Eight year old North Tahoe resident Julian Gaube suffers from cerebral palsy and a rare form of epilepsy called Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome. For a time, Julian suffered up to 30 seizures in a day, and his parents began desperately searching for an answer to reduce the number and length of Julian’s seizures. They discovered, CBD, a compound produced by marijuana which doesn’t have the “get you high” effect of the THC portion of the plant, but which has been shown to help kids living with seizure disorders. While Julian still has seizures, they are much less frequent and less devastating then they were in the past.
Julian’s mom, Moonshine Ink Associate Editor Kara Fox, will tell her son’s story as the introduction to a special presentation by the Squaw Valley Institute on the medical benefits of cannabis, and the research that is being done to use cannabis to improve people’s health.
Following Fox, a panel discussion on the topic will be led by Denver Relief Consulting co-founders Kayvan Khalatbari and Ean Seeb. Denver Relief is a cannabis dispensary which regularly serves several thousand patients in Denver, Colorado. According to the Squaw Valley Institute “Khalatbari worked with entrepreneurs pursuing business in the cannabis field who are interested in social responsibility and like minded endeavors.” He was also a founding board member of the Board of Directors for the Medical Marijuana Assistance Program of America (MMAPA), and works with at-risk kids through the Denver Kids program.
The event will be held at the Resort at Squaw Creek, on January 29th. Door open at 5:30 and the presentation begins at 6:30 pm. Tickets are $15.00 for adults and free for SVI members. For information go to squawvalleyinstitute.org.
Upcoming Squaw Valley Institute event: On February 4th, Meg Crofton, Retired Walt Disney Executive, will share her amazing experience of working for Disney for 35 years.
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The Bookshelf, located next to Wild Cherries in Truckee, is the last remaining full scale bookstore in the Truckee-North Tahoe region. It may disappear at the end of January unless a buyer for the store is found very soon.
Bookshelf owner Debbie Lane says that she had a buyer for the business, but unfortunately it recently fell through. She’s also looked into the concept of putting together a co-op, where a group of people own the store together, but the logistics of such an arrangement has not yet worked out. “It’s very rewarding and I hate to think that there will not be a book store in town. I think it’s important for the kids. We have had great support here,” said Lane. But Lane is ready to retire, her husband is ready to travel and she can’t handle the business by herself. She knows it is time for someone else to take over the reins if the bookstore is to stay in the Tahoe region.
Wondering whether a bookstore might provide an emotionally and intellectually stimulating business for you? Zoe Miller, owner of Grassroots Books in Reno says that “people delightedly tell me that we made a difference in their lives. When we go to parties and meet new people, there’s always someone who raves about their experience at the bookstore which is a great pleasure. Amazing people work at bookstores, and it’s wonderful to hire and work with them.”
The Bookshelf will soon begin the process of selling off the store’s inventory if a buyer doesn’t come along soon.
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