<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">
<div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div><font size="3"><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">ALERT:</span> #184<br><span style="font-weight: bold;">DATE:</span> October 24, 2008<br><span style="font-weight: bold;">TO:</span> Incline Village & Crystal Bay Property Owners<br><span style="font-weight: bold;">FROM:</span> Village League Tax Revolt Committee<br><br><br></font><div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" size="5">IN MEMORIUM</font><font size="5"><br><br></font><font style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" size="5">TED HARRIS</font><font size="3"><br></font></div><font size="3"><br><br>On Wednesday October 22, 2008, Ted Harris passed into eternal life. He was an original member of the Village League and for six years fought tirelessly to obtain
fair and
equal taxation on behalf of all property owners. A man of incredible energy, he was always willing to get petitions signed, make telephone calls, attend government hearings and help in any way to forward the goal. A superb skier, outdoorsman and a friend to many, too numerous to count. He gave often and willingly of his time and spirit. He will be sorely missed by all of us. <br><br></font><div style="text-align: right;"><font size="3"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Board of the</span></font><br style="font-style: italic;"><font size="3"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Village League</span></font><br></div><font size="3"><br style="font-style: italic;"></font><div style="text-align: center;"><font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);" size="3"><span style="font-style: italic;"> see first attached photo</span></font><br><br><br><font style="font-weight: bold;" size="3">Ted Harris at the Incline “Boston Tea Party”</font><br
style="font-weight: bold;"><font style="font-weight: bold;" size="3"> July 18, 2003,</font><br style="font-weight: bold;"><font style="font-weight: bold;" size="3">Fighting for fair and equitable property taxes.</font><br></div><font size="3"><br><br><font size="4"><br></font></font><div style="text-align: center;"><font style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;" size="5"><span style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;">Ted Harris remembered for community involvement</span></font><br style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;"><font size="3"><font size="4"><span style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;"> </span></font></font><br style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;"><font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);" size="3"><span style="font-style: italic;"> see second attached photo</span></font><br style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;"></div><font
size="3"><font size="4"><br style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-weight: bold;">By Kevin MacMillan</span><br style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;">BONANZA EDITOR</span><br style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;">October 24, 2008</span></font><br style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;"><br style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;">Even chemotherapy couldn’t stop Ted Harris from finding a good deal.</span><br style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;"><br style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,new
york,times,serif;">Late last year, while still recovering from a recent chemotherapy session to treat his terminal gastric cancer, Harris found his wife Mary Lou Harris a bargain on a second engagement ring, in anticipation of the couple’s 50-year wedding anniversary.</span><br style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;"><br style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;">“He always took such good care of his family, even when he was very, very ill,” Mary Lou Harris said. “And he was quite the shopper, always looking for a bargain. That’s the kind of person he was. He was so ill, but he still went out to get a bargain.”</span><br style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;"><br style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;">Mary Lou said her husband must have
gone to 18 different jewelry stores and in the end found her a 4-carat-diamond engagement ring. He surprised her with the ring a few days before Christmas.</span><br style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;"><br style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;">Harris died Wednesday at his Incline Village home after a long bout with cancer.</span><br style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;">He was 72.</span><br style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;"><br style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;">The couple, who celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in February, have lived in Incline Village the past 19 years.</span><br style="font-family: times new roman,new
york,times,serif;"><br style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;">Ted was a fixture in the community and was well-known for voicing his opinion on a variety of Incline Village issues, most notably the tax revolt situation and Independent Incline.</span><br style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;"><br style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;">He was credited as one of the originators of the tax revolt in 2002, which the Village League to Save Incline Assets oversees. Harris was one of the league’s board of directors, and his commitment to the effort recently was documented in the North Lake Tahoe Bonanza’s Locals publication.</span><br style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;"><br style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;"><span
style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;">Incline resident Wayne Fischer served with Harris on the Village League’s Board of Directors. Fischer said Harris will be missed by many.</span><br style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;"><br style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;">“I admired his tenacity, his drive, his enthusiasm — it's because of him that we are finally getting going with this,” said Fischer in reference to the tax revolt. “I learned a lot from Ted. He is greatly to be admired and greatly to be missed at the same time.”</span><br style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;">Incline resident Maryanne Ingemanson, president of the Village League, spoke highly of Harris, both as a friend and as a colleague.</span><br style="font-family:
times new roman,new york,times,serif;"><br style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;">“He had incredible energy, and he had a very big heart,” Ingemanson said. “He really worked tirelessly to help benefit everyone in the Incline Village and Crystal Bay community. We certainly will miss him and his endless enthusiasm.”</span><br style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;"><br style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;">Incline resident Jim Clark has worked closely with Harris on the Independent Incline Committee, as early as 1994. When given the opportunity to comment on Harris’ life, Clark took the opportunity to quote a former Nevada Assemblyman Pete Ernaut.</span><br style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;"><span style="font-family: times new
roman,new york,times,serif;">“He said, ‘Ted Harris has two speeds — stop, and all-ahead full,” Clark reminisced.</span><br style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;">Beside his passion for local issues — Harris also was big proponent of local education — Harris was an avid skier and outdoorsman, friends and family said.</span><br style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;"><br style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;">“There was never a dull moment with Ted,” Mary Lou Harris said. “He was always active, and he loved to ski. That was his great life love, second to his family. He just loved his family.”</span><br style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;"><br style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;"><span style="font-family:
times new roman,new york,times,serif;">Mary Lou said Ted spent the past few weeks fixing things up around the house and taking care of a few things he felt were needed for his family.</span><br style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;"><br style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;">“He got our house completely re-stained; he just felt like he needed to fix up everything around the house,” she said. “It was almost as if he was on a trip and trying to get as much done as he could for his family.”</span><br style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;"><br style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;">Ted Harris is survived by wife Mary Lou Harris, 73; son Andy Harris, 49; daughter Christy Harris, 43; and granddaughter Demitra Harris, 12.</span><br
style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;"><br style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;">Memorial plans are pending.</span><br style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;"><br style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;"># # #</span></font><br style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;"><br></font></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>