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The community will score a victory Friday with a flick of a switch. And this improbable win is one we can all celebrate.
We've seen in recent years many of our neighbors move off the hill to the Carson Valley and other places to find jobs and more affordable housing. Three schools have closed. The Angora fire destroyed 254 houses and came just a few feet away from South Tahoe High School and its venerable 44-year-old football field.
So it's nice to score a victory this week.
Phase 1's more than $1.3 million of Vikings Stadium renovation has gone for a new artificial turf and lights to be used for high school football and soccer games and myriad future community events.
A field with beams belongs to all of us.
It is part of the $55 million in development on the campus for TADA — Tahoe Arts and Drama Academy, and a Construction, Arts and Transportation building, classrooms and a student union.
There is no greater investment for the future then education and our youth.
Benevolence is in abundance in this mountain town. Tony Gooding donated more than $30,000, and $35,000 came from the Kiwanis of South Lake Tahoe. More than 100 people have contributed to the Buy-a-Brick campaign for a concessions facility.
Phase 2 will go toward bleachers and (hooray!) a press box.
“This renovation project will revitalize our programs and instill a renewed sense of community spirit,” Superintendent Jim Tarwater wrote in a statement to the press. “We are so proud and appreciative of how members of this community have stepped up to help make this a reality.”
We are approaching the awe-inspiring days of late summer and autumn, when the aspens turn crimson and gold and we savor the ground still not covered in snow. There are plenty of activities to take part in on a Saturday besides going to a football game, and attendance at STHS hasn't been very great, especially in recent years.
Now we can join our friends and family on Friday nights to watch our football team. And if last week's big win at Portola is an indication, this season's squad might be the best the Vikings have fielded in a while.
There are four Friday night football games this season, including the 7 p.m. opener this Friday when the Vikings play the Churchill County Greenwave.
Let's all come out and celebrate our community's victory.
We've seen in recent years many of our neighbors move off the hill to the Carson Valley and other places to find jobs and more affordable housing. Three schools have closed. The Angora fire destroyed 254 houses and came just a few feet away from South Tahoe High School and its venerable 44-year-old football field.
So it's nice to score a victory this week.
Phase 1's more than $1.3 million of Vikings Stadium renovation has gone for a new artificial turf and lights to be used for high school football and soccer games and myriad future community events.
A field with beams belongs to all of us.
It is part of the $55 million in development on the campus for TADA — Tahoe Arts and Drama Academy, and a Construction, Arts and Transportation building, classrooms and a student union.
There is no greater investment for the future then education and our youth.
Benevolence is in abundance in this mountain town. Tony Gooding donated more than $30,000, and $35,000 came from the Kiwanis of South Lake Tahoe. More than 100 people have contributed to the Buy-a-Brick campaign for a concessions facility.
Phase 2 will go toward bleachers and (hooray!) a press box.
“This renovation project will revitalize our programs and instill a renewed sense of community spirit,” Superintendent Jim Tarwater wrote in a statement to the press. “We are so proud and appreciative of how members of this community have stepped up to help make this a reality.”
We are approaching the awe-inspiring days of late summer and autumn, when the aspens turn crimson and gold and we savor the ground still not covered in snow. There are plenty of activities to take part in on a Saturday besides going to a football game, and attendance at STHS hasn't been very great, especially in recent years.
Now we can join our friends and family on Friday nights to watch our football team. And if last week's big win at Portola is an indication, this season's squad might be the best the Vikings have fielded in a while.
There are four Friday night football games this season, including the 7 p.m. opener this Friday when the Vikings play the Churchill County Greenwave.
Let's all come out and celebrate our community's victory.
