The Incline High boys soccer team dropped its home and league opener, 3-0, to first-year Northern 3A member South Tahoe this past Thursday, Sept. 2.
South Tahoe senior Kory DiGrande opened the scoring in the 30th minute on a feed from Eddie Hernandez. Five minutes into the second half, Hernandez made it 2-0, scoring off a cross from Luca Genasci. Derek Caro scored the Vikings' final goal, knocking a corner kick off the back of a defender and into the goal.
The defending 3A champion Highlanders are now 0-1 in the Northern 3A Sierra League and 1-2-1 overall. The Vikings also defeated Incline 3-1 in the season-opening Howell Memorial Tournament at Galena.
- The Tahoe Daily Tribune contributed to this report.

The Incline Highlander girls soccer team hosted first-year Northern 3A member South Tahoe this past Thursday in both teams league openers - and the game did not disappoint.
This is the first year that the 4A powerhouse Vikings were moved to the realigned Northern 3A Sierra League. For the Highlanders, it was to be a building year after losing four All-State seniors from last year's squad, leaving a team heavy with freshmen and sophomores.
The game showed that this year's Highlanders are anything but building for the future, and that they will hold their own against any 3A team.
The Vikings were on the board first at the 5-minute mark with a shot by senior Ali Palacios from the left side of center that caught the Highlander defense stacked too far right.
"The girls were nervous at the start of the game," said Incline head coach John Paganelli. "After all, we had never played them before and knew they were a very good team with speed up top."
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"Property Rights" is one of the pillars of a capitalist society. One can argue that it is not only a right, but also one's duty to defend its ownership for the sake of preserving the system. And then, once in a while, one comes across an instance where someone takes "property rights" to an extreme and makes it self-defeating.
The news that League to Save Lake Tahoe is battling local small businesses to prevent them from using the unmistakable logo/message of "Keep Tahoe Blue" is one such instance.
As a career marketer, and someone who now teaches marketing, I know brands need to be defended zealously. In my very first job at Toyota, I recall receiving an 85-page guide focused only on color, font and positioning of text that was permitted under the corporate standards. It is not unusual for companies to spend millions every year building and defending their brands and everything associated with it.
But sometimes, bending the rules a little ca

In the last edition of the Bonanza, liberal political commentator Ed Gurowitz inked a column headlined "Nevada cannot afford Sharron Angle." To illustrate his point he cited accomplishments by incumbent Sen. Harry Reid and implied that if elected, Angle would be a very junior senator with no juice to "pork up" bills for Nevada.
Maintaining that "Reid has done a lot for Nevada" Ed wrote: "pick your issue - jobs (22,000 jobs at City Center in Las Vegas), Yucca Mountain, veterans' issues, energy policy ..." Hmmm, let's take a closer look.
In June 2008, the Las Vegas Review Journal published a story about construction of the $8 billion Las Vegas CityCenter, a joint venture of the MGM Mirage and Dubai World, consisting of a 61 story, 4,000-room hotel/casino, half a million square feet of commercial and 2,650 luxury residences priced from $500,000 to $21 million. The project employed 4,500 construction workers.
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In addition to the usual melancholy associated with the "official end of summer," this year's Labor Day observance brings with it, for me at least, a particularly poignant reminder of the current state of the economy in the US in general and in Nevada in particular.
Labor unions, once a major positive force advocating for the working class, have fallen into disrepute. Some of this is their own fault, with too many instances of corruption and greed on the part of unscrupulous union leaders, and too many instances of "protecting" their members against job insecurity by ignoring intelligent practices of workers' being accountable for producing an honest day's work for an honest day's pay. In too many instances unions have failed to advocate for all workers, regardless of race or gender, and this has contributed to their loss of the standing they had a century or so ago.
But it's not all the unions' fault. Management and busines

RENO, Nev. - Nevada tourism officials believe that every dollar they invested on an advertising campaign that ran during the last 12 months generated $31 in tax revenue in the state.
Dann Lewis, executive director of the Nevada Commission on Tourism, says the return on investment appears to be the second-highest among states that have shared their results.
Here's how the commission tracks results:
It contracts with TNS Global, a London-based market research company, and provides TNS with data about the markets that were targeted by the Nevada advertising campaign.
During the fiscal year that ended on June 30, Nevada's targets included Los Angeles, San Francisco, Phoenix, Dallas, Seattle, Chicago, Sacramento and Salt Lake City as well as the Reno and Las Vegas markets.
Those markets account for about 15 million households. TNS screened them to come up with an estimate that 10.6 million of those households had traveled recently.
Then TNS asks a survey sample wheth

Tahoe Women's Services and Project MANA are collaborating for a second year to put on the Chocolate, Wine and Roses Festival, a fundraising event that is now in its 22nd year in North Tahoe. This year, Chocolate, Wine and Roses is going Vintage Hollywood for its first-ever themed event. Guests are encouraged to dress the part and come as their "inner" Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart, Charlie Chaplin or other Hollywood idol from the 30s, 40s and 50s era. The Chocolate, Wine and Roses Festival will be held on Nov. 6, at The Chateau at Incline Village after a four-year run at the North Tahoe Conference Center. In an unprecedented move for the event, only 300 tickets will be available to the general public and sold in advance on the web. Tickets are $75 and will go on sale at 9 a.m. on Sept. 7. For more information visit www.tahoewomenservices.org.

From 3 - 5 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 24, the Pet Network Humane Society will host their second annual Purses for Pets fundraising event. This year the event will be held in the main ballroom of the Hyatt Regency, Spa, Resort & Casino in Incline Village. Pet Network staff is anticipating more than 500 purses, bags, clutches and totes to be available for bid. The event includes light refreshments, music and surprise door prizes. Individuals interested in donating a purse or bag can bring their donation to Pet Network's shelter at 401 Village Blvd. in Incline Village. Additional drop-off sites will be added soon and can be found on Pet Network's website www.petnetwork.org. Reno and South Lake Tahoe donation spots will be included as well.

Join Fireside Chat host Andrew Whyman from 7 - 9 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 21, at Sierra Nevada College for the second Annual Health Care Forum Discussion; Problems of Addiction. Coffee and dessert available.

Sierra Nevada College and Incline Village Parks & Recreation Senior Programs bring Saturday Mornings at SNC with SNC's faculty as they present bite size offerings of intellectually stimulating course material at Sierra Nevada College's Prim Library, 999 Tahoe Blvd. An optional breakfast will be provided for $3. From 10 a.m. - noon on Saturday, Oct. 16, Donna Axton, SNC music professor will share her many experiences in the music world, both globally and locally.

The Tahoe Rim Trail Association Annual Meeting and Volunteer Appreciation Celebration is Saturday, Sept. 25, at Northstar-at-Tahoe at the Mid-Mountain Lodge. The evening will include a silent auction, buffet-style dinner, meeting, presentation of volunteer awards and keynote speaker Adam Bradley, avid long-distance hiker/fast packer.
The Annual Meeting begins at 5 p.m. with a silent auction and cocktail hour. followed by the buffet dinner, presentation of volunteer awards and keynote speaker. Space for this event is limited, so make reservations no later than Friday, Sept. 17.
The keynote speaker, Adam Bradley, is a 38 year old long-distance hiker/fast packer who resides in Reno. Adam first began long-distance hiking on Vermont's Long Trail in the fall of 2002. It took just that one trip to turn walking into a way of life for him. Since then, he has traversed a number of trail systems within the U.S. including, but not limited to, the John Muir Trail, Pacific Crest Trail, Taho

The annual Sink 'em & Hold 'em golf and poker tournament is Thursday, Sept. 23, at the Championship Golf Course and features, golf, poker and prizes. The collaborative fundraiser benefits and is presented by The Children's Cabinet of Incline Village, the Incline Community Health Care Auxiliary and the Rotary Club of Tahoe-Incline. Check-in for the shot gun best ball scramble is at 11:30 a.m. with the tournament starting at 1 p.m. For $200 per person participate in the shot gun, a putting contest, cocktail reception, dinner and the poker tournament at The Chateau. Non-golfers are $75 per person for the cocktail reception, dinner and poker tournament. To register go to www.sinkem.org, call 775-298-0004 or pick a form up at either one of the Incline Golf Courses or at the Donald W. Reynolds Community Non-Profit Center.

Join Fireside Chat host Andrew Whyman from 7 - 9 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 23, at Sierra Nevada College for a Fireside Chat with Richard Rubsamen, president of SNC. Coffee and dessert available.

Sierra Nevada College and Incline Village Parks & Recreation Senior Programs bring Saturday Mornings at SNC with SNC's faculty as they present bite size offerings of intellectually stimulating course material at Sierra Nevada College's Prim Library, 999 Tahoe Blvd. An optional breakfast will be provided for $3. From 10 a.m. - noon on Saturday, Sept. 18, Mary Kenny, SNC art professorwill be talking about and demonstrating her art.

The Incline Village General Improvement District is offering a digital photography class from 6 - 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 16, at Aspen Gove. Bring your camera, manual and questions. Discussion and photo shoot led by John Russell. Dessert will be available for a suggested donation of $1.

Dr. Stephenie Riley will lead off the Lake Tahoe School's Green Team series from 6 - 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 14, at the school's Flex Room. The series is free and open to everyone in the community. Dr. Riley will talk about chemicals found in food, personal care products, cleaning supplies and in the environment and how the chemicals affect the health and development of both children and adults. As learn simple changes to keep your family healthy and safe. Dr. Riley practices at the Tahoe Center of Natural Medicine in Tahoe City. Other Green Team events will be Healthy Eating Initiative on Oct. 12; Cold and Flu Season on Nov. 9 and Greening your Holidays on Nov. 30. For more information contact LTS at 775-831-5828.

Transportation for seniors through the senior transportation program will be offered to Reno on Tuesday, Sept. 14 and Tuesday, Sept. 28; to Carson City on Tuesday, Sept. 21; to Truckee/Kings Beach/Local on Wednesday, Sept. 15 and local on Wednesday, Sept. 22, and Wednesday, Sept. 29. To sign up or for information stop at the Recreation Counter at the Rec. Center or call 775-832-1310. A minimum of 24 hours in advance is required for sign up. The suggested roundtrip minimum donation per rider is $3 plus an additional 50 cents for subsequent destinations. Special request and on-demand transportation is available for a roundtrip fee of $25 per senior Monday through Saturday.

In appreciation to the community for its support over the years, Sierra Nevada College is hosting an open house from 11:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 11, on the Patterson Hall patio and lawn area. The public is invited to come meet the college's new president, Richard Rubsamen, and learn what's in store for the campus as it moves forward. Bring the whole family for music and a free barbecue. Reservations are not required for what promises to be a fun and enlightening community event.

Attend a Soiree Musicale event for Tocatta on Wednesday, Sept. 8, at 535 Dale Drive to help raise funds for the 9/11 memorial concert series running from Sept. 11 - Sept. 17. The fundraiser will feature a garden concert for 60 people with the TOCCATA string players performing Bach's Concerto for two violins, Vivaldi "Spring" Concerto and other short baroque orchestral masterpieces. As the events move indoors listen to Joy Strotz, Stuart Duke and Donna Axton with treats of Broadway. Elizabeth Pitcairn (The Red Stradivarius) and Donna will play portions from the Samuel Barber Violin Concerto and a special encore piece. Included will be champagne, wines, appetizers and desserts. Reception will begin at 4 p.m., performance is from 5 -7 p.m. A charitable donation of $100 per person supports the guest artist fund and orchestra of Tocatta. Dress is Tahoe casual, bring a wrap or jacket. Please RSVP by e-mail only to pguttman@gmail.com and event will be limited to 60 guests.

The Washoe County Sheriff's Office will host a community picnic from 10 a.m. - noon on Saturday, Sept. 11, at the Incline Substation located at 625 Mt. Rose Highway. Please come and enjoy a complimentary barbecue and check out rescue equipment from both the sheriff's office and the North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District.