Today's Meeting Review!

President Paula opened our meeting.

Our invocation was ready by Past President Nancy on behalf of Lydia. Reminding us that every season can be the best season if we care to look at it that way. Every moment is unique and it is up to us to look for the beauty, even during the hardest of times.

We welcomed members who joined us by Zoom this morning. This is a wonderful option on days you may be out of town, under the weather, or simply aren’t able to make it to the meeting in person.  Www.sitszoom.com

Sunshine goes out to the family and friends of beloved teacher Barbara Cloutier who passed away recently. Barbara taught at STMS for many years and was an inspiration to her coworkers and her students. More sunshine needed for our dear SITSters Lydia and Janna ..our hearts go out to you both. Love and wishes for a speedy recovery to Tina as well.

Our Speaker Today

Heather Segale - Education and Outreach Director - UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center.

Heather is responsible for providing the intellectual and administrative leadership in the education and outreach component of the mission for TERC. Segale manages the Tahoe Science Center (Incline Village) and Eriksson Education Center (Tahoe City), develops and maintains exhibits, coordinates education programming, pursues funding opportunities, and manages grants for education exhibits and programs. She also coordinates TERC's participation in regional outreach and oversees the marketing plans for TERC's two science education centers.

UC Davis has played a leadership role in research efforts at Lake Tahoe for almost half a century. With funding from federal, state, local, and private sources, TERC continues to address a broad range of research that spans the land, air, and water. Our research is rapidly transferred and disseminated to the public through our active public education and outreach programs. Through partnerships and collaborations with resource agencies, we are providing the science to guide the better management of Lake Tahoe.

The Impact of TERC's Research

• Long term clarity record: This has been the gold standard for measuring the degradation and restoration of Lake Tahoe.
• Identifying the sources of clarity-reducing pollutants: The majority of particulate pollutants that contribute to reduced lake clarity come from urban watersheds, that cover only 10 percent of the land area. Such knowledge underlies management strategies by resource agencies.
• Controlling invasive species: Oxygen-depriving barriers placed in the lake reduce the local Asian Clam population.
• Detecting the effects of climate change: Since 1968 lake temperatures have warmed, peak snow melt has advanced by an average of 2 weeks, and the base of the food chain is changing in response.
• Understanding a complex ecosystem: Real-time sensors provide immediate information on water quality changes and the driving forces behind them.
• Sophisticated modeling tools: The predictive capacity of our models allows for better planning for future changes and greater preparedness for emerging challenges.
• State of the Lake Report: Since 2007, TERC has published an annual summary of its research and documented the long-term changes to the lake. The annual State of the Lake report provides the science that federal, state, and local government agencies use to assess the lake's health and make management decisions.

The Tahoe Environmental Research Center has been collecting data for over 60 years and is constantly updating what they know about Tahoe. The website if FULL of fascinating information. The lake clarity is monitored every 10 days and there are numerous underwater monitoring stations around the lake. There are some gaps however and if anyone with a pier on the East Shore cares to offer to have one of the stations under their pier they would love to hear from you. 

Algae blooms have increased by 300% in the last few years. An increasing and worrying problem.

The center offers tours which need to be booked in advance here

Each year they produce a State of the Lake report which can be seen here. 

Citizens can also help out by downloading the app and sending in photos. Download the app here 

App instructions can be found here

Links

tahoe.ucdavis.edu

YouTube Channel and Movie about under Lake Tahoe

As a non profit it really is incredible what they do to help keep Tahoe blue. If you care to support them you can donate here -Thank you!!

Citizen Science App QR code below

 Facebook Link We are changing over from using Facebook Group to Facebook Page.  The link above will get you where you need to go! Let's all be on the same Page!!!

SEPTEMTER is Suicide Prevention Month:

Here's an added item for your knowledge! Suicide claims the lives of more than 47,000 Americans per year. It's a serious threat for the young and our older adults. September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month and there is much to learn. One important item to SHARE around the nation is that one can easily reach The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline by dialing 988. We have two great sources of information. NAMI, National Alliance on Mental Illness has valuable information here. And click here for added resources from Barton Health. 

SITS Member Items

This event has been postponed. Watch this space for the new date! Recruitment Evening! SITS 'Show and Tell'!

Bring a friend and we will Show them what a fun group we are and Tell them how they can come have fun with us! There will be a raffle for our guests.

SITS Committees - Chairs please update your descriptions! 

ALL MEMBERS, please sign up for your committees of choice here. It's through our committee work that we accomplish so much for the community of Tahoe and the world. We ask that all members select one Technical (how our club operates) and one Service (what our club does) committee. Remember, we can jump in on all committee meetings and activities as desired! For your viewing pleasure see the committee videos we made with Tahoe Production House for full explanations. 

LAST CHANCE TO BID. Auction closes TOMORROW!!!

Support for our Mt. Tallac Students through this fabulous online art sale.

 Bidding ends on Sept. 30th!

www.artsaleformttallac.org 

Please share this auction site with everyone and thank you to the group of women who got this organized! Your efforts will benefit our youth in a dramatic way.  This is an online art sale thanks to the talent of Mr. Keith Williams. His work with bronze, wood, ceramics, and water colors is remarkable and he wanted to pay tribute to his beautiful wife, Sandy Williams. Sandy had a heart filled for the youth at Mt. Tallac High School. All of the funds raised through this event will go to support our students! The sale will be launched Sept. 1 and close on Sept. 30th so please SHARE this information.

Alternate option: Simply make a meaningful donation! ♥️

For more information, contact Wendy David.

Tallac After Dark - The SITS Social Committee has met and would love to have a group gather together for

Tallac After Dark. 

This is a new interpretive night tour of the Tallac Historic Site put on by the Tahoe Heritage Foundation.

Please set aside Thursday evening, Oct 13th for this event. Friends and family welcome!

We're meeting at Emerald Bay Bar & Grill at 5:30 for appetizers, dinner, and or beverages for camaraderie, and then proceed to the Tahoe Tallac Museum for a tour of the grounds and Pope House beginning at 7:00 PM.

Tickets are $15.00 and can be purchased by calling 530-541-5227 (Tallac Museum)

Tours have a limited number in each group so please call ASAP.

The Tallac Museum is open Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays from 9-4 and closes for the season on Oct 2nd.

Shop your heart out and support our efforts!

SITS can earn funds with your shopping!

Please share this information with family and friends!

NON-SITS Fun and Opportunities in Tahoe

VITALANT

Upcoming dates to GIVE!

Due to the Covid 19 pandemic, our nation is experiencing the greatest blood shortage in over a decade. You can do your part by donating often. Whole blood can be donated every 8 weeks (56 days) or up to 6 times per year. Power red donations can be made every 16 weeks (112 days). Platelet apheresis donors may give every 7 days up to 24 times per year. If you have questions about donating blood, go to vitalent.org. Donating blood is a lifesaving act of kindness.

Donors are encouraged to please schedule an appointment. Walk-ins will be accommodated if space allows.  

Please schedule an appointment at Click here to make an appointment or go to www.donors.vitalent.org and use blood drive code SMFM062 or call Vitalant at 877-258-4825 and mention blood drive code SMFM06

Fri 9/30

South Lake Tahoe Association of Realtors

2307 James Ave

9am-1pm

This Saturday! Enjoy the Fall Festival benefitting the Lake Tahoe Educational Foundation on October 1 from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Lakeview Social. The family-friendly event will have fun activities all day long, all to support enrichment grants for South Lake Tahoe Performing Arts and the STEM programs at schools. More here. 

Kiwanis Firefest at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino 

Firefest returns from

10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 1, outside the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Stateline. This free event is a great opportunity for families to learn about fire safety and conservation while having fun. 

This event is sponsored by the Lake Tahoe Kiwanis Club and is an annual event hosted by local fire agencies from all around the basin along with Tahoe Resource Conservation District, Cal Fire, and South Tahoe Public Utility District and the USDA Forest Service. 

This event highlights all of Tahoe’s safety agencies and creates a day celebrating fire and life safety for children and families. Helicopters will land directly at the event and there will be multiple different interactive demonstrations and a bounce house. 

Barbecue and beverages will be available for purchase from Kiwanis Club along with snacks at family-friendly prices. 

South Lake Tahoe Multicultural Celebration 

The inaugural South Lake Tahoe Multi-Cultural Celebration   11 a.m.- 5.30pm - Saturday, Oct. 1, at Bijou Community Park. Join the City of South Lake Tahoe and the Multicultural Committee to learn about and celebrate different cultures through art, music, food, and entertainment. 

This free one day event will feature cultural displays and live performances, kids’ activities, vendor booths, and food trucks. 

Live performances include an Opening Prayer Ceremony, Eagle’s Wings Pageant Dancers, Gboze Drum and Dance, and more. The Eagle Wings Pageant Dancers were formed in 2006 and will be featured at the event. The group is made up of dances of all ages from Native tribes throughout the Nevada. 

To learn more visit here

Celebrate Miss Marcia - Eat, Drink, and Dance!

Sunday Oct 2nd 3-6pm - Harrahs

Full details here

STEEC field trips - Oct 3rd-14th- Tahoe Paradise Park

They need help for the stations - please contact Michelle McLean <mmclean@ltusd.org>

Kinder AIS Stories Oct 3rd and 4th 9.30-11.30am and 12-1.50pm

1st grade Amazing BMPs Oct 4th 9.30-11.30am and 12-1.50pm

4th grade Don't Be A Snooze Oct 14 th 12-1.50pm

5th grade Run for Resources Oct 14 th 9.30-11.20am and 12-1.50pm

6th grade Wetland in a Bottle Oct 20 th 9.15-1.15pm and Defensible Space Oct 21st 9.15-1.15pm

Tahoe Women's Community Fund: Come join us for a cup of coffee or a glass of wine...learn about TWCF....bring a friend...help us double our membership.

First Wednesday of the month at 5 PM for wine!

• Oct 5 at Idle Hour
• Nov 2 at Cocktail Corner

Third Wednesday of Month: Coffee Morning at 9:30 am 

• Oct. 19 at Revive Coffee Shop
• Nov. 16 at Clyde’s Coffee Shop

SHARE this information with everyone. Let's get the membership up to 400!

It's Chris Campion to let you know Tahoe Arts Project has convinced me to dance. Yes, you read that right - dance... I can't believe it either. But its for a great cause. 

Oct. 15, 2022, at 6:30pm at Bally's - I'll be one of ten locals hoofing it at this entertaining Fundraiser to help bring more of the arts into our schools. It has become one of the best social events in town and is back for the first time since March 2020.

Tickets available online September 15 at

tahoeartsproject.tix.com (Code Heavenly)

You can also donate if you can't make the event here! 

http://www.tahoeartsproject.org/

Post-fire resilience workshops to focus on Dixie, Caldor & Tamarack fires

University of California Cooperative Extension is holding online weekly workshops and in-person field trips to connect landowners affected by recent wildfires to post-fire management concepts, strategies, professionals, and programs... Online meetings through Oct 14th.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE DETAILS

Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on October 29^th from 10am-12pm at LTCC. Join in our community's efforts to remove all unused prescription and other the counter medicines out of the reach of our children. The National Prescription Drug Take Back Day aims to provide a safe, convenient, and responsible means of disposing of prescription drugs, while also educating the general public about the potential for abuse of medications. More information can be found at https://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/drug_disposal/takeback/

The Lake Tahoe Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and Happy Homestead Cemetery present WREATHS ACROSS AMERICA 2022.

A ceremony honoring active and deceased Military Personnel, Veterans, and First Responders.

Dec. 17, 2022 at 9:00 AM

1261 Johnson Blvd, SLT 96150

It's everyone's job to

Remember, Honor, Teach

The Tahoe Coalition for the Homeless has accomplished so much thanks to their leadership and many volunteers. You can read about all that's been done thus far here.



Here is the latest newsletter 



Homeless coalition completes purchase of three South Lake Tahoe motels; move-ins begin - donation list at end of this article. Our assistance throughout the year makes a difference in the life of another and in the health of our community!