoramos a primer gusto. “Jalisco’s. Definitivamente,” contestó Kellan Hori, chef que reside en el Área de la Bahía y Tahoe, cuando le pregunté cuál era su lugar mexicano favorito de la
zona. “Es la comida que más se asemeja a la mexicana en San Diego. Después de haber vivido en San Diego durante tanto tiempo [7 años], tengo algo de experiencia en cuanto a cómo debe ser el gusto de la comida mexicana.” Aquí en Truckee/ Tahoe, no estamos tan cerca de México como lo está San Diego, pero sí tenemos muchísimos lugares de comida mexicana y taquerias auténticas que nos trasladan hacia la frontera sur. Nadie en este pueblo necesita decir “Yo quiero Taco Bell.” Cada taqueria tiene su propia especialidad, su propia historia, y su propia receta. En general, las personas que cocinan tus comidas aprendieron las recetas de sus familias. Los sabores son instintivos. La manera en la que Vea papilas
El taco Pastor (izquierda) en La Mexicana tiene carne de cerdo marinada, cilantro, cebollas, y salsa… sin queso. Una diosa maya en Diego’s (derecha). Un cliente frecuente trajo la estatua de un crucero que hizo al Cabo San Lucas y se la regaló a la familia Martinez. Pastor Al taco (left) at La Mexicana with marinated pork, cilantro, onions, and salsa — no cheese. A Mayan goddess statue at Diego’s (right). A regular customer brought the statue back from a cruise to Cabo San Lucas and gave it to the Martinez family.
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unchtime on Tuesdays is routine. It’s dollar taco day at Diego’s. Grilled chicken, carne asada, or carnitas served with cilantro, onion, lime, and salsa — bueno. Diego’s keeps their tacos simple and spicy. It’s a fiesta in my mouth to break up the workday. Diego’s on Tuesdays, Tacos Jalisco after climbing on Donner Summit, La Mexicana when I’m hanging out in Kings Beach — most of us have a spot, a favorite taqueria that we fell in love with at first taste. “Jalisco’s. Definitely,” said Kellan Hori, a chef based in the Bay Area and Tahoe, when I asked about his favorite Mexican place up here. “It’s the closest thing to the Mexican food you find in San Diego. After living in San Diego for so long [7 years], I have a small expertise on what Mexican food should taste like.” Here in Truckee/Tahoe, we are not as close to Mexico as San Diego, but we do have plenty of authentic taquerias and Mexican food joints to take us
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south of the border. No one needs to say “Yo quiero Taco Bell” in this town. Each taqueria has its own specialty, its own story, and its own spice. For the most part, the person cooking your food learned the recipe from family. The flavors are instinctual. The way it’s done in Mexico is the way it’s done here. Why are beans and rice served with every plate? That’s just how it is. “Every household in Mexico has beans every day,” says Alex Brambila, who owns Las Panchitas in Kings Beach. “Beans go with everything.”
Las Panchitas Brambila is a friendly man who speaks with a rolling accent. He’s usually found behind the bar, concocting a delicious margarita. “That’s my thing,” he said. Brambila has been working at Las See Taste
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Panchitas since it opened in Kings Beach in 1982. At 20 years old, he had just moved to the United States from his hometown, Tamazulita in Jalisco. He was staying with his brother in Los Angeles when he met “The Boss,” David Busch, who was opening a restaurant in Tahoe and offered Brambila a job. Those first years at the restaurant, Brambila didn’t speak a word of English. He washed dishes, bused tables, cleaned, and did maintenance. A few years later, after mastering some English, he started waiting tables. Then he took over managing. Now, 30 years later, Brambila owns Las Panchitas.
(En sentido horario desde la izquierda arriba) Antonio Martinez trabaja en Diego’s desde que abrió el pasado otoño. Escojan un lugar donde sentarse en Tacos Jalisco. La sección de productos en La Mexicana tiene todos los ingredientes que se necesitan para hacer una salsa bien condimentada o un poco de guacamole.
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(Clockwise from top left) Antonio Martinez has worked at Diego’s since it opened last fall. Take a seat at Tacos Jalisco. The produce section at La Mexicana has all the ingredients to make one spicy salsa or a batch of guacamole.
>>> “I love this place,” he said. “I’ve been fortunate.” Like Brambila and most of the staff, the recipes have also remained consistent at Las Panchitas. I ordered a chile relleno. Las Panchitas gets chiles fresh three times a week from a regional food distributor. The chiles are roasted, peeled, dipped in a light batter, and put on the grill. Then they’re rolled up like an omelet with cheese and smothered with a savory tomato sauce. “The food is fresh. We make it every day,” Brambila said. The food is cooked from scratch, the same way it was in 1982. It’s authentic food, but it’s been adapted to an Anglo palate, Brambila said. The sauces are thicker; it’s not as spicy. (Although if you want spicy, just ask, and they will make your dish with flames.) Las Panchitas is not a taqueria in a literal sense. It’s a sit-down restaurant with sunny yellow walls. “Everything is simple,” Brambila said. “We are just a simple little restaurant. We love cooking Mexican food.”
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Diego’ s Ana Martinez, who owns Diego’s with her husband, Octavio, learned how to cook from her mother, who learned who how to cook from her mother. Now Martinez is passing the same culinary instinct down to her 10-year-old daughter. There is no recipe book at Diego’s. Nothing’s written down. “We cook like we cook at home,” Ana said. I stopped by Diego’s, located on West River Street, earlier than usual on this particular Tuesday. I wanted to catch the Martinez family preparing food for the day. A vat of carnitas was boiling in its own fat on the stove. Antonio Martinez, Ana’s fatherin-law, was grilling pollo that had been marinating overnight in onions, garlic, chile powder, and other seasonings. Juana Martinez, whose husband is Ana’s husband’s cousin, prepared the line with freshly cut lime, tomatoes, and jalapeños. Ana was making fresh tortillas, which she serves with her plates and gorditas. She kneaded the dough — See Taste
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papilas gustativas viene de la p. 11 se cocina en México es la manera en la que se cocina aquí. ¿Por qué todos los platos se sirven con frijoles y arroz? Simplemente porque se sirve así. “En todos los hogares de México se consumen frijoles a diario,” dice Alex Brambila, dueño de Las Panchitas en Kings Beach. “Los frijoles combinan con todo.”
Las Panchitas Brambila es un hombre amigable que habla con acento marcado. Se lo suele encontrar detrás de la barra, preparando deliciosas margaritas. “Eso es lo mío,” dijo. Brambila ha trabajado en Las Panchitas desde que abrió en Kings Beach en 1982. A los 20 años, habiéndose recién mudado a los Estados Unidos desde su pueblo natal, Tamazulita en Jalisco, y viviendo
con su hermano en Los Ángeles, conoció a “El Jefe,” David Busch, quien en aquel entonces estaba abriendo un restaurante en Tahoe y le ofreció trabajo. Durante aquellos primeros años en el restaurante, Brambila no hablaba ni una palabra de inglés. Lavaba platos, levantaba las mesas, limpiaba, y hacía el mantenimiento. Unos años más tarde, cuando ya dominaba un poco el inglés, comenzó a atender las mesas. Luego, pasó a ser el encargado. Ahora, 30 años más tarde, Brambila es dueño de Las Panchitas. “Me encanta este lugar,” dijo. “He sido un afortunado.” Al igual que Brambila y que casi todo el personal, las recetas se han mantenido consistentes en Las Panchitas. Pedí un chile relleno. En Las Panchitas se sirven chiles frescos tres veces por semana traídos de un distribuidor de alimentos regional. Los chiles son asados, pelados, pasados por un rebosador light, y grillados. Luego, se los envuelven como si fueran un omelet con queso y se
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(En sentido horario desde la derecha) Alex Brambila, quien es dueño de Las Panchitas, es el hombre detrás de las margaritas. La ensalada Taco en Las Panchitas tiene pollo deshuesado, frijoles, queso, queso crema, guacamole, y lechuga. Maria Herrara y su hija, Alexis Uribe, mantienen Tacos Jalisco en familia. (Clockwise from right) Alex Brambila, who owns Las Panchitas, is the man behind the margaritas. The Taco salad at Las Panchitas features pulled chicken, beans, cheese, sour cream, guacamole, and lettuce. Maria Herrara and her daughter, Alexis Uribe, keep Tacos Jalisco in the family.
i >>> los condimenta con una sabrosa salsa de tomate. “La comida es fresca. La cocinamos en el día,” dijo Brambila. La comida se cocina desde cero, de la misma manera en la que lo hacíamos en 1982. Es comida auténtica, pero ha sido adaptada al paladar anglo, dijo Brambila. Las salsas son más espesas; no son tan picantes. (Sin embargo, si quieres que sean picantes, solo tienes que pedirlas, y harán que tu plato arda en llamas.) Las Panchitas no es literalmente una taqueria; es un restaurante en el que te sirven en la mesa rodeada de paredes amarillas. “Todo es simple,” dijo Brambila. “Solo somos un simple y pequeño restaurante. Amamos cocinar comida mexicana.”
Diego’ s Ana Martinez, quien junto a su marido es dueña de Diego’s, aprendió a cocinar de su mamá, quien a su vez aprendió a cocinar de su mamá. Ahora, Martinez le transmite el mismo instinto culinario a su hija de diez años. No hay un libro con recetas en Diego’s. No hay nada escrito. “Cocinamos igual a cómo cocinamos en casa,” dijo Ana. Este martes en particular, me detuve en Diego’s, ubicado en West River Street, más temprano que lo usual. Quería encontrar a la familia Martinez preparando comida para el día. Había un recipiente de carnitas que hervían en su propia grasa en el fuego. Antonio Martinez, el suegro de Ana, estaba grillando el pollo que se había estado marinando toda la noche con cebollas, ajo, polvo de chile, y otros condimentos. Juana Martinez, cuyo marido es el primo del marido de Ana, preparaba la línea con jalapeños, tomates, y limas frescas. Vea papilas
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masa de maíz, flour, and a splash of water — with her hands. Then she rolled the dough into balls and put them in a tortilla press to create perfectly round, flat shapes. The tortillas went on the flat top and were flipped three times — the third flip is when the tortilla puffs up and a golden ring appears on the edge, Ana explained. “That’s how you know they’re done,” she said, handing me a warm, fresh, chewy tortilla and some salsa. Ana, who grew up in Michoacán, a state near Jalisco, and has lived in Truckee for more than 11 years, opened Diego’s in November of 2010. Her husband named the restaurant after their 8-yearold son. Ana had no experience in restaurants before opening Diego’s. But she wanted to start a restaurant that was about authentic food and quick service, a place that embraced the bright colors and simple, spicy flavors she grew up with. “I wanted authentic, and to really stay authentic,” she said. The least authentic ingredient in the entire restaurant, Ana says, is the sour cream they put on their burritos. She’s still holding out on serving her dishes with cheese.
La Mexicana When I think about authentic, there is one place that stands out above the rest — La Mexicana. When Squaw Valley resident Jason Arsenault wanted to find a good Mexican restaurant, he asked some of the Latino guys he worked with at a burger spot in the Village. They didn’t give him any good leads, because they mostly make the same food at home, Arsenault said. “But then I was going to La Mex, and I actually bumped into a bunch of those guys,” he
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(En sentido horario desde arriba) Las tortillas caseras en Diego’s. Un retrato de revolucionarios mexicanos Pancho Villa y Emiliano Zapata en Las Panchitas. El armadillo, un estofado de langostinos, cactus, carne vacuna, y carne de cerdo, es uno de los platos más populares de Tacos Jalisco. (Clockwise from top) Handmade tortillas at Diego’s. A portrait of Mexican revolutionaries Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata hangs at Las Panchitas. The armadillo, a stew of shrimp, cactus, beef, and pork, is one of Tacos Jalisco’s most popular dishes.
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Tacos Jalisco Back in Truckee at Tacos Jalisco, owners Rigoberto “Rigo” Uribe and Maria Herrara were telling me about one of their signature dishes, the armadillo. In Mexico, Rigo said he ate armadillo on a regular basis and that it has the texture and taste of three different meats. Inspired, he created his own dish with cactus, shrimp, pork, and beef sizzling in a tomato and chili sauce. The armadillo is easily one of Tacos Jalisco’s most popular dishes, and I can see why. My mouth started watering as soon as the spices’ aroma hit the air and my eyes feasted on the
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rock bowl full of stew, served with rice, beans, and tortillas. Open since 1994, Truckee’s Tacos Jalisco has a following that’s almost religious. “Once I went there, I didn’t want to sample anything else,” said Hori, the taqueria connoisseur who holds Tacos Jalisco to the high standards of San Diego. “The meat was really good. Everything tasted like it was out of a taco shop in Mexico.” Contractors, office clerks, families, skiers, climbers — regulars file into Tacos Jalisco on a daily basis. And they know what they’re coming for. “When they come in, they know what they want to order. They don’t hesitate,” says Alexis Uribe, 18, Rigo and Maria’s daughter, who often works the cashier. Rigo started working in taquerias when he was a teenager. He worked for his uncles in Guadalajara and Mexico City before moving to Truckee in 1989, where he met Maria. The couple started selling tacos out of a truck in 1994, and opened Tacos Jalisco in its current space the following December. Today, Tacos Jalisco uses many of the same recipes from Mexico, with a little adjustment from Rigo. I asked about the salsa recipes, but he quickly shut me down. Those are a secret. “This is what I learned when I was small,” Rigo said. “So that’s just what I know how to do.” ~ Comment on this story online, visit moonshineink.com.
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papilas gustativas viene de la p. 14 Ana hacía tortillas frescas, que sirve con sus platos y con las gorditas. Ella prepara la masa — masa de maíz, harina, y un poco de agua — con sus propias manos. Luego, enrolló la masa para hacer bolitas y las colocó en una prensa para tortillas a fin de lograr una forma chata, perfectamente redonda. Colocaron las tortillas en la parte superior plana y las dieron vuelta tres veces — la tercera vez es cuando la tortilla se hincha y aparece un aro dorado en el borde, explicó Ana. “Esa es la manera en la que sabes que están hechas,” dijo, dándome una tortilla caliente, fresca, consistente y un poco de salsa. Ana, quien creció en Michoacán, un estado cerca de Jalisco, y ha vivido en Truckee durante más de 11 años, abrió Diego’s en noviembre de 2010.
Su marido le puso ese nombre al restaurante en honor a su hijo de 8 años. Ana no tenía experiencia previa en restaurantes cuando abrió Diego’s. Pero quería abrir un restaurante con comida auténtica y servicio rápido, un lugar que reuniera los colores vívidos con los sabores simples, condimentados con los que había crecido.
La Mexicana. Cuando el residente de Squaw Valley Jason Arsenault quiso encontrar un buen restaurante mexicano, les preguntó a algunos de los muchachos Latinos con los que trabajaba en una hamburguesería en la Village. No le dieron ninguna buena recomendación, porque la mayoría cocina la misma comida en sus hogares, dijo Arsenault.
“Quería algo auténtico, y mantenerme realmente auténtica,” dijo.
“Pero luego estaba camino a La Mex, cuando me topé con algunos de esos muchachos,” dijo. Para Arsenault, esa fue la afirmación que necesitaba para saber que La Mexicana era de confiar.
El ingrediente menos auténtico en todo el restaurante, según Ana, es el queso crema que le ponen a los burritos. Aún evita servir sus platos con queso.
La Mexicana Cuando pienso en algo auténtico, hay un lugar que sobresale del resto:
El supermercado tradicional y la taqueria ubicada en Brook Avenue en Kings Beach está repleta de productos que te costaría encontrar en Safeway. Tomatillos y cactus en la sección de productos alimenticios, próximos a un exhibidor de
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(En sentido horario desde arriba) Blanca Gutierraz ha preparado tacos en La Mexicana durante cuatro años. Ni muy dulces, ni muy ácidas, las margaritas en Las Panchitas están hechas con la medida justa. Ana Martinez, quien es dueña de Diego’s con su familia, aprendió a cocinar de su mamá, y le está enseñando la misma habilidad a su hija. El taco con pollo grillado y un bar de salsa en La Mexicana.
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(Clockwise from top) Blanca Gutierraz has been making tacos at La Mexicana for four years. Not too sweet, not too sour, the margaritas at Las Panchitas are just right. Ana Martinez, who owns Diego’s with her family, learned how to cook from her mother, and is passing the same skill down to her daughter. Grilled pollo taco and a salsa bar at La Mexicana.
>>> masas frescas mexicanas. Los pimientos secos, el refresco dulce Jarritos, las piñatas que cuelgan del techo… lo identificas. En el horario del almuerzo, el lugar se llena con clientes que buscan un taco rápido para llevar.
“Es comida mexicana real. La hacemos igual que en México,” dijo Jesús Rodríguez, quien junto a su familia abrió La Mexicana hace 14 años. “Hacemos todo: la salsa, los vegetales cortados, los frijoles, y las carnitas… La comunidad viene aquí porque la comida es fresca.
Tacos Jalisco De regreso en Truckee en Tacos Jalisco, los dueños Rigoberto “Rigo” Uribe y Maria Herrara me contaron sobre uno de sus platos de autor: el armadillo. En México, Rigo dijo que comía armadillo con regularidad y que tiene la textura y el sabor de tres carnes diferentes.
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Inspirado, creó su propio plato con cactus, langostinos, y carne de cerdo y de vaca con una salsa de tomate y chili. El armadillo es fácilmente uno de los platos más populares de Taco Jalisco, y entiendo por qué. La boca comenzó a hacerse agua tan pronto como sentí el aroma de las especies en el aire. Mis ojos festejaron ante el recipiente de piedra lleno de estofado, servido con arroz, frijoles, y tortillas. Abierto desde 1994, Tacos Jalisco de Truckee tiene un seguimiento que es casi religioso. “Una vez que lo probé, no quise probar nada más,” dijo Hori, el entendido de la taqueria que mantiene Tacos Jalisco con el mejor estándar de San Diego. “La carne fue realmente buena. Todo sabía a como si hubiera salido de un comercio de tacos en México.” Los contratistas, los oficinistas, las familias, los esquiadores, los escala-
dores — todos van a Tacos Jalisco a diario. Y saben a qué vienen. “Cuando ingresan, saben qué quieren pedir. No dudan,” dice Alexis Uribe, 18, la hija de Rigo y Maria, quien a menudo trabaja en la caja. Rigo comenzó a trabajar en taquerias cuando era adolescente. Trabajó para sus tíos en Guadalajara y en la Ciudad de México antes de mudarse a Truckee en 1989, donde conoció a Maria. La pareja comenzó a vender tacos en un carro en 1994, y abrió Tacos Jalisco en su ubicación actual el siguiente diciembre. Hoy, Tacos Jalisco utiliza muchas de las mismas recetas de México, con un pequeño ajuste hecho por Rigo. Le pregunté por las recetas de las salsas, pero enseguida me mandó a mudar. Son secreto. “Esto es lo que aprendí cuando era niño,” dijo Rigo. “Entonces, es justamente lo que sé hacer.”
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Euer Valley’s secluded landscapes include the waters of Prosser Creek, lush meadows studded with large boulders, and sweeping ridgelines. Photos courtesy of Tahoe Donner Association
From Cattle to Cross-Country Skiing Euer Valley, Truckee’s last multi-generational family-owned ranch, sells to Tahoe Donner. Today, Lycra-wearing skate skiers glide across the meadows where dairy cows used to graze on BY david bunker Moonshine Ink Truckee’s last remaining multi-generational ranch. After 140 years as a dairy farm and ranch, Euer Valley made the transition from cattle to cross-country skiing when the ranch’s remaining 482 acres sold to neighboring Tahoe Donner Association in early March. The sale is a microcosm of the winds of change that have now almost completely whisked away the rural past in Truckee. The other dairy farms vanished long ago, making Euer Valley the last holdout, a place where cattle still roamed and Euer descendents still gathered each summer as they had for more than a century. “I got married out there. My kids got married out there,” said Heidi Euer Martin, Truckee resident and cousin of property owners John and Robert Euer. The evolution of Truckee from roundups to recreation came last, and most gently, to Euer Valley, which was a central character in a cast of Truckee dairies that included the Joergers and McIvers. Unlike other ranch properties that have been subdivided and developed, Euer Valley is expected to remain an open landscape of lush meadows and sweeping ridgelines, only interrupted by passing skiers, hikers, and mountain bikers. Founded in 1868 by Swiss emigrant Sam Euer, the fourth-generation ranch covered Euer Valley and neighboring Carpenter Valley, and produced 18
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rich cream, butter, and prized cattle. Property owners John and Robert Euer will retain 40 acres in the heart of the valley, including the Euer family cabins, and will continue to have access to the entire valley. The sale ends a rich history of cattle drives, rodeos, and family ranching. The Euers and Joergers, who were neighbors both in Truckee and in the Sierra foothills town that became El Dorado Hills, herded cattle between their Truckee summer range and their foothill winter range each year. John Euer said his family started off driving cattle on horseback between their ranches before using railcars, and then eventually turning to trucks for cattle transport. John participated in the last railroad cattle drive to the Euer Valley as a child, he said. “It is the end of an era,” John said. The entangled feelings that come with selling a property that has been worked by a family for generations — which author Julene Bair eloquently described as “the intermingling of self and soil” in a High Country News essay entitled “Out in the Cold” — was evident in John’s description of his complicated emotions about the property sale. “Mixed feelings is a good description,” MoonshineInk.com
Robert Euer (left) and John Euer (right) stand at the ceremony announcing the sale of their property to the Tahoe Donner Association. Their grandfather, Swiss dairyman Sam Euer, settled the valley in 1868.
he said. “Growing up, and until very recently, we said we’d never sell this property. There are personal feelings that go into it. It is more than just dirt.” John said he and his brother decided to sell because they both were reaching retirement age and the property required an enormous amount of hands-on work. In Tahoe Donner, John said the family found a buyer who shared their vision of preserving the land. While Euer Valley may see new cross-country skiing warming huts or a new food and beverage facility, nearly the entire valley is expected to be left in its natural state for future generations. “The membership of Tahoe Donner is very preservation-minded, and so are we. They really want to keep it as is, and so do we,” said John.
Tahoe Donner has long leased a portion of the Euer Valley for cross-country skiing, and is pleased to now own the property for summer and winter recreation. “It has great meadows, surrounded by gorgeous, pristine ridgelines,” said Robb Etnyre, general manager of Tahoe Donner. “The membership [of Tahoe Donner] really values being able to get out in the outdoors. The Euer Valley is that in spades.” Tahoe Donner is currently completing a process to determine the future uses of the land. A new cross-country warming hut with vaulted toilets and a food and beverage “cookhouse” is likely, said Etnyre. ~ Comment on this story online, visit moonshineink.com. Tahoe/Truckee Independent Media Source
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Allí Mismo | Noticias Último destino, Washington DC: Jonatan Martinez (derecha) y Jose Sandoval (izquierda) caminan por el centro de Truckee como parte de su caminata de ocho meses que realizan en la nación a fin de buscar un mayor respaldo a favor de la ley federal del SUEÑO Americano. Washington DC– Bound: Jonatan Martinez (right) and Jose Sandoval (left) walk through downtown Truckee on their eightmonth walk across the nation to raise support for the federal DREAM act. Photo by Emily Dettling/ Moonshine Ink
Los SOÑADORES Caminan por Truckee Una tormenta de nieve comenzó a caer sobre Jonatan Martines y cuatro alumnos universitarios latinos indocumentados cuando caminaban hacia el este por Old Highway en el ingreso a Truckee el lunes 26 de marzo. Pero la tormenta no los detuvo. Se detuvieron momentáneamente para protegerse los rostros de los molestos copos, y luego continuaron su viaje en honor al mensaje que llevaban con ellos. Martinez caminó por Truckee porque enfrenta la deportación a un país que no conoce. Durante los próximos siete meses caminará otras 2.650 millas hacia Washington DC para concienciar sobre la DREAM act [ley del SUEÑO americano], una legislación nacional que le permitiría a los residentes indocumentados que ingresaron al país cuando eran menores y que han terminado la escuela secundaria y completado por lo menos dos años de educación universitaria, o brindado servicio militar, que puedan obtener la residencia permanente en Estados Unidos. Hasta que las autoridades federales lo arrestaron en su campus universitario en Georgia, Martinez se sentía un estadounidense. En aquel entonces, estaba completando un título de grado universitario, planeaba convertirse en un buzo rescatista de la Guardia Costera de EE.UU, e inscribirse en la escuela para graduados. Pero tras ser detenido por las autoridades federales, se encontró tras las rejas en un centro de detención para inmigrantes, de cara al traslado a México, un país del que sus padres se lo habían llevado cuando tenía la edad de preescolar. Martinez y sus compañeros de viaje realizaron un evento educativo y recaudador de fondos en Donner Summit en Cal Lodge
antes de ingresar en Truckee. En Truckee, hablaron con personas a fin de concienciarlas sobre la ley del SUEÑO americano. “Disfrutamos allí,” dijo Martinez. “Las personas se mostraron muy abiertas.” Los cinco marchistas comenzaron su viaje en San Francisco a principio de marzo. Desde Truckee, caminaron hasta Reno, y continuaron hacia el este en dirección a la expansión marrón árida del desierto de Nevada. En cada pequeño pueblo de la Gran Cuenca compartirán sus historias y hablarán sobre la ley del SUEÑO americano. En algún momento durante su camino por la ruta, probablemente la corte cite a Martinez para determinar si será deportado o no. Mientras tanto, esta caminata es la manera en la que “lucha por justicia.” Hay unas 2,1 millones de personas en la misma situación que Martinez: alumnos universitarios que llegaron a EE.UU. cuando eran bebés o niños y ahora están frente al arresto, la detención, y un avión de regreso al país que no recuerdan. Martinez planea llegar caminando a Washington DC el 2 de noviembre, cuatro días antes de las elecciones presidenciales, habiendo recorrido miles de millas, habiendo contado su historia un sinfín de veces por todo el país cuyas leyes establecen que ya no puede vivir aquí. Contará su historia una vez más en una ciudad en la que se tomarán las decisiones que podrían cambiar la trayectoria de su vida, y espera que la caminata haya valido la pena. Para obtener más información sobre la Campaña por el Sueño Americano, visitar thedreamwalk.org. ~ David Bunker/Moonshine Ink Tahoe/Truckee Independent Media Source
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DREAMers Walk through Truckee A snowstorm began pelting Jonatan Martinez and four other undocumented Latino college students as they walked east down Old Highway 40 and into Truckee Monday, March 26. But the storm did not deter them. They paused momentarily to shield their faces from the stinging flakes, and then continued on because of the message they carried with them. Martinez walked through Truckee because he faces deportation to a country he doesn’t know. Over the next seven months he will walk an additional 2,650 miles to Washington DC to raise awareness for the DREAM act, national legislation that would allow undocumented residents who came to the country as minors and have completed high school and at least two years of college, or served in the military, to receive permanent U.S. residency. Until he was picked up by federal authorities on his college campus in Georgia, Martinez thought of himself as American. He was completing a college degree, planning to become a U.S. Coast Guard search and rescue diver, and planning on attending graduate school. But after being detained by federal authorities, he found himself behind bars in an immigration detention facility, facing relocation to Mexico, a country his parents had taken him from as a preschooler. Martinez and his fellow walkers held an education and fundraising event on Donner Summit at the Cal Lodge before walking into Truckee. In Truckee they talked to people to raise awareness about
the DREAM act. “We enjoyed it there,” said Martinez. “People were really open-minded.” The five walkers started their journey in San Francisco in early March. From Truckee, they walked to Reno, and then continued east into the arid, brown expanse of the Nevada desert. In each small town in the Great Basin they will share their stories and talk about the DREAM act. Somewhere down the road, Martinez will likely be called to court to determine whether he will be deported or not. Until then, this walk is his way of “fighting for justice.” There are an estimated 2.1 million people just like Martinez, college students who came to the U.S. as infant or toddlers and now face arrest, detention, and a plane ride back to a country that they don’t remember. Martinez plans to walk into Washington DC on Nov. 2, four days before the presidential election with thousands of miles of road behind him, having told his story countless times across a country whose laws say he can no longer live here. He’ll tell his story one more time in a city where the decisions that could change the trajectory of his life will be made, and hope that the walk was worth it. For more information on the Campaign for an American Dream, visit thedreamwalk.org. ~ David Bunker/Moonshine Ink
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Indocumentados y Sin Verguenza: La Campaña a Favor del Sueño Americano que consiste en una caminata por el país comenzó con un rally a fin de demostrar el apoyo de la ley federal del SUEÑO. Read. Discuss. Contribute.
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A Winter in
Avalanche Country by lis korb
Our snowpack’s persistent weak layer and a string of avalanche incidents put avalanche safety, gear, education, and awareness on the rise.
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alk to longtime Tahoe backcountry skiers and they’ll say that this winter has been one of the most alarming in recent memory. Shallow early-season snow cover and cold temperatures formed an uncharacteristic persistent weak layer deep in the Tahoe snowpack that lurked throughout the majority of the winter, threatening large, destructive slides. Early March Tahoe avalanches took the lives of Squaw skier Benjamin Brackett and Minden snowmobiler Daniel Kuhner. Meanwhile, high-profile midwinter avalanches across the country killed some of the industry’s most accomplished skiers — like Freeskiing World Tour Head Judge Jim Jack and renowned Jackson Hole ski mountaineer Steve Romeo. This has all made for a strange winter, a season where even the most experienced backcountry skiers have reexamined the mix of snow science education, decisionmaking, and gear that they rely on to reduce risk and stay safe. At the same time, it’s been a season that has continued propelling backcountry skiing into the mainstream, with more skiers on the skin track, more gear to take them there, and big brand names tapping into the booming backcountry market.
Gear goes off “Backcountry skiing is the largestgrowing segment of snow sports right now,” says certified AMGA ski guide Geoff Clarke. And the abundance of new, improved backcountry gear available proves it. Your choices used to be limited if you were shopping for an avalanche transceiver. But today, a
analysis of the ward canyon accident: Sierra Avalanche Center’s incident report photos from the March 1 avalanche at Polaris Point that killed Squaw Valley skier Benjamin Brackett. The 39-degree, northeast facing slope was a primary concern in the day’s considerable avalanche forecast that warned of wind slabs, storm slabs, and the persistent weak layer. Photos courtesy of Sierra Avalanche Center – Tahoe National Forest
consumer is presented with dozens of options, from a four-antenna GPS enabled device to digitally enhanced probes to even a beacon on a different frequency for your dog’s safety. And if you’ve followed any ski-related blog or news media this year, you’ve surely heard about the latest buzz-worthy avalanche gear: the airbag-equipped backpack, which has been used in Europe since the 1980s but only recently entered the U.S. market. The technology allows skiers to deploy an airbag that is designed to keep them on top of an avalanche, preventing complete burial, and also providing head protection and visibility on the snow. Squaw Valley skier Elyse Saugstad credits her ABS brand pack with saving her life in Washington’s Stevens Pass avalanche, which took the lives of three skiers. Kings Beach retailer Tahoe Mountain Sports carried avalanche airbag backpacks for the first time this season, selling the Mammut RAS Pack. “We sold a couple to early adopters in the beginning of the season,” says Tahoe Mountain Sports owner Dave Polivy. “Then the Stevens Pass avalanche hit and the national media grabbed on to it. Traffic to our blog posts and product pages increased 300 percent ... We sold more than 10 avalanche airbag packs at costs of $900 to $1,200 in the course of a three-week time period, mostly due to the national media attention.” Tahoe Mountain Sports plans to carry even more airbag inventory and brands next season, and is the exclusive ABS airbag canister exchange center for Northern California. Alpenglow Sports in Tahoe City has also seen backcountry gear sales rise. “We’re definitely seeing a massive uptick in interest and sales, with that area of our business growing 70 to 80 percent,” Alpenglow owner Brendan Madigan says. Like Tahoe Mountain Sports, Alpenglow started carrying avalanche airbag packs for the first time this season. Mammut, ABS, and Backcountry >>>
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Education & Interest Up We’re lucky here in Tahoe to live at a hub of avalanche education. Truckee-based Alpine Skills International has been offering avalanche courses since 1980 and helps develop curriculum for the first formal step in avalanche education: the American Institute for Avalanche Research and Education’s Avalanche Level 1. ASI is the top AIARE provider worldwide, having taught more AIARE courses and students than any other provider. In addition to the heavyweights like ASI and the North American Ski Training Center in Truckee, there are many other educators, from Randall Osterhuber’s avalanche school on Donner Summit to Expedition Kirkwood, as well as affordable options like Rich Meyer’s Industry Pro backcountry workshops and Lake Tahoe Community College’s AIARE certification courses. There are also many free resources to tap into, like Squaw Valley Ski Patrol’s transceiver workshops held on the 1st and 15th of every month throughout the winter (see sidebar). “Enrollment has really gone up for us,” says ASI technical director Bela Vadasz of his company’s avalanche programming. “We teach more students in that area than any other part of our program.” The Squaw Valley Avalanche Education Fund, which has awarded more than 140 AIARE Level 1 scholarships over the past decade, has also seen increased interest, with 30 applicants this season. “The number of people applying is going up by the year,” says patroller Peter York. Vadasz credits better gear and energy around the sport for the increased interest. “Gear used to be so crummy; nowadays it’s so much more supportive. It really gets people out into the terrain more quickly, ups the learning curve ... so avalanche education is really important.” But avalanche education isn’t just a learned topic, something you can master in your three-day AIARE 1 course. “A Read. Discuss. Contribute.
Expedition Kirkwood director Jon Copeland points out avalanche terrain in bounds at Kirkwood ski resort during an AIARE Level 1 course this April. Learning snow safety at Kirkwood is especially relevant as its AIARE course tours students through Class A avalanche terrain, like the convex roll seen here above Sentinel Bowl. Photo by Lis Korb/Moonshine Ink
lot of the skills you learn crossover into good decision-making and leadership,” says Vadasz. “It takes a lot of backcountry travel, and some years. I’ve been doing it all my adult life and I’m still learning new ways to look at things.” One thing’s for sure: The interest has hit our community. “We used to be able to show up at the Jake’s parking lot at 6 a.m. and there’d be no cars. Now it’s full,” says Alpenglow’s Madigan. “I am seeing three/four/five times the amount of people in the backcountry than five years ago.” People are self-educating, and turning to valuable resources like the Sierra Avalanche Center, whose near-daily snowpack observations and incident reports are invaluable to anyone heading into the backcountry. The Sierra Avalanche Center website is testament to Tahoe’s new backcountry stoke, as it’s seen a 40 percent annual growth rate, spiking from less than 90,000 hits per year a few winters ago to half a million page views in the 2010–11 season. But does all this interest mean backcountry travelers are more prepared? “Students are coming in with more basic knowledge,” says Vadasz. “But you can’t shortcut taking the time to experience that in different scenarios ... Though people are coming with more skills, there’s still a temptation on certain days to ski some things. A lot is about the human factor that goes into the decisionmaking process, and who you choose to ski with on those particular days. It takes a while to really get your head right.”
Takeaways from this season Though avalanche fatalities and incidents seem to be more widespread in the media, all numbers are near average. At press time, U.S. fatalities tallied 30,
just over the national 10-year average of 28.5. But the 2011–12 winter season at Tahoe has certainly been abnormal as far as snowfall and snowpack are concerned. “What we’re used to in our Maritime snow climate is a lot of snow, a lot of moisture, and generally warmer temperature regimes,” Vadasz says. “Usually we have what we call a quick-to-rise and a quick-to-fall avalanche hazard, typically during and shortly after a storm.” But Tahoe has seen a shallow snowpack and some colder temps, more indicative of an Inner Mountain or Continental snowpack, which is more prone to lower weak layers that persist throughout the season. “I’ve never seen a persistent weak layer deeper in the Tahoe snowpack develop this strongly and stay this long,” Vadasz says. “It developed mid-January, and it’s been with us here to this day.” The overall trend this year is that “people are going after it a little harder,” according to Vadasz. “The skiing wasn’t that good earlier in the season, so people are kinda jonsing for it; they’re jumping on things because they’re anxious. That’s when you have to just make really good decisions, and to take the time to interpret the Sierra Avalanche Center advisories. Those guys do a really good job. Don’t just look at the color up top; read down deeper to the primary and secondary concerns.”
Five Ways to Support Avalanche Awareness in Our Community 1) Attend the Snow Gods Ball in December – proceeds
from this event fund the Squaw Valley Avalanche Education Fund, squawdogs.com 2) Join Alpenglow’s Tahoe Backcountry Vertical Challenge – it’s free, and the more ver-
tical feet you ski, the more money is donated to Sierra Avalanche Center, tahoevertical.com 3) Buy a discounted lift ticket through Sierra Avalanche Center – your ski day is
more affordable, and SAC benefits, sierraavalanchecenter.org 4) Attend all the clinics you can, including Squaw Valley Ski Pa-
trol’s last free transceiver workshop this season, on April 15 at 5:30 p.m., and its free Steep & Deep Clinic held every January where local legends and industry professionals talk avalanche safety, squawdogs. com, squaw.com 5) Buy a WARY vest or pack –
developed by forward-thinking locals, including Squaw avalanche forecaster Will Paden, who work to keep us safe, thewary.com
~ Comment on this story online, visit moonshineink.com. The AviPack 33L by WARY, a company cofounded by Squaw avalanche forecaster Will Paden, integrates airbag technology and retails at $699. “WARY has been growing quickly over the last couple years,” says Paden. “As avalanche airbag awareness continues to grow, we also expect our business to grow.” MoonshineInk.com
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Running Moonshine
Tahoe Moonshine Distillery crafts spirits from Lake Tahoe water The distillery uses an old potstyle copper still that VanHee had custom made in Oregon. It currently produces 300 gallons of alcohol a month, or 2,000 bottles. With the new still that VanHee ordered, he hopes to soon double that number.
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Tahoe Moonshine spirits can be found at Campo Restaurant and Whole Foods in Reno, and most of the South Lake casinos. VanHee expects to start delivering to the Biltmore, Cal Neva, and Incline Spirits any day. Due to problems with his California distributor, VanHee has not been able to get his liquor into restaurants, bars, and stores on the California side of the lake, but says he has 57 accounts already lined up.
First, a note of full disclosure: How could we resist doing a story about a business called Tahoe Moonshine Distillery? Especially when said business is hand-making craft spirits with Lake Tahoe water? Obviously, we couldn’t. When we first heard about the distillery, which is based in South Lake Tahoe, besides hoping for a few samples of their rum, vodka, whiskey, and gin, we had to compliment them on their fine choice of names. With that out of the way, we hightailed it down to South Lake to learn more about the region’s first distillery. Tahoe Moonshine Distillery is not only the first of its kind in the Basin, but besides a winery in Sparks that makes brandy, it’s also probably the only distillery between Reno and wine country. Talking to Tahoe Moonshine Distillery owner and master distiller Jeff VanHee, it’s not hard to discover why. It took VanHee three years and a lawyer to get through the bureaucratic paperwork and navigate the complex laws that govern making hard alcohol, which fall under the authority of the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, a federal agency. Finally, at the end of 2010, VanHee was able to secure the proper permits and open the distillery in a small warehouse in South Tahoe’s industrial zone. VanHee, a general contractor, is a self-proclaimed mixologist. He brewed his own beer for years, even winning Best Stout in 1996 from a local homebrew club. Later, he started making ethanol for fuel. While in Costa Rica, a lightbulb went off after he noticed the locals using molasses to keep the dust down on 24
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VanHee is also teaming up with local businesses. He is working with Alpine Sierra Coffee Roasting Company to make Dream Bean Coffee Liquor, and with Mt. Rose Cocktail Mixes to create Bloody Mary and blueberry pomtini premade drinks. Keep an eye out for Tahoe Moonshine’s peanut butter vodka, which he tested at Campo, and a pumpkin vodka. Jeff VanHee, owner of Tahoe Moonshine Distillery and master distiller, stands next to his custom-made copper still. Photos by Rose Street Studio
the roads. His first thought was to turn the syrup into fuel, but then he got an even better idea — why not distill molasses into liquor? He built his own still and added passion fruit and bananas to the sticky stuff. “It was delicious,” said VanHee, 39. VanHee decided to turn his passion for mixing into a business. While waiting for his permits, he interned at Fat Dog Spirits in Tampa, Fla., which makes an award-winning honey vodka. Now, he makes his own honey vodka at Tahoe Moonshine Distillery. Everything is done on-site, from the fermenting (using yeast to turn sugar into alcohol) to distilling (cooking the alcohol off of MoonshineInk.com
“The peanut butter vodka was a big hit,” VanHee said. “Campo made a peanut butter cup martini and shots.”
Tahoe Moonshine clear spirits come in bottles modeled after Prohibition-era medicinal bottles, while dark alcohol comes in moonshine jugs perfect for sipping.
VanHee is not stopping there. He has plans to make Irish cream, absinthe, and a hemp vodka, and his online store, which will sell leather flasks, shot glasses, tumblers, and Tshirts, should be up by the end of the month.
the water) to proofing (adding Tahoe water to cut the proof down from 180 to 80), as well as the bottling and labeling.
In February, VanHee quit his job as a contractor to devote himself full time to the distillery.
“Everything is real hands-on here,” VanHee said. It’s during the fermentation process that VanHee adds his distinctive ingredients — honey to the Snowflake Vodka and chamomile, ginger, cardamom, coriander, rose petals, juni-
per berries, and cucumber to the Jagged Peaks Gin. The Stormin’ Whiskey is aged with vanilla beans and crushed macadamia nuts in oak barrels for five months, as is the Jug Dealer Dark Rum. The vodka and gin ferment for seven days and then sit for two more to absorb the flavors. VanHee is also aging some whisky and rum for two to five years for a reserved stock.
“I love the booze I’m making,” he said. “It’s a lot of fun to come up with different concoctions.” ~ Comment on this story online, visit moonshineink.com.
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Transitional Coach, Reiki Therapist Opens Office
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Colleen Akiko Jackson, certified transformational coach and reiki master therapist, has opened an office in Suite 201 of the Levon Professional Building at 10833 Donner Pass Road in Truckee.
Regent Air Closes, Sierra Aero Opens After 28 years of business, Regent Air closed its doors at the Truckee-Tahoe Airport on March 15. Jerry Canavan, the charter air service and aircraft maintenance business owner, has retired. Meanwhile, Sierra Aero, a small aircraft maintenance, flight school, and airplane rental business opened up. The new business takes the place of Todd Aero, whose owner Bob Todd retired.
Jackson brings a background of music, spirituality, teaching, cross-cultural community development, creative expression, and nonprofit administration to her practice. She is offering complimentary initial coaching consultations and introductory rates through June of 2012. Jackson integrates proven coaching concepts with spiritual tools and creative expression to help each client create their blueprint for a balanced and purposeful life. Jackson, who has been trained in Parent Child Interactive Therapy, also works with children and their parents on a case-by-case basis.
Regent Air operated two jets, a Citation 560 and a Falcon 900, and chartered flights around the world. Canavan said the business closed when he could not reach an agreement with the airport regarding the business’s lease of Hangar One. Canavan said that Regent Air’s clientele was disappointed to see the business close. No other aircraft charter service or jet maintenance facility is based at the Truckee-Tahoe Airport. Info: flytruckee.com
Tom Turner Takes Over Bar of America and Pacific Crest Ed Coleman and Robyn Sills have sold Bar of America and Pacific Crest Grill to Tom Turner, the owner of Garwoods in Carnelian Bay, Caliente in Kings Beach, and Riva Grill in South Lake Tahoe. Coleman and Sills still own Pianeta Restaurant in Truckee and Christy Hill Restaurant in Tahoe City. “The timing was right for us to simplify,” said Coleman. “The two restaurants are smaller and more intimate.” Coleman and Sills owned Bar of America since 1996, when they reopened the downtown eatery after investing in an extensive remodel. “Taking a place that was in shambles but was so iconic for the town, and making it a place the community could come to again, is something we are proud of,” said Coleman. Read. Discuss. Contribute.
(Clockwise, from top) Balance Bodyworks founder Jenna Minnes (left) with massage therapists Rachael Fowler and Amber Wright, and Reiki master Brooke Butler. Photo by Ryan Salm Bill, Erin, and Kevin Kelly (left to right) of Kelly Brothers Painting, InC. were recognized for their work at Martis Camp Lodge. Courtesy photo Colleen Akiko Jackson will offer transformational coaching and Reiki services in her new Truckee office. Courtesy photo
Coleman said that he is also proud of Bar of America and Pacific Crest Grill’s community involvement, their staff, and their commitment to organic, local, and sustainable ingredients and fairly priced entrees. Turner, who took over ownership of the location at the end of March, did not comment on his plans for the restaurant and bar.
Balance Bodyworks Provides In-Home Massage Balance Bodyworks, a new massage and holistic therapy business, is bringing its services to customers at their homes, offices, and lodging throughout North Lake Tahoe and Truckee. Longtime Tahoe massage therapist Jenna Minnes launched Balance Bodyworks in January. Balance Bodyworks’ outcall wellness therapies are available to private residences, vacation rentals, lodging units, and offices throughout North Lake Tahoe
and Truckee. Services include Reiki, BodyTalk, acupuncture, reflexology, physical therapy, and numerous massage techniques. Minnes is joined at Balance Bodyworks by physical therapist Andrew Emery, BodyTalk practitioner Brooke Butler, acupuncturist Tyler Lapkin, and massage therapists Rachael Fowler, Mary Ingersoll, and Amber Wright. Info: balancebodyworkstahoe.com
TDPUD Offers Businesses Lighting Rebates The Truckee Donner Public Utility District is continuing efforts to help local business owners save on their energy bill by covering part of a lighting upgrade cost. This includes a “last chance” opportunity to receive a rebate to replace old, inefficient T12 fluorescent lamps and magnetic ballast lighting with new, cost-effective fixtures. Fluorescent T12 lamps and
magnetic ballasts started being phased out by federal regulatory bodies as of July 2, 2010. The TDPUD’s commercial lighting rebate program covers one-third of the cost for businesses to upgrade to high-efficiency T8 lamps and electronic ballasts or better. By switching out the old T12 lights with more energy-efficient lights, businesses can see as much as 33 percent in energy savings. This rebate program on T12s is being phased out this year. After Dec. 31, 2012, the TDPUD will no longer be able to provide rebates on T12s. The total commercial lighting rebate limit is $10,000 per customer. If a proposed project cost is greater than $30,000, businesses can contact the TDPUD conservation staff to discuss rebate opportunities. The TDPUD has helped 75 local businesses and agencies invest in cost-effective lighting projects by providing more than $250,000 in rebates in the last three years. Info: tdpud.org
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Sessions with Reiki are also offered by Jackson. Reiki is a noninvasive, gentle healing energy practice that originated in Japan. Jackson is offering “Tahoe Total Alignment” and “Experience Life” Reiki specials until July 1. Info: tfdoach-colleen.com
Kelly Brothers Painting Wins Award Kelly Brothers Painting, Inc. of Truckee was recognized with a 2012 award from the Painting and Decorating Contractors of America for overall project excellence and superior craftsmanship. Kelly Brothers won this award in the Decorative Finishes Commercial category for its work at the Lodge at Martis Camp. With seven months to complete the project, Kelly Brothers worked with over 50 interior paints and stains, with many of the finishes needing to be distressed and glazed. To ensure a consistent look throughout the lodge, employees were trained by Kelly Brothers’ established craftsmen (and craftswoman, Erin Kelly) on new finishes and techniques, making them stronger and more knowledgeable for this and future projects. Info: kellybrotherspainting.com
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Bear hunting is still allowed in other parts of Nevada. The commission will decide the quota for the 2012 bear season in May. ~ Melissa Siig
Hotel Avery is planned for the corner of South River Street and Brockway Road. Courtesy rendering
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Lakeside Fourth Graders to Return to Elementary School Tahoe Truckee Unified School District announced at the end of March that North Tahoe fourth grade classes would return to their elementary school sites next school year. The decision comes after months of public input. According to district officials, the projected fourth grade enrollment can be accommodated at both Tahoe Lake and Kings Beach elementary schools. Fifth grade classes cannot be accommodated at the lakeside elementary schools and will remain at North Tahoe School for the foreseeable future. Info: ttusd.org
Tahoe City Transit Center Set for Fall Opening Construction on the Tahoe City Transit Center will resume this spring, and the building is expected to be open this fall. The opening of the transit center was delayed from its anticipated December 2011 opening due to contractor and supplier issues, and the short Tahoe construction season. When the transit center opens, it will provide a modern location for Tahoe Area Regional Transit (TART) passengers to transfer between buses and to wait for arriving buses. It will include an indoor, heated waiting area with restrooms, a covered outdoor waiting area, and 130 parking spaces. The center will also offer enclosed bike lockers and traditional bike racks. A state-of-the-art display system will alert passengers to the arrival times. The Tahoe City Transit Center is a $4.5 million construction project funded largely by federal and state transportation grants along with Placer County Transient Occupancy Tax funds. 26
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Town and School District Apply for Safe Routes to Schools Grant Hotel Avery Developer JMA Ventures is seeking revisions to the Hotel Avery project in downtown Truckee that will convert the 40 condo/hotel units into 55 traditional hotel units and expand the restaurant to include a meeting area.
North Tahoe Fire Chief Retires North Tahoe Fire Protection Chief Duane Whitelaw retired on March 9 after 26 years of service. Whitelaw, who joined the Tahoe City Fire District in 1986, became chief in 1991. After the North Tahoe and Tahoe City fire districts merged in 1993, Whitelaw became head of the consolidated district, and has been the North Tahoe Fire Protection District’s only chief. Whitelaw, 58, said he is retiring to spend more time with his family. “I am saddened, yet elated that I am leaving feeling the fire district is better off then when I started,” he said. Whitelaw cites the new 22,000 square foot Public Safety Center, which houses the Tahoe City fire station, administrative offices, and emergency command center, as the culmination of his career. The building was 10 years in the making. A ribbon cutting for the center will be held on April 20 at 10:30 a.m. Whitelaw said that the most significant fire he oversaw was the 2007 Washoe Fire on the West Shore, which destroyed five homes. MoonshineInk.com
The revisions to the plan include the elimination of parking spaces at the hotel, necessitating the use of other downtown lots for parking, and a valet parking program. Neighbors have expressed concern about the added traffic of the valet service and the safety of the turn lane onto
Assistant Chief Peter Poe will serve as acting fire chief until the board appoints a new fire chief, a process that could take six months. ~ Melissa Siig
TRPA Delays Release of Regional Plan Update Documents The public release of six sections of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency’s Regional Plan Update has been pushed back from March to April to allow more time for public review and comment. The Regional Plan Update draft documents will now be released at the Governing Board meetings scheduled for April 25 and 26. Evening public workshops are being scheduled for late May. One of the documents scheduled for April release, the draft Threshold Evaluation Report, provides an overview of the condition of the Tahoe ecosystem and tracks progress on TRPA’s hundreds of environmental standards, called thresholds. For the first time in the agency’s history, this report will be peer reviewed by independent scientific experts. Info: Kristi Boosman, kboosman@trpa.org, (775) 589-5230
South River Street at the bottom of the steep downgrade of Brockway Road. The hotel project is expected to be heard by the Truckee Planning Commission at a future meeting after the project review was postponed from the April 11 meeting. Info: jmaventuresllc.com
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The Town of Truckee and Tahoe Truckee Unified School District submitted a Safe Routes to School grant application to implement various traffic improvements near Glenshire Elementary School. These improvements include: placement of electronic radar speed signs on Dorchester Drive, pedestrian-actuated flashing beacons and thermoplastic striping at major crosswalks, and a new concrete sidewalk.
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Nevada Bans Bear Hunting in Tahoe The Nevada Wildlife Commission voted 6 to 3 at the end of March to ban bear hunting on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe. The ban extends from the Basin down to the Tahoe Meadows and eastern foothills. The commission made the decision in light of critics’ concerns that bear hunting could endanger mountain bikers and hikers. “The commission looked at recreational uses and saw this as a way to appease some critics of the hunt,” said Chris Healy, Nevada Department of Wildlife spokesman. Nevada’s bear hunt, instituted last year, was met with deep criticism. During the 2011 season, which ran from August until the end of the year, 14 bruins were killed, none of which were from the Tahoe Basin.
Alexis Ollar has joined the Mountain Area Preservation Foundation as its new executive director. Ollar has nine years of experience with environmental nonprofits, a master’s degree from Humboldt State University, and has worked for the California Center for Rural Policy, in state park management in Hawaii, and as the director of trail use for the Tahoe Rim Trail Association. “I am looking forward to finding better ways to protect our natural landscape and resources while sustaining the local economy, and advocating for smart growth community planning,” said Ollar. Info: mapf.org
Truckee Public Utility’s Master Plan Has No Rate Increases The Truckee Donner Public Utility District recently presented an electric resource plan and financial master plan with no electric and water increases for the next two years, while keeping future rates below inflation. >>>
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MOUNTAIN LIFE Truckee’s new animal shelter, which is expected to be under construction by June, should be open to the public and housing dogs and cats by late 2013. Courtesy rendering
Groundbreaking Set for Humane Society Animal Shelter After years of preparing, planning, designing, and fundraising, the Humane Society of Truckee-Tahoe, in partnership with the Town of Truckee, has announced a projected groundbreaking date of June 4 for the new animal shelter. If all goes as planned, the shelter is expected to open in late 2013. The humane society has partnered with the Town of Truckee to share the cost of construction and operation of a new shelter. The facility will include rooms for dogs and large, colonystyle cat rooms with perches,
>>> The utility district’s recent renewable energy purchases have positioned the district to address current and future regulations. Information regarding the TDPUD’s performance and projections was presented in a series of board meetings covering operating budgets, resource planning, and financial master planning. These meetings were open to the public, broadcast on local TV, and available on streaming and archived video. Info: tdpud.org
Shared Nonprofit Facility Considered for Truckee The Contractors Association of Truckee Tahoe is exploring the opportunity to develop a nonprofit center to house CATT’s Read. Discuss. Contribute.
windows to the outside, and natural sunlight. The building will also include an education and training center, allowing HSTT to expand its humane education, dog training, and pet assisted therapy programs. Open daily to the public, the new shelter will provide a convenient location for people to meet and adopt future pets. “We are several steps closer to realizing our dream of building a shelter, but we need our community to continue to support this project until we have met our ultimate fundraising goal,” said Stephanie Jensen, humane society executive director. “We still must raise money to complete construction and build an endowment that will ensure our success into the future.” Info: hstt.org offices and other organizations. Nonprofit centers are buildings that intentionally house more than one nonprofit organization for the purpose of creating economic efficiencies, increasing collaboration, and better serving the community. A public meeting on Tuesday, April 10 focused on the benefits and impacts a nonprofit center could have in the Tahoe/Truckee region, as well as opportunities to partner with CATT on this project. The Nonprofit Centers Network, a national leader with more than a decade of experience in creating and operating nonprofit centers, presented the benefits of shared workspace and lessons learned from more than 200 successful nonprofit center models in operation across North America. Info: ca-tt.com
Ralph is a plus-sized cat and is looking for a new home, preferably with donuts. Photos by Tobias the Cat/Moonshine Ink
Ralph the Donut-Eating Cat I was reading watch reruns of “Dog the paper the the Bounty Hunter.” We other morning need a better lobbyist in and I almost spit Washington. I was able out my coffee. I to acquire some pirated usually start the DVDs of DOGTV and day with a cup was not impressed. of coffee and a There is no cat programtuna omelet with ming, of course, but Flip’s Friends a sprig of catnip what was most disturbBy Tobias the Cat on the side. On ing was the late-night this particular fare. Most of it is inapmorning I came across an propriate for younger viewers article about DOGTV. DOGTV and includes a lot of sniffing is a 24-hour digital TV chanand licking. Once you get past nel scientifically developed to 2 a.m., it’s mostly infomercials provide the right company for for some kind of dog P90X dogs when left alone. The chanworkout plan. I don’t like to nel is being tested in San Diego work out but I’ll admit that the where dog lovers apparently power yoga sounds like it would go surfing in the ocean while improve my flexibility. the dog channel surfs. If I had I’ve watched enough televia dog I would just take them sion this month so I decided to the beach. I do occasionally to get out and meet some watch TV. My favorite show new friends. I made a special is “Deadliest Catch.” I get in trip to the Humane Society trouble for drooling on the of Truckee-Tahoe’s downtown remote as I watch them haul up office. There are several cats a full crab pot. living there until they find a DOGTV trots out a bunch of permanent home. My favorite Ph.D.s who all claim that if you of the bunch is Ralph. Ralph don’t watch DOGTV your dog is a hefty fella. He might need will get bored and do somea boost to get up on your thing like chew up your favorite kitchen table, but once he sneakers. I’ve never met a cat does, watch out. Ralph attends that chewed up anyone’s shoes. various HSTT meetings held Maybe if we did we would get at the office. The meetings are our own television network. often catered, and by catered I Once again the dogs get a TV mean they get a box of donuts. network, and cats are left to This works out great for Ralph MoonshineInk.com
because he loves donuts. He prefers the chocolate-covered variety but has also been known to eat cherry-almond bars. He will reach across the table and take one right off your plate if you are not vigilant. If you are taking notes Ralph will lie across them. He might even swat your pencil off the table. Ralph is from Sierra County and is about 5 years old. I can’t confirm this, but rumor has it that he was found by animal services soaking in the hot springs while eating a donut. He gets along with other cats, dogs, and people, especially if they have pastries. Ralph enjoys a good petting session and doesn’t mind if you mess up his hair. Ralph should probably be on some kind of workout plan. The other day we watched as he made a leap for a windowsill. He didn’t quite make it and ended up hanging from the sill by his front paws. Eventually he landed safely but he gave everyone in the room a good chuckle. We were laughing with you, Ralph. If you are looking for a new friend this month put down the remote and pick up Ralph. For more information visit hstt.org. ~ Comment on this column online, visit moonshineink.com.
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Dancing with Denali Lessons from the ups and downs of climbing North America’s highest peak of climbing gear, tents, cooking equipThe dead of night is a long, drawn dusk. ment, and food into the K2 Aviation The light is dull and the streets are hangar before flying onto the nearly deserted. I half expect mountain. We divide meals up to see throngs of the undead by day and weight. Everyone emerge from behind the builddigs through their gear one ings of downtown Talkeetna, last time. The goal is to whittle like some sort of Alaskan gear and food choices down to zombie movie. Even with around 100 pounds per perthis stillness, there is an air of son. This means making smart excitement as we walk down decisions about what to bring. the street toward the West Rib I’ve heard horror stories from Pub & Grill. As we step inside, Wandering Natives past trips of clients dragging the energy hits us. MountainBy Zeb Blais 25 McDonald’s hamburgers or eers are raising their glasses in three Clif Bars a day for lunch. celebration of tough expediThey soon find how hard it can be to tions or, like us, are fattening themselves trade food when you’re offering weekup in preparation for one. In less than old frozen burgers or tasteless energy 48 hours we are scheduled to fly onto bars. the Kahiltna Glacier of North America’s highest peak, 20,320-foot Denali. But we don’t have these problems. We have the right gear and the right food. I am especially excited. This is my first Now we just need a weather window to expedition on Denali, and as one of the fly. Breakfast is interrupted with a call assistant guides on the team, I have a from K2: “Visibility is good to go on lot to learn. Fellow Rainier Mountainthe glacier. Get to the hangar.” We wolf eering, Inc. guides include Dave Hahn, our final bites and rush to the airport. Geoff Schellens, and Lindsay Mann. The gear is divided and crammed into They are among the strongest, hardest two twin Otter planes. We abandon working, and experienced guides I know. the carefree summer vibe of Talkeetna This is Dave’s 28th Denali expedition, to embrace the glaciated world of the and I intend to absorb every bit of his Alaska Range. knowledge that I can. Studying books and maps have built my expectations, The little red bush plane feels rickety but living and climbing the mountain compared to commercial aircraft, but for the next three weeks is going to be I hardly notice. My eyes are wide and nothing like them. I am here to discover glued to the window as we bob through what this mountain is all about. the rugged mountains leading to the Southeast Fork of the Kahiltna Glacier. The four of us are guiding a group of I snap pictures, realizing that even a eight. The next morning we pile a mass
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The Edge of the World: 7,000 feet straight down to the Kahiltna. Photos by Zeb Blais
professional photographer couldn’t do justice here. These are cartoon mountains, like some insane climber artist dreamt them up, smattering glaciers excessively over jagged, granite ridges. The 36-mile-long Kahiltna comes into view, winding miles and miles toward base camp.
glacier. Hundreds of pounds of gear and provisions are unloaded, the bush plane’s engines whir, and within minutes the tiny red dot of the plane is swallowed up by the massive peaks surrounding us. It’s just us and a couple National Park Service staff on the Kahiltna.
Our ski plane skims to a stop on the
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MOUNTAIN LIFE >>> no secret, but it’s a different story now — it’s July and we’re only at 7,600 feet. The heat of the sun is sweltering, and when clouds come in they only trap the heat. The lower glacier is soft, making the snow bridges covering the gaping crevasses too dangerous to cross. We wait, agonizing, consuming our rations, baking in the sun, ticking off days, not moving up. The pace of expedition climbing is something that takes getting used to, and this adjustment is hard. Ideal conditions or not, we need to move. Joined by another large team, we wait for the cold of night to freeze the miles of soggy glacier that lie between us and our next camp. On the fourth day, we are stalled again by storms after reaching Camp 2. The pace is excruciatingly slow, but we can’t justify moving up during a storm. Even a small storm where we are could be a full blizzard at the 9,500-foot Camp 3. The massive snows in this zone, the birthplace of the Kahiltna, are unrivaled on the mountain. On day eight, we’ve made it to 11,000 feet where we cache food, fuel, and gear that we’ll need for our descent. We’re moving faster now, and two days later we are at 14,000-foot Genet Basin. This place is amazing. The West Buttress, Messner Couloir, and Orient Express stretch 5,000 feet above the tent city, which is built annually on this flat plate of ice. To the south is the Edge of the World, where the land drops 7,000 feet straight back down to the Kahiltna. It’s impossible to fathom this scale. When a climber on the rim of the basin is pointed out, they appear no bigger than a period on this page. After a rest day, we slog up the fixed lines to cache food for our move to the highest camp at 17,000 feet and our summit push. Unfortunately, our luck takes a turn for the worse and it begins to snow. The 17,000-foot camp isn’t the place to be in a storm. Even if your body tolerates the altitude, retreat might be cut off by avalanche conditions on the fixed lines. Once you move up, it’s summit or bust. It is day 17 and we are all anxious to move, but we’re in a holding pattern while we wait for the weather to clear. Food is running low, we’re one of the last groups on the mountain, and the route across the lower Kahiltna is melting out. I unzip the tent door — Mt. Hunter and Mt. Foraker jump out of the landscape against a deep-blue sky. We might just pull this off! Spirits are high at breakfast, but we still have 7,000 feet of climbing left to reach the top. We get the NPS weather forecast and Read. Discuss. Contribute.
The Elusive Bobcat Truckee resident Gaylan Larson has spotted the mysterious bobcat twice this winter in his Ponderosa Ranchos neighborhood. Photo by Gaylan Larson
Nature’s Corner In Peter Matthiessen’s 1978 spiritual narrative, “The Snow Leopard,” Matthiessen and biologist George Schaller hiked deep into the Himalayas to study the bharal, or Himalayan blue sheep. Along their journey they also searched for the elusive snow leopard. Like Matthiessen, I’m on a mission to see a wild cat. A few winters ago, my next-door neighbor spied a bobcat in his backyard, and this winter I’ve heard of four sightings (one on the Legacy Trail, one in Ponderosa Palisades, and two in Ponderosa Ranchos). But to be certain what I see is indeed a bobcat (Lynx rufus, also known as wildcat), which roams the Sierra foothills but also
confirm it via satellite phone — it’s the kiss of death for our summit push. Thirty inches of snow is due to fall in the next 36 hours. We have enough food to wait out the storm, but there is no guarantee that conditions will improve afterward. Our resources are getting smaller and the unknowns are getting
prowls at higher elevations, I need to know some defining characteristics. First and foremost, the bobcat is the smallest of our native cats, standing approximately 15 inches to 2 feet tall, and weighing a mere 12 to 30 pounds (depending on female vs. male). Another native cat in our area, the mountain lion (though more common in the foothills and upper foothills), at 80 to 100 pounds, is much larger. The bobcat’s coat is one of the reasons I’d love to spy this majestic creature — its golden-brown fur, which turns gray in the winter, is speckled with black spots, while its underside is a contrast of white. Its renowned ear tufts — black at the tips and base — are a sure bobcat clue, as is a white patch centered on the back of each ear. The long cheek fur, called a ruff, resembles a well-manicured short beard, much like side chops. Of course, the most
bigger. It is a tough call to make. We’ve poured everything we had into the climb for two and a half weeks and now we are going to descend the mountain, tails between our legs, on a beautiful, bluebird day. It feels wrong, and it’s crushing on a day like this. But this is the smart call, and MoonshineInk.com
famous trait for which the bobcat is named is its “bobbed” tail, only 4 to 7 inches long. By contrast, the mountain lion’s tail stretches to the ground with the tip of the tail curling upward. Matthiessen never did see the snow leopard during his trip with Schaller, just as I have never seen the bobcat. But maybe one day its four-toed, clawless tracks (the claws are retracted when the animals aren’t hunting, climbing trees, or defending themselves), the back of the pad indented into three lobes, will lead me to the mysterious cat. Maybe someday the furtive feline will stand frozen in its stride, staring at me as I stare back at it. ~ Eve Quesnel/Moonshine Ink Do you have a question about our region’s natural world? Email mountainlife@moonshineink.com. it is, as I’ve come to learn, what Denali has to teach you. It is the mountain that calls the shots, and she doesn’t always obey your desires. Are you a wandering native with a great travel tale? Send your story idea to mountainlife@moonshineink.com.
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What strikes you first about Walter Raineri, the blind skier who trains at Tahoe Cross Country Ski Area, is not his incredible drive for life, but his lack of fear. Skiing miles of cross-country trails by himself, then walking a mile along a busy street to catch the bus into Tahoe City, all without benefit of sight? No problem. What do you expect from a guy who regularly competes in sailboat races in fierce, San Francisco Bay winds, does 100-mile bike rides, and races kayaks? When Raineri was five, his family physician told him that someday he might go blind from retitnitus pigmentosa (RP), a hereditary disease that attacks your retinas. Fortunately, before the disease progressed to the point that he lost his vision, Raineri graduated from UC Berkeley in 1982 and obtained his CPA certification in 1985.
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Walter Raineri (in red), who is legally blind, and his guide Dave Baker at the Ski for Light International 5 km race at Soldier Hollow in Utah in February. They use a sophisticated radio communication device to talk to each other on the trail. Courtesy photo
Next he went on to earn his law degree from Georgetown University before becoming a successful tax lawyer and a partner in a major Bay Area firm. Then, at the age of 45, his world changed. The RP rapidly progressed, severely attacking the retinas in both of his eyes. As a result, Raineri lost almost all of his functional vision during a five-month period in the beginning of 2005. Raineri was the last of four brothers to lose their sight (his two sisters can still see). “It was a tough summer learning to adapt to a new life without vision,” he said. So he turned to athletics to “keep the walls from closing in.” He began with tandem cycling. Raineri now rides several century rides each year, including one with friends around Lake Champlain on the border between Vermont and New York. He also became a proficient sailor and joined a blind sailboat racing team that represented the United States in the 2009 World Championship of Blind Sailing in New Zealand. And then there is kayak racing (tandem), in which he competes against fully sighted teams. While it is the joy of spending time in nature, which he says is “tragically and beautifully indifferent” to his plight, that
drives Raineri, it is also fear that he will find himself, like many visually impaired people, trapped inside a house, too scared to face a world he cannot see. Fortunately, ever since he was a child Raineri says he has never “suffered boredom easily; I have to get out there and do stuff.” His zest for life has not only been maintained despite his lack of sight, but has been enhanced and directed toward athletic accomplishments. Raineri’s cross-country skiing career began a year ago at a Ski for Light event in Colorado. Ski for Light is a program that provides opportunities for visually or mobility impaired people to ski. With only two days of cross-country skiing experience, Raineri was up against some of the best visually impaired Nordic skiers in the world. “I think my experienced guide thought he had been paired with the wrong skier when he found out that I really had no experience at all,” says Raineri, who finished in fourth place. “Well, in the course of a week, he realized that I was serious about this new activity.” This past February, after spending several weeks training at Tahoe Cross-Country, Raineri won the Ski for Light International 5 km race at Soldier Hollow in Utah,
with the fastest time of any of the racers. Now he is training for the U.S. championships in December 2012, “to see if I have the chops to … represent the U.S. in the Paralympics in Russia in 2014.” Anybody who has skied with Raineri thinks he has a shot at it. Last year, Raineri skied the Great Ski Race with Alison Ansley as his guide. Ansley is an instructor at Tahoe Cross Country and world explorer who a few months later climbed to the top of Denali in Alaska. “He was so fast,” says Ansley about Raineri. “I was skate skiing and he was striding and I still had to ski pretty hard to keep up with him.” Raineri brings to mind another great Tahoe-area athlete, wheelchair racer and sit skier Candace Cable, who took a sack of lemons dropped on her head in the form of a horrible car accident and turned it into a great big batch of athleticaccomplishment lemonade. Cable’s motto is “The deal is how you deal.” Raineri has certainly learned how to deal. ~ Tim Hauserman teaches and directs the Strider-Glider program at Tahoe Cross Country Ski Area. Comment on this story online, visit moonshineink.com.
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The Great Birthday Giveaway Eleanore: Inspiration travels Two years ago, Jillian found inspiration in her Reed High School “Critics of Society” class, where she read the book “Life Is a Verb” by Patti Digh. Jillian said, “It changed my perspective about everything.” Kids Give By Frances Joy and Eleanore Hamilton
Frances: Giving vs. getting I personally think birthdays are the best day of the year. On my birthday I wake up to streamers, balloons, and my own chair decorated like a throne. I make cake with my aunt and I wish for the night to come faster so I can open all my presents. Before I met 18-year-old Jillian Haun, a Truckee kid whose mom, Rita WhitakerHaun, taught me about music when I was 2, I thought everyone’s birthday was about what they get. You probably won’t believe this, but Jillian gives her birthday away. Jillian says that she has enough and wants to give back. She admits that she likes presents, but she doesn’t want them anymore. “There’s so much more to life than getting material things,” she said. So this is what she does: she finds something that’s meaningful to her heart, she invites her friends to join her, and then she shows up to give. Last year, Jillian gave her birthday to a senior center in Sparks. At first, the staff was kind of nervous because they’d never celebrated a teen birthday at the center before. But it turned out great. Jillian, her friends, and the seniors sat in a circle and talked about where they’ve been and where they are going. This year, Jillian gave her birthday to a helpful organization called Stone Soup, a free, weekly community soup night in Truckee. She and some friends helped that night’s sponsor, the Pour House, by counting the people who came to dinner, serving soup, clearing tables, and doing dishes. Doing dishes? On my birthday I don’t have to do anything I don’t want to do. On Jillian’s birthday, I guess she has the same rule but she wants to do dishes. She said, “Honestly, I just like being a helping hand to anyone who needs it.”
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Just as Jillian was inspired to do something special with her birthday, we were inspired to find out more about Jillian. We had heard about her deeds from Penny Fink, Stone Soup coordinator, who was amazed at how Jillian had spent her birthday. We couldn’t wait to interview the birthday girl. Inspiration traveled to our kitchen table, where my family spent dinner talking about Jillian and the concept of giving. My mom asked us to think about what kind of giving we did. It turns out most of what we do revolves around learning and our own fun experiences. My dad asked the question we knew had to be asked: Would we give away our own birthdays? We cringed but realized quickly that inspiration is only a nice thought until it is put into action. So, inspired by Jillian, we promised each other we would give away our birthdays next year. We brainstormed ideas, like meeting friends at the humane society, or asking friends to bring our age in dollars so we could give it to a charity of our choice. We discussed how our friend Mikaela Prestowitz, 11, asks friends to donate in her name to the Friends of the Truckee Library. We’re not sure what we’ll do yet, but we have a year to plan it. After dinner and just before dessert, we took Jillian’s idea even further — we imagined what it would be like if everybody in Truckee gave away his or her birthday in 2013. We pictured a blog where people could post what they did for their birthdays. If you think this is a good idea, email us at eleanoreann@ gmail.com. We now have these wonderful ideas and opportunities thanks to Jillian, who described herself this way: “It makes me feel good making other people feel good. It’s what I live off of.”
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Jillian Haun “gave away” her 18th birthday by volunteering at Stone Soup. Photo by Carolyn Hamilton
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Purchase tickets in advance at Porters Sports locations (Truckee and Tahoe City). A limited supply of tickets are sold on a first-come, first-served basis and will not be available at the resorts the day(s) of the event. Check and cash are preferred form of payment. Tickets are not refundable. All Skiing for Schools proceeds are donated to Excellence in Education through your lift ticket purchase and the generous support of participating ski resorts.
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Community Enhanced Winter Transit Stopped
The regional TART buses on Highway 267, Night Rider Shuttles, and some ski resort shuttles on the North Shore stopped running in early April. The Truckee North Tahoe Transportation Management Association wants to thank all of its funding partners and operators for another successful winter season. Please refer to laketahoetransit.com for spring schedules, or contact your ski resort destination directly for specific ski shuttles. The transportation association will be gearing up again for enhanced summer services starting June 30.
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Wednesday April 18, 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Tahoe Trail Trekkers, a local hiking group, invites the community to its spring meeting at Rideout Community Center on the West Shore. Check out this group and discuss the upcoming hiking season. Info: Jennie Gordon, jgthelake22@gmail.com, (916) 204-3839
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Thursday April 19, 6 to 10 p.m.
The Sugar Pine Foundation’s mission is to save the sugar pine and other white pines from Eurasian white pine blister rust. Support the environmental group at this family fun event complete with a chili cook-off, music, raffle, and kids activities. The event will be held at the Eagles Nest Lounge at the top of Kingsbury Grade. Info: (650) 814-9565, sugarpinefoundation.org
of women in positions of power and influence in America. The film challenges the media’s limited and often disparaging portrayals of women and girls, which make it difficult for women to achieve leadership positions and for the average woman to feel powerful herself. Join Parents for Public Schools of Truckee/North Tahoe for this local film screening at North Tahoe High School. Students (advised 13 and older), parents, and community members are all welcome. Tickets are free, but please bring a donation for Project MANA of a nonperishable food item to the event. The film will be followed by a panel discussion. See Get Out & Go on page 44. Info: eventbrite.com/event/318697532
‘Miss Representation’ Film Screening Thursday April 19, 6 p.m.
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An all-ages, community-sponsored event, the 2012 Tahoe/Truckee Earth Day Festival gives participants an opportunity to learn about recycling and composting, alternative energy, sustainability, watershed and forest health, and reducing ecological footprints. A diverse array of agency representatives and earth-friendly vendors will be at the event to educate and talk with participants. This is the largest eco-event in North Tahoe/Truckee and is a zero waste event. This year’s theme is “Do One Thing.” All participants are asked to consider and implement their pledge to help the environment and cool the climate. There will be live music, and a trashion show hosted by the Truckee High School Envirolution Club. If you are interested in volunteering, email elizmcampbell@gmail.com. Info: tahoetruckeeearthday.org
Welcome Reception for New TTUSD Superintendent Tuesday April 24, 7 to 8:30 p.m.
Parents for Public Schools of Truckee/North Tahoe, Inc. is hosting a reception for Dr. Robert Leri as he takes the reins of the Tahoe Truckee Unified School District. Stop by to learn more about Leri and Parents for Public Schools of Truckee/North Tahoe. This event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. The reception will be at the Truckee Community Arts Center. Please RSVP. Info: ntt.parentadvocacy@yahoo.com
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In celebration of its 20th anniversary, the KidZone Museum is hosting Big Night Out: Disco at Dragonfly Restaurant in Truckee. Tickets are $40/ advance, $45/door and include three complimen-
tary drinks, dinner, music by DJ Brian Hess, a silent and live auction, and raffle. All proceeds go to the KidZone Museum. In 1992, the Sierra Nevada Children’s Museum was founded by a grassroots coalition of Truckee community members, parents, and educators who saw the need to offer hands-on explorative education for children. Over the past 20 years, KidZone memberships and daily visits have increased significantly and the museum is now an important resource for both local and visiting families. Info: (530) 587-KIDS, kidzonemuseum.org
SVI Hosts Political Columnist Dan Walters Thursday May 10, 6:30 p.m.
Dan Walters has been a syndicated political columnist and journalist for more than 40 years, working almost exclusively for California newspapers. The Squaw Valley Institute will host Walters to speak about California politics in time for the state primary in June. The evening will be held at PlumpJack in Squaw Valley. Tickets are $10/SVI members, $15/public. Info: squawvalleyinstitute.org
Silicon Mountain Meeting with TTUSD Superintendent Monday May 14
The Silicon Mountain Group, a network of technology professionals who live and work in the Tahoe/ Truckee area, is pleased to welcome TTUSD’s incoming superintendent Dr. Rob Leri for a discussion on technology and education. Dr. Leri will talk about his vision for the school district and his priorities as superintendent and chief learning officer. The meeting will be held at Tahoe
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Save the Date for Truckee Day Saturday June 2, 8 a.m. to noon
Mark your calendars for the ninth annual townwide street clean up and community block party. Participants can report to their neighborhood check-in stations from 8 to 9 a.m. and spend the morning picking up trash. Afterwards, stop by the Truckee Regional Park for a barbecue from noon to 2:30 p.m. Details are included on the website, including your neighborhood check-in station. Info: truckeeday.org
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provided. During the support groups, Tahoe SAFE Alliance will also offer a children’s appropriate group with fun activities and snacks. These groups will be held the first three Tuesdays and Thursdays of each month. Info: Julia at Tahoe SAFE Alliance, (530) 582-9117
New Gentle Flow at Tahoe Yoga Institute
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 7:30 a.m. Join Robin McMahon for an early-morning gentle flow class at Tahoe Yoga Institute on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 7:30 to 9 a.m. Other weekly classes include restorative, vinyasa, Iyengar, Anusara, and Ki Gong. Info: 475 North Lake Blvd, Ste 251, Tahoe City, (530) 581-1005, tahoeyogainstitute.com
Wellness & Learning Reiki Therapist Opens Truckee Office
Colleen Akiko Jackson, certified transformational coach and Reiki master therapist, opened an office in Suite 201 of the Levon Professional Building at 10833 Donner Pass Road in Truckee. Jackson integrates proven coaching concepts with spiritual tools and creative expression to help each client create a blueprint for a balanced and purposeful life. Reiki is a noninvasive, gentle, healing energy practice that originated in Japan. In May, Jackson will begin conducting monthly community evening workshops. She is offering complimentary initial consultations and introductory rates, as well as Reiki specials, through June. Info: (530) 308-5053, tfcoach-colleen.com
CR Johnson Healing Center Acupuncture
The High Fives Nonprofit Foundation and the CR Johnson Healing Center are now working with acupuncturist Kaila Cruttenden, who is offering competitive acupuncture rates with 20 percent of the proceeds supporting High Fives. Cruttenden, owner of Elemental Back and Body, will provide her services at the healing center on an on-call basis. She has a passion for helping people achieve optimal wellness and live long, healthy lives through her healing techniques. Info: kaila@elementalbodies.com, (530) 906-0150, elementalbodies.com, crjohnson.org, highfiviesfoundation.org
Home Show Adds Health Element
Twenty years of bringing together everything you need to build, remodel, redecorate, and landscape your mountain home has made the Truckee Home and Building Show the preferred stop for second-homeowners and local residents as they explore innovative and interesting applications to expand their home environment. New this the year, the Sierra Health and Recreation Expo will join the weekend of events. Learn about access to locally grown fresh produce and how our schools are now serving fresh, made-from-scratch, healthy meals. Listen to presentations on healthy living topics by respected speakers, and meet professionals in all areas of health and wellness. The expo will take place at Truckee High School on Saturday and Sunday, May 26 and 27. Admission is $6. Info: truckeehomeshow.com
Donation Classes at Namaste Sundays and Thursdays
Namaste Holistic Healing and Yoga Center offers two donation classes every week for those who are looking for yoga but are on a budget. Join Mia Primeau for her Forrest Flow class on Sundays from 9:30 to 10:45 a.m. and Meghan Ruiz for an Open Heart Flow class on Thursdays from 5:30 to 6:45 p.m. Namaste rates for yoga classes remain affordable at $12/drop-in, $55/five-pack, and $100/11 pack. All class packs are interchangeable, meaning that you and a friend can share a pass. There are also no time constraints on passes. Info: namastetruckee.com
Domestic Violence Support Groups Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6 to 7:30 p.m.
Tahoe SAFE Alliance is now offering two support groups for women who are survivors of domestic violence. One group is in Spanish and held on Thursday evenings. The other will be in English and will be held on Tuesday evenings. Snacks are
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‘Sustainbility, Change, and the Great Reset’ Friday April 13, 7:30 p.m.
What are the links between Machiavellian principles, Ghandi’s words, and change agents? Find out from Michael Kane, Sierra College’s associate dean of sciences and mathematics at another installment of the Experts and Insights Dean Lecture Series. The talk will be held at Sierra College, Tahoe/Truckee campus, and is offered to the community at no cost. RSVP. Info: (530) 550-2290, sierracollege.edu
Art of Breathing April 13 to 16
This is a practical workshop designed to develop the full potential of life. This course offers practical tools to eliminate stress and bring greater peace, energy, awareness, health, and joy to daily life. One of the techniques taught, Sudarshan Kriya, is a powerful yet simple breathing technique that releases stress, negative emotions, and toxins from the system, rejuvenating the body on a cellular level. The course also includes meditation, gentle yoga, and skills for dealing effectively with challenging emotions and situations. Course fee is $250. Location will be announced. Info: Deena Karuna, (530) 546-3422, Jenna Granger, (530) 320-4356
The Quest
Monday April 16, 10 to 11:30 a.m. Join Women Empowering Women and guest speaker Robert Ayres as he presents his thoughts on “The Quest,” the design of life or our quest of self-discovery. This class explores the quest from the standpoint of spiritual traditions and technologies of consciousness that can help you discover the universality of truth and your own unique expression of it. Please RSVP. Donations appreciated. The talk will be held at For Goodness Sake in Truckee. Info: Martha, happygoldens@sbcglobal. net, (530) 587-4429
Small Business Marketing Class Wednesday April 18
Learn where to put your marketing dollars before throwing your ad budget in no particular direction. Learn the simple, hands-on approach to effective marketing. $55. This class is part of the Sierra Economic Development Corporation’s programming. SEDCorp conducts classes every other month that are geared toward small business owners. SEDCorp is also hosting the class “Understanding Your Financial Statements” on April 25. Classes are held in Auburn or Grass Valley. Info: (530) 823-4703, sedcorp.biz
Mechatronics Field Trip Friday April 20, 7:30 a.m.
Sierra College is offering Truckee/Tahoe community members an opportunity to tour the mechatronics, wielding, and auto departments on the Rocklin campus and hear from its faculty. Mechatronics is a term used around the world to mean any system that involves electronics, mechanics, and computer control. From ATMs to medical lab equipment, automated package handling, ski lifts, water processing facilities, industrial robots, and more, mechatronics describes the automated systems that are part of our everyday lives. Sierra College’s mechatronics lab allows students to learn on stateof-the-art, industrial-quality equipment. A bus will
Creekside Cooperative is hosting its annual fundraiser, the Souper Bowl. Come out to eat delicious food and support the local charter school. Image courtesy of Creekside Cooperative leave Sierra College’s Truckee campus at 7:30 a.m. and return between 3:30 and 4 p.m. Please RSVP. Info: nicole@nicolecheslock.com
BMP Workshops April 20 and 27
The 13th annual Workshops for Erosion Control Best Management Practices in the Tahoe Basin will be offered in Incline Village and Stateline. The BMP workshops train and update contractors and do-ityourselfers in proper BMP installation procedures for the Lake Tahoe Basin, featuring outdoor presentations, exhibits, and activities in addition to indoor
lectures. The basic contractors workshop will take place on Friday April 20, 8 a.m. to 4:50 p.m., at the Tahoe Center for Environmental Sciences in Incline Village. The half-day refresher workshop will be held on Friday April 27, from 8 a.m. to noon, at the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency office in Stateline. Info: unce.unr.edu/adhoc/bmpworkshop
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Purification and Fitness Program April 24 to May 29
The Love Your Body Purification and Whole Body Fitness Program features six weeks of interactive presentations about holistic nutrition, exercise, massage, acupuncture, meditation, cleansing, lectures, and Chinese medicine. The goal is to maximize participants’ physical, emotional, and mental potential. The program will meet on Tuesdays from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Info: joyfullifeacupuncture.com
May Walking Challenge
During the month of May, Tahoe Forest Health System is offering a free, monthlong walking and fitness challenge to walk 10,000 steps a day. All Truckee/North Tahoe residents are welcome to join as individuals or as a team. Registration is free and participants can purchase pedometers at the center. Participants receive weekly health and fitness tips and entry into a weekly raffle, and grand prizes are awarded to the most improved, as well as teams and individuals logging the most steps. Info: tchsp@tfhd. com, (530) 587-3769
Breath Set Free Workshop May 4 and 5
Experience the transformative power of Breath Set Free at this breathwork workshop at Tahoe Yoga Institute in Tahoe City. Facilitated by two key senior trainers from San Diego, the workshop reviews your breath and emotional patterns to increase relaxation, boost your autoimmune system, and release anxiety, chronic pain, and old patterns. Attend one or both workshops. Friday May 4, workshop runs 6 to 9 p.m., $49/advance and $60/ after May 1. Saturday May 5, workshop runs 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. with a break for lunch and a yoga class included, $99/advance and $120/after May 1. Info: 475 North Lake Blvd, Ste 251, Tahoe City, (530) 581-1005, tahoeyogainstitute.com
Kids TCNS Registration
Thursday April 26, 4:30 to 6 p.m. Stop by the Tahoe Community Nursery School’s open house to register your child for his or her preschool classes next fall. Registration is open to children who will be 2-anda-half by Sept. 1. The school hours next year will be 8:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. All children are welcome and encouraged to come by the open house to see the school and meet the staff. A second registration event will be a play day held on Tuesday May 22, from 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., where children can experience the school’s playground. Info: 3125 North Lake Blvd, Tahoe City, (530) 5833331, tahoeschool.com
New Aikido Classes for Kids
Mondays and Thursdays in May, 3:15 to 4:30 p.m. Aikido is a nonaggressive martial art that teaches children an alternative to fighting. Often called the peaceful martial art, Aikido techniques are still a very practical form of self-defense. It does not rely on size, speed, or weight. Aikido teaches how to skillfully turn the force of an attack, effortlessly unbalance the aggressor, and safely pin or disarm them. Beginner classes for students in third to eighth grade will be offered starting in May, and will continue through the rest of the school year. Teenagers are welcome to join adult beginner classes on Sundays, 6 to 7 p.m. Classes are held at the Veterans Hall, 10214 High St, Truckee. Info: (530) 582-7720
Child Development Conference Saturday May 5
annual Child Development Conference. It will be a day of fun and learning. From keynote speaker Dr. Kim Bateman, executive director of Sierra College, to a dozen research-based workshops, participants will expand their thinking and skills about nurturing the development of children from infancy through kindergarten. Info: Ruth Hall, (530) 582-2583, rhall@ ttusd.org
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Squaw to Close April 29, Alpine on May 13
Both Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows will stay open through the month of April, conditions permitting. Both will remain open daily through April 29. Alpine Meadows is slated to stay open Friday through Sunday through May 13. Squaw and Alpine also released prices on next season’s passes. Buy before May 7 for the best price of the year. $729/ Gold, $499/Silver, $429/Bronze, $379/College. Info: squaw.com, skialpine.com
Sugar Bowl Extends Season, Announces Pass Prices
Buy your pass to Sugar Bowl for next year before June 1 and get early-season rates. Prices for new passholders are $379/Midweek Plus, $479/Summit Sunday Plus, $579/Slightly Restricted, $849/Unrestricted. Sugar Bowl also announced that they will be open for skiing and riding through Sunday, April 29. Info: sugarbowl.com
Tahoe Donner Golf, Ski Passes
Buy your pass to Tahoe Donner Golf Course before April 30 for pre-season discounts. A variety of golf packs and passes are available to fit your budget and schedule. This year, golfers who are not homeowners at Tahoe Donner can purchase an unlimited or five-day pass, in addition to the weekday afternoon pass. Members may book tee times up to 14 days in advance, while public golfers may book up to 12 days in advance. Tahoe Donner is also offering a four pack for $316 that may be used any time before June 29 and after Sept. 3. Also, Tahoe Donner is offering its 2012/13 cross-country and downhill season passes for the best rates of the year until April 30. Info: tahoedonner.com
Tahoe Foursome Card
Tahoe Mountain Club’s Old Greenwood and Gray’s Crossing golf courses have made their summer Tahoe Foursome Card available to the public. The card will be valid opening day through the last day of the 2012 golf season. Both courses are scheduled to open mid-May. Card is $99, and offers savings of up to $50/player on 30 holes of golf. Info: golfintahoe.com, tahoemountainclub.com
Billy Dutton Uphill
Sunday April 15, 8 a.m. The Bully Dutton Uphill is Squaw Valley’s “run what ya brung” uphill race. The course climbs 2,000 feet and over 3.2 miles from the base of KT-22 to High Camp. The event is an annual memorial race for Billy Dutton, a longtime friend of North Lake Tahoe and a former employee of Squaw Valley. Registration begins at 7 a.m. outside of Dave’s Deli. Squaw is also hosting après ski music in the village on Saturdays in April, and a retro ski day on Saturday, April 14. The date for the 22nd Annual Lake Cushing Crossing will be announced soon. Info: squaw.com
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Mountain Bounty Summer CSA
This summer marks Mountain Bounty Farm’s 15th year of family farming in Nevada County. Become a summer member to support Mountain Bounty in this milestone year. The farm is offering local shares of veggies, fruit, and flowers. The veggie share lasts 24 weeks and begins in late May. The fruit and flower shares last 18 weeks, starting in early June. Sign up online. Info: mountainbountyfarm.com
New Chef at Lone Eagle Grille
Chef Rick Koplau is the new chef de cuisine at Lone Eagle Grille in Incline Village. Prior to his appointment, Chef Koplau served as sous chef at Lone Eagle Grille. Celebrating the establishment’s notable promotion, the restaurant introduces a series of new dishes and a Sunset Dinner prix-fixe menu highlighting the area’s seasonal and local ingredients. Info: (775) 866-6899, loneeaglegrille.com
Cooking Classes and Culinary Lectures at Stella April 25 and May 16
Join Stella, Cedar House Sport Hotel’s on-site restaurant, for a series of talks and classes throughout the spring. The Evolution of Pizza will be held on Wednesday April 25, 6 p.m., and will cover different styles of pizza from neo-Neapolitan pies to New York and Chicago-style. Learn how to properly stretch dough for different styles of pizza and make sauces. Recipes are included. Each attendee will make one custom pizza, and dinner will also include salad and tiramisu. On Wednesday May 16 at 6 p.m. join Stella for Whole Roasted Chicken: The Sunday Supper Cornerstone. This class will give you the tools to entice family and friends to Sunday chicken dinner complete with mashed potatoes, gravy, roasted vegetables, garden salad, and dessert. Classes are $75/person. More classes and lectures to follow. Info: (530) 582-5655, cedarhousesporthotel.com/ stella/dining_at_stella.html
Souper Bowl
Sunday May 6, 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Tahoe City’s Creekside Cooperative Charter School is hosting its 13th annual Souper Bowl at the North Tahoe Conference Center in Kings Beach. Creekside’s main fundraiser, the Souper Bowl is a catered feast provided by Uncommon Kitchen, with dessert by Sugar Pine Cakery. The Souper Bowl is open to the public and offers arts, crafts, games, and on-site pottery painting by T Pots Pottery in addition to gourmet food. A live and silent auction will feature goods and services donated by local merchants. Cost is $20/adults. Children 14 and under are free. Tickets may be purchased in advance at the school, located at 330 Fairway Drive in Tahoe City, or from Creekside families. Creekside is a public K–8 charter school that serves students in Truckee/Tahoe. Info: creeksidecooperative.org
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Carmen Carr, a real estate consultant, shares her passion with the community by providing monthly, guided hikes and snowshoe trips in the region. Meet at 9 a.m. at the Hunter Creek Waterfall Trail Head for this month’s hike. Contact Carr directly for directions to the trailhead. Info: carmen@carmencarr.com, (530) 550-5192, carmencarr.com
Friday April 20, 7 to 9 p.m.
New York Times bestselling author Dale Brown is leading a workshop to help writers get published at the eLearning Café in Incline Village. Brown’s mission is to help participants give publishers and agents what they sincerely want. He will give you tips and tricks to drive your story to the top. Brown will share how he got into the writing business, found an agent, and the way he works. Email Tom Rodriguez to register. Info: tomrelc@gmail.com
We HeART Bikes April 21 and 28
The Reno Bike Project is calling on all artists to participate in the sixth annual We HeART Bikes Art Show. All bicycle-themed art will be accepted. A portion of the sales will benefit the Reno Bike Project. Submissions are due Saturday April 21 at 4 p.m. The show will be held on Saturday April 28. Please mail or deliver submissions to Reno Bike Project, 541 E. 4th St, Reno, NV, 89512. Info: renobikeproject@gmail.com, (775) 323-4488
Women, Art, and the Creative Process April 22 and 24
This two-part series will feature a 30-minute film about 94-year-old artist Evelyn Brenner, followed two nights later with a workshop led by mural artist Susie Alexander. Brenner creates colorful and inspirational art by combining fabrics, paint, clay, buttons, beads, and pearls. The film will be shown on Sunday April 22 from 7 to 9 p.m. and will be followed by a panel of local artists to speak about their work. Admission to the film is $22. On Tuesday April 24, from 6 to 8 p.m., join Alexander to explore female archetypes and embellish a precut, one-dimensional hat. Workshop is $30. Info: nicolecheslock.com
Creative Writing: Tap into Your Imagination Starts Thursday April 26
Sierra College is offering a new creative writing class taught by Karen Terrey, MFA. The class will meet Thursday nights from April 26 to May 17 at Sierra College. Through writing prompts and class discussion, this class will explore the craft of writing in any genre: fiction, nonfiction, or poetry. This class is for the novice as well as the more experienced writer looking to enliven his or her writing practice. Whether you are working on a writing project or want to start one, this class will generate raw material through provocative in-class prompts. The class will play with language, explore craft such as voice, image, and character, and develop approaches to delving deeper into your writing. Space is limited to 12 participants. Info: Sierra College, (916) 7816280, sccommed.org, karenaterry.blogspot.com
Sierra College Student Art Show April 27 to May 4
Sierra College Tahoe/Truckee’s student art club, More Creative, announced its fourth annual juried Student Art Show. The show is open to students who are currently enrolled in any class and anyone who has completed a Sierra College course in the last five years. Entries will be accepted in drawing, painting, digital art, photography, and ceramics. The community is invited to attend the show’s opening celebration on Friday April 27 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Info: (530) 550-2225
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It’s never too early to encourage your children’s appreciation of art, and the most effective way to do so is to surround them with works that speak to them. Just as important, you want to set a tone in your child’s bedroom or the playroom. This exhibit promises to appeal to every child and to the child in every adult. Opening reception is on Friday, April 13, 5 to 7 p.m. Open to the whole family. North Tahoe Arts in Tahoe City. Info: (530) 581-2787
InnerRhythms signature fundraising event, Appetizers for the Arts: Cabernet and Cowboy Boots Revisited, celebrates the studio’s 10th anniversary. This event will showcase the culinary arts and talents of local restaurants Dragonfly, Moody’s, and Taco Station, as well as feature a performance by InnerRhythms Dance Theatre. Tickets $45/person, $55/ after April 26. Held at the Truckee-Tahoe Airport Event Center. Dress up in your best western wear. Info: (530) 550-8464
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Skiing, Meet P aragliding The sport of speedflying catches on in Tahoe Speedflyer Charles Bryan arcs a final airy turn before touching down on Quail Lake at Homewood Mountain Resort. Speedflying, a hybrid mash-up of skiing and paragliding, allows skiers to alternately ski and fly down slopes.
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hris Boyle is on the side of Homewood’s Quail Ridge, bent over with a ski in his hands. Neither he nor his two buddies, Kyle O’Neal and Charles Bryan, thought to bring a shovel. But with the temperatures in the high 40s, the snow is thick and heavy. Not great for building a runway. But a runway is what they need. So Boyle uses one ski as a tool to build a small lip, while O’Neal and Bryan keep their skis on to pack down a take-off zone. Sweating in the unseasonably warm March sun, the three men shed their jackets and gloves, leaving them scattered on the hillside and hanging on a snow stake like a winter scarecrow. After about 20 minutes, the boys are satisfied. Boyle pulls out an orange, green, and white canopy from his backpack, spreads it behind him, checks to make sure the lines aren’t tangled, and then places his hands on the toggles. “Are you sure the lake’s frozen?” he asks about Quail Lake, which lies buried under a layer of snow baking in the sun 800 feet below. This seems a strange question to ask seconds before you’re getting ready to
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launch yourself into the air and land on a body of water that may or may not be solid ice, but Boyle seems unperturbed. He turns his helmet GoPro on and propels himself forward, skiing down the short runway as he keeps turning his head to check on the canopy, which seems reluctant to fully inflate. At the last second, right before he is about to reach the steepest part of the slope, which drops precipitously down toward the lake, he falls to knees. “Mislaunch,” Boyle says. “Not enough speed.” As Boyle gathers up his chute and sidesteps back up the hill, O’Neal is ready to go. “Dropping.” As O’Neal skis down the take-off zone, his green, black, and white canopy fills with air, then deflates as he slows down across the cat track, then fills back up again as he hits a steeper section. His launch seems in question, but suddenly O’Neal is airborne, hovering over the mountainside, soaring and dipping over trees and rocks, and then finally making a smooth landing on Quail Lake. “I can’t believe he made that work,” Bryan says.
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Welcome to the sport of speedflying. A combination of skiing and paragliding, speedflying started in France Who says you can’t slalom the tops of trees? Kyle O’Neal rails a hard in the 1970s and left around a 100-foot-tall tree while speedflying down Homewood’s Quail Face. only recently made its way to plane or off of a cliff, the sport is not for the United States canopy novices. Pilots can get 400 feet and Tahoe. Unlike other air sports, off the ground and travel up to 40 miles speedflying uses a smaller and lighter per hour. Boyle estimates that there are canopy, doesn’t require a plane or helionly around a dozen people in Tahoe copter, and its purpose is to fly the conwho have taken up speedflying. tour of the mountain rather than freefall. Not only do athletes get airborne “If you don’t know what you’re doin speedflying, but they can also touch ing, you can kill yourself as fast as you down and ski close-out lines or parts could BASE jumping or getting drunk of the mountain that are normally not and driving 100 miles per hour down accessible to skiers. Because the canopy, the road,” said Bryan, 41, who lives in or speed wing, is open before launching, Squaw Valley. “You need landing skills, the sport doesn’t require careful packparachute time, and you need to be a ing of the chute, enabling athletes to pretty good skier too.” quickly get up and go after landing for another lap up the mountain. Bryan has all of the above. A found“It’s the equivalent of driving a school bus versus a sports car,” said O’Neal, comparing BASE jumping to speedflying. While speedflying may not give you the intense sensation of falling out of a
ing member of the Red Bull Air Force, Bryan has 14,000 skydives and 1,000 BASE jumps under his belt and is part of the Nevada Sports Flyers Club. Back in the mid-’90s, before speedflying was even a word in the U.S., he was doing bladerunning competi>>> Tahoe/Truckee Independent Media Source
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a plane to navigate in and out of gates using his parachute while flying 10 feet off the ground, a sort of precursor to speedflying. But at this moment, Bryan is worried about their take-off zone at Homewood. The cat track in the middle of the runway is depressurizing their speed wings. “Speed is your friend and there is not much speed there,” he says after a failed launch similar to Boyle’s. His white Red Bull canopy is slung over his shoulder as he makes his way back up the hill to the runway’s starting point. “I guess I’ll give it another shot,” he says, sweating from the climb, his skis pointed down hill, ready to go. “I’m waiting for a little bit of wind.” “Oh, fuck it.” With that, Bryan skis down the slope and sails off the mountainside, swooping and turning down to Quail Lake. The entire flight takes 30 seconds. After Bryan lands and packs up his canopy, the boys are off for another lap. With Homewood’s slow lifts and traversing, it takes around 45 minutes to get back to Quail Ridge, but on snowmobiles in the Mt. Rose backcountry Boyle said they can do a lap in five minutes. Last year, when Alpine Meadows let Bryan and a few others fly off the backside, they were doing 20 flights a day. To Bryan’s knowledge, those were the first speedflights in Tahoe. “There are very minimal options for BASE jumping in the Basin, but you can do [speedflying] laps all day,” said O’Neal, 29, a Tahoe local who’s been skydiving and BASE jumping for the last eight years and just picked up speedflying this winter. “It’s another sport that’s
Chris Boyle makes the massive hangtime look casual as he enjoys the view from a speedflying lap down Homewood’s Quail Face.
easily accessible at home, and you can do it on a regular basis. I wouldn’t say it’s safe, but you can do it all day long.”
skis are touching the ground. He sees speedflying, and speedriding, as the future of extreme skiing.
a wing suit was a big objective.”
It also helps that you can just grab and go after you land, crumpling up the canopy in your backpack or stuffing it under your arms. With BASE jumping, by comparison, it takes 30 minutes to carefully repack the chute, which is about twice the size of a speedwing.
“The more I get to know speedflying and learn its potential, it’s a really incredible tool for the big mountain arena, from making ski cuts to linking lines in the safest line possible,” Holmes said. “It’s the next really fun thing to do — combining air sports and land sports. It’s like at one point when skiing off a cliff with
“The goal is just to have a smile,” he says as he relaxes in the sun by Quail Lake after his second flight, “which pretty much isn’t hard to do.”
“Speedwings are designed to be flown fast down the mountain,” said Boyle, 34, a Truckee resident who started speedflying in Alaska last year. “BASE jumping canopies are designed to have a proper opening and an easier, more nimble landing.” One of the world’s top BASE jumpers and Squaw local J.T. Holmes recently discovered speedflying. In February, Holmes traveled to France and Switzerland — the speedflying mecca — to work on his skills. He wants to get good at speedflying so he can perfect speedriding — the part of the sport when your
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Hervir los tomatillos y los pimientos serranos. Luego mezclarlos con un poco del agua que se utilizó para hervir. Agregar sal y especias. Por último, agregar vinagre, cilantro, y cebollas.
Guacamole and chips, from Diego’s. Photo by Julie Brown/Moonshine Ink
Mix avocados first, then add the rest of the ingredients.
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El Restaurante Mexicano Las Panchitas en Kings Beach ha utilizado las conocidas y experimentadas recetas desde que abrió en 1982. Su dueño Alex Brambila compartió con Moonshine Ink el secreto que se esconde detrás de su salsa de tomatillos.
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Diego’s owner Ana Martinez doesn’t cook from a recipe book. Everything’s in her head, and most of it, especially guacamole, is second nature. So when I asked her for a guac recipe, she recited it right then and there. And said, “That’s it.” Simple as that. But dang, it’s delicious.
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Pam Houston’s New Wanderlust Novel ranch in Colorado and her A reader just starting Pam home in Davis, where she Houston’s latest novel, “Conteaches creative writing. tents May Have Shifted,” might This novel is very sense the book as anmuch autoother typical example biographical. Not of chick lit, the kind only is the protagthat’s rich in clichés as onist named Pam, the protagonist travels but Houston also the world in search lives on a ranch of self, all the while outside of Denver displaying her fragile and teaches writrelationships, as she ing at UC Davis. rides camels, climbs Book it! By Eve Quesnel Within her travglaciers, and soaks in els, narrator Pam exquisite spas. The describes the most imporreader might think, “Oh, here tant people in her life — her we go again, the whole ‘Eat, girlfriends, her lovers Ethan, Pray, Love’ thing.” But that then Rick, her stepdaughter, reader would be wrong. Book cover, published by W.W. Norton and of course, dogs. No and Company, 2012. Courtesy image “Contents” is anything but work of Houston’s would typical. While an emerging be complete without dogs. wet winter in California. No middle-ager does travel the Irish wolfhounds always make place on earth more beautiful.” world and reflect on love, the their way into Houston’s stories, novel avoids the usual “woman Pam — both the character and and in this book, there’s a whole finds solace in the end” theme. the author, as a keen observer set of sled dogs. In “Contents,” Instead, Houston, who also and deep thinker — scrutishe confronts heartbreak and wrote “Cowboys Are My nizes the world, carefully. She jealousy, recounts the wonders Weakness,” strives to keep translates everything she sees, of different cultures, and praises things honest: “These days Rick feels, hears, and touches into nature’s extraordinary beauty. wonders (aloud) if I will ever beautiful, bite-sized prose.
“I have spent my life trying to understand the way this rock and this ache go together, why a granite peak is more dramatic half dressed in clouds (like a woman), why sunlight under fog is better than the sum of its parts, why my best days and my worst days are always the same days, why (often) leaving seems like the only solution to the predicament of loving (each other) the world.” ~ Pam Houston, “Contents May Have Shifted” grow up enough to realize that everything I’m searching for on the other side of the world I could find just as well at my own kitchen table. ‘Maybe someday,’ I say cheerfully, ‘except that I can’t.’” Not only is “Contents” atypical in its storyline, it’s also not ordinary in design. With more than a hundred short vignettes, each two to three pages long, “Contents” reads more like brief adventures intermingled with meditations. The protagonist travels abroad to Bhutan, Argentina, Laos, Jamaica, Tibet, Mexico, Newfoundland, and other countries, but also comes home to her 40
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Reading Houston’s latest novel might make you want to pay attention to things more closely (and travel!). It also might inspire you to grab a journal and pen and write about what you experience; arrange short vignettes, add some crumbs of philosophical random questions and conclusions, and Pam Houston has inspired another writer. Subliminally, I suppose, she is always teaching. ~ Check out a review written by Eve Quesnel for Moonshine Ink’s May 2005 edition on another Pam Houston novel, “Sight Hound,” at moonshineink.com. Search “Having a Word with the Animals.” Comment on this column online, visit moonshineink.com.
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La primavera está en su máxima expresión en los pasillos de Truckee Elementary donde la artista local Sara Smith pinta diligentemente lagos, ríos, árboles danzantes, rocas sonrientes, y citas reflexivas. Cuando te detengas a mirar este mural, asegúrate de estar cerca. Smith está incorporando dibujos de insectos, salmón, pájaros, y más en medio de la exuberante vegetación y de los fluidos arroyos.
proceso del arte. Una pregunta que le hacen a Smith es: “¿Por qué las rocas tienen cara?” Ante la cual, Smith responde: “Cuando salen a caminar, ¿alguna vez pensaron que todo lo que nos rodea tiene vida? Las rocas son más viejas que todos nosotros.”
Smith es una “artista residente,” que trabaja durante la jornada escolar de los niños, lo cual le da a los niños la oportunidad de ver el desarrollo del arte, hacer preguntas, y aprender mucho sobre el
Katie Flynn y Alex Herrara, co-presidentes de la Organización de Padres y Profesores (PTO, según sus siglas en inglés) de Truckee Elementary, contrataron a Smith en febrero según la visión del colegio de volverse más “verde.” La PTO ha respaldado el mural, incluso
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a los padres voluntarios involucrados en la organización: Makaela Lamperti, Amy Kylber, Amy Easterbrook, Tyana Torres, Amber Pierce, y Anne Jacobsen. Easterbrook Painting, Contract Painting, y Scott Edmondson Painting volvieron a pintar las paredes de la escuela antes de comenzar con el mural, y RenoTruckee Paint Mart donó la pintura de la base. Los murales deberían estar terminados para el Día de la Tierra. Ver los murales el 26 de abril en la casa abierta de la escuela o en el sitio web de Sara Smith en saralsmith.com. ~ Emily Dettling/Moonshine Ink
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En los murales de Truckee Elementary, Sara Smith incorpora casi 300 dibujos que los alumnos han hecho de la naturaleza. Sara Smith is incorporating nearly 300 student drawings of nature into her murals at Truckee Elementary. Photos by Emily Dettling/ Moonshine Ink
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Many of the Truckee Elementary school walls have been transformed to lush landscapes of trees, flowers, streams, and smiling rocks. Sara Smith is painting the murals, but many volunteers have also had their hands in the project.
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Muchas de las paredes de la escuela Truckee Elementary han sido transformadas en vegetación exuberante con árboles, flores, arroyos, y rocas con sonrisas pintadas. Sara Smith pinta los murales, pero muchos voluntarios también han participado del proyecto.
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Spring is in full effect in the halls of Truckee Elementary where local artist Sara Smith is diligently painting lakes, rivers, dancing trees, smiling rocks, and thoughtful quotes. When you stop to take a look at this mural, be sure to get up close. Smith is incorporating student drawings of insects, salmon, birds, and more into the lush greenery and flowing streams. Smith is an “artist in residence,” working throughout the children’s school days, which provides students the opportunity to watch the artwork develop, ask ques-
tions, and learn a great deal about the process of art. One question that Smith gets asked is “Why are there faces in the rocks?” “When you are hiking have you ever felt that everything around you is alive?” Smith responds. “Rocks are older than all of us.”
including organizing parent volunteers Makaela Lamperti, Amy Kylber, Amy Easterbrook, Tyana Torres, Amber Pierce, and Anne Jacobsen. Easterbrook Painting, Contract Painting, and Scott Edmondson Painting repainted the school walls before the mural began, and Reno-Truckee Paint Mart donated the base paint.
Katie Flynn and Alex Herrara, copresidents of the PTO of Truckee Elementary, hired Smith in February in accordance with the school’s vision of becoming more “green.” The PTO has supported the mural,
The murals should be completed by Earth Day. View the murals on April 26 at the school’s open house or on Sara Smith’s website at saralsmith. com. ~ Emily Dettling/ Moonshine Ink
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DJ Nomad every Tuesday, 10pm, Truckee, (530) 582-9219
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Director Jennifer Siebel Newsom speaking with high school senior Devanshi Patel in “Miss Representation.” Courtesy photo
On June 4, 1919, the United States Congress passed the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, granting women the right to vote. A huge leap forward for the female population, and yet today, not quite 100 years later, women are still under represented in positions of leadership and influence. The film, “Miss Representation,” written and directed by Jennifer Siebel Newsom, unveils the truth about how women are portrayed in the media, and the consequences of such messages.
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“Like drawing back a curtain to let a bright light stream in, ‘Miss Representation’ uncovers a glaring reality we live with everyday but fail to see,” according to MissRepresentation.org. “The film challenges the media’s limited and often disparaging portrayals of women and girls, which make it difficult for women to achieve leadership positions and for the average woman to feel powerful herself.”
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The film, which premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, presents some stark figures. According to MissRepresentation.org, women hold only 3 percent of clout positions in the mainstream media. Women comprise 7 percent of directors and 13 percent of film writers in the top 250 grossing films. The United States is 90th in the world in terms of women in national legislatures. Women are 3 percent of Fortune 500 CEOs. About a quarter of girls will experience teen dating violence. Some 65 percent of American women and girls report having eating disorders. By exposing these figures and this reality, the filmmakers hope to spark change and progress. The movie has reached more than a million people across the globe, including Truckee mom and president of Parents for Public Schools Leisa Peterson, who saw the documentary at the Queen of Hearts Luncheon in February. After seeing the film, Peterson said, “I felt like, wow, things
are not only not getting better, they’re getting worse. And what does that mean for my children? And why is this happening? … But when you bring awareness to something, it shifts everything.” Peterson and Parents for Public Schools, a local chapter of a national nonprofit aimed to increase parent involvement in their child’s school and curriculum, are hosting two screenings of the film, one at each high school in the district. (The Truckee High School presentation was held before press time). At the screening, there will be a panel to promote discussion after the film. “I’m curious to hear from kids who have just seen the movie,” said Peterson, whose daughter is a freshman at Truckee High School. “The panel gets the audience talking. It gets people standing up and saying this is wrong … These are the things I want to do differently for my children.” ~ Julie Brown/ Moonshine Ink
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Third Hand String Band
Folk, 9pm, Moody’s Bistro and Lounge, Truckee, (530) 587-8688, moodysbistro.com
Lo Fi 13
Live electronica, 10pm, free Crown Room show, after party featuring Project Aspect and Hamm FM, Crystal Bay Club Casino, Crystal Bay, (775) 833-6333, crystalbayclubcasino.com
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Stardust Cowboys present a Tribute to Bob Wills
Cali Swag District
Western, 2pm and 7pm, tickets $15/general admission, Center for the Arts, Grass Valley, (530) 2748384, thecenterforthearts.org
The Rose Ensemble
Sounds of diverse cultures, 2pm, tickets $24, Seventh Day Adventist Church, Grass Valley, inconcertsierra.org
A Night of Chaos
Featuring Pain Clinic, Blasphemous Creation, and more, doors 7pm, show 8pm, tickets $6, the Knitting Factory, Reno, (775) 323-5648, re.knittingfactory.com
Tuesday April 17
Traffic Light Party
See Get Out & Go
Featuring DJ Jessica the Ripper, 10pm, tickets $12, CommRow, Reno, (775) 398-5400, commrow.com
Fishtank Ensemble
American gypsy band, 8:30pm, tickets $18/advance, $20/door, St. Joseph’s Cultural Center, Grass Valley, (530) 272-4725
Lil Miss Mixer and Smasheltooth Electronic, 11pm, free Red Room show, Crystal Bay Club Casino, Crystal Bay, (775) 833-6333, crystalbayclubcasino.com
Florence and the Machine
Soaring vocals, 7:30pm, tickets start at $35, Grand Sierra Resort, Reno, (800) 501-2651, grandsierraresort.com
Thursday April 19
Lil Miss Mixer
Martha Simon and the Man Fellas
(See Get Out & Go) Dubstep, 10pm, Wurk, Reno, (775) 329-9444
R&B, 8pm, Moody’s Bistro and Lounge, Truckee, (530) 587-8688, moodysbistro.com
Sil Shoda
Splitrock 128
Rock, 10pm, cover depends on attitude, Pastime Club, Truckee, (530) 582-9219
Steve Kershisnik Group
Jazz, 9pm, Moody’s Bistro and Lounge, Truckee, (530) 587-8688, moodysbistro.com
Jeff Jones
Rock, 3pm, Village Après Music Series, Squaw Valley USA, (530) 583-6985, squaw.com
Terraplane
Featuring Jason Wooley, Bob French, and Peter Gerdin, 7pm, Cottonwood Restaurant, Truckee, (530) 587-5711, cottonwoodrestaurant.com
Sierra Nevada College Concert Choir
Presents “Paradise Lost,” a musical adaptation of John Milton’s epic poem, 7pm, tickets $12/advance, $15/door, $10/students and seniors, St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church, Incline Village, (775) 881-7586
Classic rock and metal, 10pm, Fat Cat Café, Tahoe City, (530) 583-3355
Friday April 20
DJ Gerry B
Hip hop, 10pm, cover depends on attitude, Pastime Club, Truckee, (530) 582-9219
Hip hop and electro, 9pm, Lakeside Pizza, Tahoe City, (530) 583-2000, lakesidetahoecity.com
The Mother Hips with Brokedown in Bakersfield
Rock, 9pm, tickets $17/advance, $20/door, after party featuring He’s My Brother, She’s My Sister, Crystal Bay Club Casino, Crystal Bay, (775) 833-6333, crystalbayclubcasino.com
Dieselboy
Drum ’n‘ bass DJ, doors 7pm, show 8pm, tickets start at $17, the Knitting Factory, Reno, (775) 323-5648, re.knittingfactory.com
The Black Rose Phantoms, Los Pistoleros, the Flesh Hammers, and more
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JJ Von Briesen
Cottonwood debut of this uber-talented songwriter, 7pm, Cottonwood Restaurant, Truckee, (530) 5875711, cottonwoodrestaurant.com
Forget the Roses
Up-tempo Americana and alt-country, 9pm, Moody’s Bistro and Lounge, Truckee, (530) 587-8688, moodysbistro.com
Casual Dogs
Greatful Dead tribute, 10pm, Fat Cat Café, Tahoe City, (530) 583-3355
DJ Tre Tuna
Punk and rock, 9pm, tickets $8, the Underground, Reno, (775) 786-2582, renounderground.com
Hip hop, house, electro, and breaks, 9pm, Lakeside Pizza, Tahoe City, (530) 583-2000, lakesidetahoecity. com
Chris Payne and DJ Max
Shotgun Wedding Quintet
Droppin’ rockin’ beats, 8pm, CommRow, Reno, (775) 398-5400, commrow.com
Viva Brasil! The Berkeley Choro Ensemble
Bossa nova and jazz, 7:30pm, tickets $25/general admission, Center for the Arts, Grass Valley, (530) 2748384, thecenterforthearts.org
Lisa Loeb
Hip hop, 9pm, tickets $15/advance, $18/door, CommRow, Reno, (775) 398-5400, commrow.com
It’s 4.20 Man!
Featuring Jahzilla, Los Pistoleros, FBC, Up Rising, doors 7pm, show 8pm, tickets $6, the Knitting Factory, Reno, (775) 323-5648, re.knittingfactory.com
Mojo Green and Black Rock City Allstars Funk, hip hop, reggae, 9pm, tickets $5, the Underground, Reno, (775) 786-2582, renounderground.com
Charlie Musselwhite and Coco Montoya
Jazz mafia, 10pm, free Red Room show, Crystal Bay Club Casino, Crystal Bay, (775) 833-6333, crystalbayclubcasino.com
Lotus, Eksmo, Lynx
Electronic, doors 7pm, show 8pm, tickets $28/ advance, $32/door, after party featuring Minnesota, Love & Light at Blu Nightclub, MontBleu Resort,
Pop and folk rock, 7:30pm, tickets $25/general admission, Center for the Arts, Grass Valley, (530) 2748384, thecenterforthearts.org
Tuesday April 24 Russ Liquid and Zeb Early
Electronic, 11pm, free Red Room show, Crystal Bay Club Casino, Crystal Bay, (775) 833-6333, crystalbayclubcasino.com
Blues, 8pm, tickets $25, Center for the Arts, Grass Valley, (530) 274-8384, thecenterforthearts.org
Wednesday April 25
Dennis Kamakahi and Stephen Inglis
(See Get Out & Go)
Greensky Bluegrass with Grant Farm
Hawaiian tunes, 7:30pm, tickets $20, St. Joseph’s Cultural Center, Grass Valley, (530) 272-4725
Bluegrass, 9pm, tickets $12/advance, $15/door, Crystal Bay Club Casino, Crystal Bay, (775) 833-6333, crystalbayclubcasino.com
Saturday April 21
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Country and rock, 10pm, cover depends on attitude, Pastime Club, Truckee, (530) 582-9219
Shotgun Wedding Quintet
Jazz mafia, 9pm, Moody’s Bistro and Lounge, Truckee, (530) 587-8688, moodysbistro.com
Truckee Tahoe Community Chorus
Celebration concert, 7pm, tickets $15, the Resort at Squaw Creek, Olympic Valley, (530) 550-1091, singttcc. org
Ten Mile Tide
Earth Day celebration, 3pm, Village Après Music Series, Squaw Valley USA, (530) 583-6985, squaw.com
DJ Paul
Hip hop, reggae, rock, 10pm, Fat Cat Café, Tahoe City, (530) 583-3355
Charlie Musselwhite and Coco Montoya
Blues summit, 9pm, seated show in the Crown Room, late night show with Knowa Knowone and PSRN at the Red Room, Crystal Bay Club Casino, Crystal Bay, (775) 833-6333, crystalbayclubcasino.com
Sierra Nevada College Concert Choir
Presents “Paradise Lost,” a musical adaptation of John Milton’s epic poem, 7pm, tickets $12/advance, $15/door, $10/students and seniors, St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church, Incline Village, (775) 881-7586
Courtesy Call
Rock, doors 7pm, show 8pm, tickets $6, the Knitting Factory, Reno, (775) 323-5648, re.knittingfactory.com
Troubadour Camp
Folk, 8pm, tickets $12/general admission, Center for the Arts, Grass Valley, (530) 274-8384, thecenterforthearts.org
Alternative, 8pm, tickets start at $45, Grand Sierra Resort, Reno, (800) 501-2651, grandsierraresort.com
Zeds Dead
Electronic, doors 7pm, show 8pm, tickets start at $24, the Knitting Factory, Reno, (775) 323-5648, re.knittingfactory.com
Thursday April 26 Lee Coulter
Rock, 7pm, Cottonwood Restaurant, Truckee, (530) 587-5711, cottonwoodrestaurant.com
Quartet Minus One
Jazz, funk, and reggae, 8pm, Moody’s Bistro and Lounge, Truckee, (530) 587-8688, moodysbistro.com
Yo Yo Ma and Kathryn Stott with the Assad Brothers
15 Grammy Awards-winning musician, 8pm, tickets start at $60, Grand Sierra Resort, Reno, (800) 501-2651, grandsierraresort.com
Delta November
Funk, 8pm, tickets $8, the Underground, Reno, (775) 786-2582, renounderground.com
Chris Isaak
Beyond the Sun tour, 7:30pm, tickets $75/general admission, Veterans Memorial Auditorium, Center for the Arts, Grass Valley, (530) 274-8384, thecenterforthearts.org
Friday April 27 JJ Von Breisen
Soulful rock, 10pm, cover depends on attitude, Pastime Club, Truckee, (530) 582-9219
Whiskey In My Pocket
Sunday April 22 Truckee Tahoe Community Chorus
Celebration concert, 2pm, tickets $15, the Resort at Squaw Creek, Olympic Valley, (530) 550-1091, singttcc.org
Rusko
Yosemite pickers head north, 7pm, Cottonwood Restaurant, Truckee, (530) 587-5711, cottonwoodrestaurant.com
Ben Wendel Quintet
Jazz, 9pm, Moody’s Bistro and Lounge, Truckee, (530) 587-8688, moodysbistro.com
Dubstep, doors 7pm, show 8pm, tickets start at $29, the Knitting Factory, Reno, (775) 323-5648, re.knittingfactory.com
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Lil Miss Mixer GET OUT GO Saturday April 14, Wurk; Tuesday April 17, Crystal Bay Club Casino &
Standing at 4’11”, Samantha Rawlings, “Lil Miss Mixer,” drops huge beats. Courtesy photos
Don’t be fooled by her petite frame. Samantha Rawlings, “Lil Miss Mixer,” can drop beats big enough to stop any crowd. “There’s a lot of BOOM in this 4’11” blonde that quickly caught the attention of the crowd when she walked on stage and stepped on an empty milk crate to greet the eagerly awaiting mass of people,” according to Rawlings’ bio. “A sexy female voice comes over the speakers and everyone in the club begins to make their way to the stage.” Rawlings, who lives on Tahoe’s West Shore, says she loves to
dance, and that’s what drew her to the DJ scene. She started spinning records in November 2009 at home. Rawlings loves the hard rock element of dubstep, but she plays it off soaring female vocals to create a truly sensual sound. It wasn’t long before her friends took notice and encouraged her to start playing in front of live audiences. After performing her first live show in January 2010, Rawlings was dubbed Lil Miss Mixer. Performing mixes live was addicting enough to motivate Rawlings to start saving and invest in her own equipment, a move that set her up to become
one of the top female DJs in Tahoe, Reno, and Northern California. Look for Lil Miss Mixer, wearing her signature hats embellished with feathers and lace, hopping along the festival circuit throughout California and Nevada this summer.
Moonshine Ink: What about dubstep appealed most to you? Samantha Rawlings: I always really loved dancing. I grew up listening to rock music — Tool, Deftones — and that’s the stuff that always appealed to me. Dubstep is the rock of electronic music, so I was always
drawn to that. And I fell in love with hip hop when I fell in love with dubstep.
MI: You also drop a lot of female vocals into your mixes. Why? SR: It’s possible because I’m a chick and I just like them. But they’re really beautiful and really seductive. They have a strong vocal line that will grab your attention and a strong bass line that’s really captivating.
so far? SR: I had all these little goals of places I wanted to play and people I wanted to play with. I wanted to play in South Lake before Reno, and it actually went the other way around. I wanted to play at the Bounce Festival, and I got to do that [last year]. And I wanted to pay in San Francisco, which I did last week. I think just playing more festivals and larger venues is my goal. ~ Julie Brown/Moonshine Ink
MI: Do you have any breakthrough moments that stand out in your music career
Info: Saturday April 14, 11pm, Wurk, Reno, (775) 329-9444; Tuesday April 17, with Smasheltooth, 11pm, free Red Room show, Crystal Bay Club Casino, Crystal Bay, (775) 833-6333, crystalbayclubcasino.com; listen to Lil Miss Mixer on Soundcloud at soundcloud.com/lilmissmixer
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Hip hop, electro, and club favorites, 9pm, Lakeside Pizza, Tahoe City, (530) 583-2000, lakesidetahoecity.com
Keyser Soze with Boss 501
Reggae and ska, 9pm, free Crown Room show, after party in the Red Room with DJ Arson, Crystal Bay Club Casino, Crystal Bay, (775) 833-6333, crystalbayclubcasino.com
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Experimental and instrumental hip hop, doors 8pm, show 9pm, tickets $22/advance, $46/ VIP, the Knitting Factory, Reno, (775) 323-5648, re.knittingfactory.com
Ill.Gates
Electro house, 8pm, tickets $12, CommRow, Reno, (775) 398-5400, commrow.com
Rock and jam, 10pm, cover depends on attitude, Pastime Club, Truckee, (530) 582-9219
Ben Wendel Quintet
Jazz, 9pm, Moody’s Bistro and Lounge, Truckee, (530) 587-8688, moodysbistro.com
Tuck Wilson
Songs you know by heart, 7pm, Cottonwood Restaurant, Truckee, (530) 587-5711, cottonwoodrestaurant.com
Pajama Party with DJ micah j and Juliette
Breaks, electro, 10pm, Lakeside Pizza, Tahoe City, (530) 583-2000, lakesidetahoecity.com
Terraplane
Rock and metal, 10pm, Fat Cat Café, Tahoe City, (530) 583-3355
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Rock, 3pm, Village Après Music Series, Squaw Valley USA, (530) 583-6985, squaw.com
Metal Shop
Hair band tribute, 9pm, free Crown Room show, after party in the Red Room with Freecrush, Crystal Bay Club Casino, Crystal Bay, (775) 833-6333, crystalbayclubcasino.com
Y&T
’70s hard rock, doors 7pm, show 8pm, tickets start at $19.50, the Knitting Factory, Reno, (775) 323-5648, re.knittingfactory.com
Jerrod Niemann
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Rupa and the April Fishes
Cinco de Mayo dance party, 8pm, tickets $18/general admission, Center for the Arts, Grass Valley, (530) 2748384, thecenterforthearts.org
Wednesday May 9 Deer Tick
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Mastodon and Opeth
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Sunday April 29 Rene Izquierdo and Elina Chekan
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Film “Il Divo”
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“Miss Representation”
Thursday May 3 MarchFourth Marching Band
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Rosanne Cash Duo with John Leventhal
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H.G. Wells versus Jack the Ripper, 7pm, tickets $7, Artemisia Moviehouse, Reno, artemisiamovies.org
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This five-piece bluegrass group is also about rock and jamming. See them at the Crystal Bay Club Casino this month. Courtesy photo
What’s the opposite of bluegrass? Green sky.
right to us,” said mandolin player Paul Hoffman.
Greensky Bluegrass is a fivepiece band that plays traditional bluegrass instruments and uses them to create original songs and soundscapes that are reminiscent of ’70s-era Americana acts like The Band, although Greensky would prefer not to be compared to any other bands.
Sitting under the umbrella of the bluegrass genre, Greensky Bluegrass also dips into other genres, exploring with rock and roll and breaking out into jam sessions.
“We really just try to make music as a group that sounds and feels
“We are as likely to play a three-minute song as we are a 10-minute song on any given night,” said dobro player Anders Beck. “And I think that keeps it
Greensky Bluegrass, which is Hoffman, Beck, Michael Arlen Bont (banjo), Dave Bruzza (guitar), and Mike Devol (upright bass), is touring in support of its recently released fourth album, “Five Interstates.” The album features 12 original tracks and one traditional bluegrass song, and showcases the band’s songwriting and playing talents. ~ Moonshine Ink staff report
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Planting the Seeds of Prosperity Taurus (April 20–May 20) This is
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The Sun enters into Taurus on April 19. This fixed-earth sign rules money, wealth, and abundance. It is the best time of year to put attention on improving our financial situation. The inherent creativity of Taurus supports new plans and enterprises that can expand our overall prosperity. Our endeavors should be well thought out and practical. Even though the overall economy is still struggling and opportunity appears to be limited, the current times support new directions and innovations. Traditionally, difficult economic times result in more inventiveness and creativity than normal times. This is supported now.
Aries (March 21–April 19) There is
a strong energy for creativity and self-improvement. Opportunities in your career and profession are emphasized. There is support for improving your work ethic. Devotion to your work and service to others can result in increased success. Your heart and soul need to be invested. Harness that drive and improve yourself.
your month to shine. You feel a strong drive to improve yourself. There is a strong social influence that you should take advantage of. Friends, family, and partners can be important sources of support. Benefactors and mentors who are positive influences can be met in social situations.
Gemini (May 21– June 21) Experience a
beautiful balancing of mind and heart. Your emotional side is more prominent this month and can be very fulfilling. When you open your mind and heart, your creativity will be expanded. This can be applied to your work and career. New ideas motivate you into action to realize greater expressions of your potential.
Cancer (June 22–July 22) You have
an excellent opportunity to improve your financial situation. Your feelings are elevated. You want to reach out, embrace, and help everyone. The more you give, the more you will receive.
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tions can set the stage for you to shine. Your involvement with friends, groups, and community can bring out the best in you. You have a sensitivity and refinement that people will see and be attracted to.
Virgo (Aug. 23– Sept. 22) You want to
move forward with your life, but you are somewhat confused as to which direction is the correct one. Conflict with partners and coworkers can make decisions difficult. Don’t be impulsive or rash. Stay calm. Your inherent ability to analyze situations will show you the right way to go.
Libra (Sept. 23– Oct. 23) You may feel
somewhat blocked in terms of moving ahead. This is temporary. It’s a good time to pause and take stock of your situation. Something needs to change in order for you to move ahead. There is plenty of support for you for positive change. Life wants to move you into greater happiness.
Scorpio (Oct. 24–Nov. 21) It is
a good time for springcleaning, both within and outside of you. Clean up the clutter and let go of the old so that you can move ahead. There is a new sense of self that is unfolding. You feel driven to improve your life. Now is the right time. There can be some conflicts surrounding work that must be dealt with. You can do it.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22–Dec. 21) Self-improvement in
your work is supported now. There are multiple opportunities that you can take advantage of. It can be very fulfilling. Reach out to others, speak your mind, and you will experience success. There are also opportunities in relationships and social situations that can be of benefit to you.
Capricorn (Dec. 22–Jan. 19) Partner-
ships are the focus for you. There are opportunities for personal growth. Family and children need to be included in your attention. You have some responsibilities here that need to be attended to. Even with these challenges, it is also important
that you lighten up and have fun. Do some things that bring joy to your life.
Aquarius (Jan. 20–Feb. 18) Career
improvement should be your focus now. There are things that have held you back that must be let go. You are capable of much more than you think. Let go of the fear of success or failure and be bold. It is a highly creative time for you, so give expression to it in your work and you will be rewarded.
Pisces (Feb. 19–March 20)
Your innate compassion and idealism want to find expression through your career. This can be somewhat challenging since we live in such a materialistic, utilitarian society. But you know how to do it. Open up your heart and show your true colors and you will be pleasantly surprised at the result. ~ Robert Ayres is a Truckee resident and internationally known astrologer with over 40 years of experience. This month’s horoscope is cast specifically for the Truckee/Tahoe area. Contact him for personal consultations at astrologicalalchemy.com. Comment on this column online, visit moonshineink.com.
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‘Ursus Among Us’ This is a call to artists for May at North Tahoe Arts. This exhibit is a collaborative effort between
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