Benefit Bash coming up! Get Your Dancin' Shoes On!

The 14th Annual Benefit Bash is this Saturday night, at Alpine Meadows Lodge. This event is one of Disabled Sports' biggest fundraisers, and is a blast for all who participate. Entertainment this year is brazilian band, Sambada. Tickets are $55 in advance or $60 at the door and include fine wine and microbrew tasting, buffet dinner, silent auction and mystery raffle. For more information, or to purchase tickets, go HERE. The night starts at 7:00, with doors opening at

6 pm, and goes until 10:00 pm. Come support one of Tahoe's neatest organizations, and bring a friend! See you on Saturday!

Dinner with the Nations provides outreach

If you live or visit Lake Tahoe or Truckee during the winter time, the sight of kids trying to hitch a ride on the side of the road is a common one. If you have ever stopped to help, you will often find these young adults are from Argentina, or Chili, or maybe even New Zealand. Every year a new batch appears in our towns, looking for housing, usually already set up with work, and buying up the cheapest cars for sale to help them get through our harsh winters. But have you ever gone beyond the occasional lift, and delved deeper into who these young men and women are? Well, Beverly Schnobrich thought about it, and after giving numerous rides, decided to start asking these people to dinner. With more dinners, a plan was hatched between Beverly, Pastor Wayne Hoag and the deacons of Sierra Bible Church to provide a weekly dinner prepared just for our international workforce. And so ensued The Dinner with the Nations, an ever growing event that has served over 100 people at a time a plentiful meal, friendship, and thankfullness for their service to our community, no matter how short. To read more about this amazing ministry, check out Dinner with the Nations.

Squaw's Spring Pass is Now Available!

Squaw Valley USA is offering a Spring Pass this season, for $179 per passholder. This pass is valid from March 30, 2008 everyday (including weekends) through the end of the season, and the amount may be applied to next years' full season pass. The Spring Pass also allows a passholder access to the Lagoon and Spa at High Camp without charge. What a great gift for a client or dear friend/family member! Go to http://www.squaw.com/ to download the order form or pay online! Rock on, Squallywood!

Statewide MLS approved, Tahoe Sierra Board not "on board" yet!

The C.A.R. (California Association of Realtors) Board of Directors has approved the establishment of a statewide MLS. The hybrid multiple listing service for California (the “California MLS”) will be owned and operated by C.A.R. The next step is to determine which local associations and regions MLSs are ready to move forward in this effort. C.A.R. has already collected statements of intent from the local associations and regional MLSs who wish to participate. The Tahoe Sierra Multiple Listing Service DID NOT sign a letter of intent and is taking a “watch’ position at this time. Stay tuned for further updates as the year progresses!

Truckee's Winter History is Rich

Considered by many to be the birthplace of the winter sports industry, Truckee's Hilltop and surrounding areas were once hosts to activities such as ski-jumping, tobagganing, dog-sledding, ice skating and cross-country skiing during various special events like "The Fiesta of the Snows" and The Great Truckee Winter Carnival. Designed to counter-act the economic repercussions of a diminishing lumber industry (Truckee's primary industry) in the late 1800s, town leaders brilliantly realized other options to bring the town together economically, with the first Ice Palace constructed in 1895 in the heart of downtown Truckee, followed in 1909 and 1910 with the Winter Carnival showcasing ski jumping exhibitions and the revolutionary steam powered toboggan lift. More people started to participate in winter sports on a weekly basis, and the events grew to such popularity that the Truckee Chamber of Commerce took over the winter operations in 1912. By 1913 an average of 700 people attended the weekend winter carnival. Not too shabby for a town with a population of 2000! To learn more about Truckee's wild beginnings and revel in our rich history, check out http://www.truckeehistory.org/.

Tahoe Donner Home for Sale!

I am selling a wonderful second home/investment property or first home in the Tahoe Donner community. Priced at $415,000, this 3 bedroom, 2 bath home with 1 car garage has seen plenty of updates over the past 6 years, including:

30 year comp roof

Low-E windows

Bamboo Flooring

Slate Tile

bathroom vanity and lighting updates

Recessed lighting in kitchen and living room

Newer fridge, range, microwave and dryer

Interior/Exterior paint

deck

2,000 square feet of irrigated lawn and landscaping (front and back)

Rental history too! For more information, go to: http://www.katiebentyhomes.com/