Wednesday Travel Ticker: Airports test speedier checkpoints

A test group of frequent fliers began using lower-hassle security lines Tuesday in exchange for sharing more personal info. If all goes well, the program will eventually be expanded beyond the four test airports at Atlanta, Miami, Detroit and Dallas-Fort Worth . . . . Another big winter on tap? Storm clouds and possible snow were on the horizon late Tuesday in Lake Tahoe . . . . The annual Carson City Nevada Day events will observe the 147th year since Nevada joined the union, with beard contests and carnival rides, Oct. 27-30. . . . The Solvang Festival Theater is holding an Oktoberfest on Saturday from 4-8 p.m. Tickets $85, with proceeds going to support the 700-seat outdoor theater.. . . . The Winery SF is hosting an “I Love Lucy” themed Grape Stomping Bash Oct. 22 from noon to 5 on San Francisco’s Treasure Island. Admission is $45 and includes entry into the “Lucy” or “Ricky” costume contest . . . . Emeril Lagasse’s Stadium at the Palazzo, a sports book/sports bar in Las Vegas, celebrates Oktoberfest with $5 pints of Leinenkugel . . . . Frankie Valli plays Primm Valley Nov. 26, a Saturday. Tickets start at $45.95 . . . . Travel Quote of the Day: “I owned the world that hour as I rode over it, free of the Earth, free of the mountains, free of the clouds, but how inseparably I was bound to them.” (Charles Lindbergh)