Douglas County first responders and teachers at Lake Tahoe with Tahoe Douglas Rotary. Names below. Photo by Brian Williams.
The Rotary Club of Tahoe Douglas recently purchased and awarded more than $7,000 of the Tahoe Chamber Go Local gift cards as a way of saying thank you to local first responders and teachers for their service during the pandemic.
The club purchased 150 of the $50 denomination cards and distributed them to all local Douglas County Sheriff’s deputies, Tahoe Douglas Fire personnel, and the teaching and support staff of both Whittell High and Zephyr Cove Elementary school.
“During this past year, our community’s first responders and educators have stayed at their post and performed above and beyond,” said Paul Thibodeau, Tahoe Douglas Rotary Club president. “This action will help stimulate the local economy and thank these local heroes for their yeoman work during the pandemic.”
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The Tahoe Douglas Rotary Club purchased 150 of the $50 denomination cards and distributed them to all local Douglas County Sheriff’s Office deputies, Tahoe Douglas Fire personnel and teaching and support staff of George Whittell High and Zephyr Cove Elementary schools.
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SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – The Go Local Tahoe eGift Program received a major boost last week when Tahoe Douglas Rotary purchased and awarded more than $7,000 of gift cards to thank first responders and teachers for their service during the pandemic.
The cards are redeemable at small retail and service businesses and local restaurants adversely affected during the pandemic.
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2020 fatal crash at same location as Sunday s fatal crash
STATELINE, Nev. - Sunday s fatal collision on U.S. 50 between Zephyr Cove and Marla Bay is another statistic for a dangerous stretch of road, one that has approximately 63 percent more fatal crashes than similar rural principal arterial highways across Nevada.
The curve of the roadway near the entrance to the Presbyterian Conference Center has seen other recent fatal crashes, including one in November, 2020 that claimed the life of South Lake Tahoe man.
In five years of data, from Jan. 1, 2014 and Jan. 1, 2019, the road from milepost 2.5 to milepost 3.5 had 62 total crashes, including 1 fatality, 20 injury and 41 property-damage-only crashes. Sunday s fatal crash was near milepost 3.
STATELINE, Nev. - Sunday s fatal collision on U.S. 50 between Zephyr Cove and Marla Bay is another statistic for a dangerous stretch of road, one that has approximately 63 percent more fatal crashes than similar rural principal arterial highways across Nevada.