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SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Variations on the phrase are nearly everywhere - from the back of cars to storefront windows.
There's The Brewery at Lake Tahoe's "Drink Tahoe Brew," Blue Turtle Seduction's "Keep Tahoe Seductive," Tahoe Hemp Company's "Keep Tahoe Green," and seemingly countless others.
But one variation on the League to Save Lake Tahoe's famous "Keep Tahoe Blue" logo recently attracted the attention of the conservation group's lawyers.
On July 16, Rochelle Alpert, an attorney representing the league, sent a letter to Chris Minnes, the owner of Keep Tahoe Fit, contending the South Shore personal trainer's logo infringed on the conservation group's registered trademark.
Keep Tahoe Fit's initial logo closely resembled the league's, which includes a light blue stamp of Lake Tahoe's shape to the left of white, uppercase, sans serif letters reading "Keep Tahoe Blue" on a blue background. Minnes replaced th

TRUCKEE, Calif. - Truckee Town Council has agreed to pay $15,000 to install three 16-foot tall flower sculptures at the Pioneer Trail roundabout.
The forged steel sculptures will be donated by Troy Corliss, a local Truckee artist, who estimates his mountain flowers sculptures to be worth $30,000. The $15,000 in installation funding comes from the town's general funds; it was approved unanimously at last Thursday's meeting.
Joining fellow council members in their praise for the sculptures, Richard Anderson said he thought the installation fees are more than justifiable.
"I think for a town investment in relation to what we're receiving it is appropriate," Anderson said.
While council members unanimously supported the installation, there were still concerns about liability and the structural integrity of the sculptures in harsh weather conditions.
"I think the likelihood of the structures causing damage would be on the slim side," said Dan Wilkins, engi

In the article about Tahoe Donner open space concerns, there is no mention of how any of the proposed building complexes will affect the cross country trails and hiking and biking. So far only a "group of homeowners" is concerned because not everyone who uses the trails in both the summer and winter even knows about proposals. I only heard about it from a neighbor by chance last week; I didn't get a mailing that was supposed to have been sent.
There was no mention of notifying the Tahoe Donner cross-country customers who don't live in Tahoe Donner of the plans. All three of the proposed open space sites would be on or right next to trails. The Skislope sites would be on the Crazyhorse ski trail where it parallels Skislope and on or by the trail that intersects with the downhill area. The Alder Creek site would be at the trail junctions of Lions Leap, Sundance, Tumbleweed and the trail to Euer Valley. These areas are supposed to protected. With offices and storage, the buil

TAHOE CITY - Powder: Tahoe's white gold. It's what drives winter alarm clocks, what sends skiers into a morning freeze, out of warmed cars, into whited parking lots, hands numb, fingers clasping at ski and pole, filing into the resorts and lift lines, waiting, anticipating, calculating the rush and madness of the first virgin run.
It's an experience Tahoe resident Dave Rintala loves and questions.
"The thing that I like to think about is that when skiing was first originated and birthed, it was about powdered snow," said Rintala.
That vision changed, he said, after skiing ignited and exploded into what is today, a multi-million dollar mega industry. It changed when the lift lines began extending into parking lots and the lumbering rumble of grooming machines echoed into the pines.
Unopposed to progression, Rintala said he understands the need for lifts and grooming in modern resorts but has always hungered for another way, the alternate route beyond the crowds and

Garrett McIntyre made his sixth quarterback of the Canadian Football League season Monday in Hamilton's 28-13 win over Toronto.
It was Hamilton's fourth straight victory, moving the TigerCats into a second-place tie with Toronto in the Eastern Division.
McIntyre's consistent pressure on the opposing quarterback resulted in the former South Tahoe High football player remaining among the CFL leaders in quarterback sacks. His six sacks rank him third in the league after nine games.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - See photos of Labor Day fireworks at www.tahoedailytribune.com/labordayfireworks.