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Thursday, March 11, 2021 Volume 67 | Number 28
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THE DESERT MOBILE HOME NEWS CELEBRATING THE DESERT COMMUNITIES FOR 65 YEARS
Forever Marilyn makes cross-country journey back to Palm Springs PS Resorts announces installation dates and grand unveiling
In This Issue
New Scams to Watch For.....................2 Glazed Corned Beef Recipe.................4 St. Patrick’s Day Traditions....................5 Tequila Lover’s Dream..........................8
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S Resorts is thrilled to announce the official installation and grand unveiling dates for “Forever Marilyn” in Palm Springs. The beloved statue by Seward Johnson will be picked up at Seward Johnson Atelier in New Jersey on April 5. From there, she will begin a cross-country journey of one week on a flatbed truck, ending in Palm Springs on April 12. The team from the Seward Johnson Atelier will install the 26-foot-tall and 34,300-pound sculpture in a spectacular cranelift installation process on Museum Way, behind the Kimpton Hotel. A grand unveiling is slated for Sunday, April 18, with more details to follow. Aftab Dada, Chairman of PS Resorts, adds, “The Board of PS Resorts, along with our partners, has been working hard for years to make Marilyn’s return a real-
1. LITERATURE: Which 19th-century novel begins with the sentence, “There was no possibility of taking a walk that day”? 2. CHEMISTRY: Which element’s Latin name is hydragyrum and goes by the symbol Hg? 3. HISTORY: Who was the first female detective in the United States, hired by the Pinkerton Detective Agency in 1856?
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ity. We could not be more pleased to tell the community that she is on her way back to Palm Springs – and this time, for good.” The statue first made its Palm Springs debut when it was installed at the corner of Tahquitz Canyon Way and Palm Canyon
Drive from 2012 to 2014. At the time, it was estimated to have brought in several millions of dollars of additional tourism revenue and publicity. For more information, please visit www.ps-resorts.com
What are the odds? Julia Tinetti and Cassandra Madison met when they worked at a New Haven, CT restaurant in 2013. They quickly became friends, and It wasn’t long before they found out they both hailed from the same country when they discovered they sported identical Dominican Republic tattoos,
• Attention, “Lord of the Rings” fans: the dark region on the north pole of Pluto’s moon, Charon, is called Mordor. • In a move to keep disease-wary Nazis away, Polish doctor Eugene Lazowski faked a typhus outbreak, saving over 8,000 people from slave labor camps and death.
according to the Association of Mature American Citizens. Their friendship flourished over the over the ensuing years they became closer and closer, especially when they found out they were both adopted and that both of them were raised by single mothers. It wasn’t long before they
decided to dig into their pasts, ultimately taking DNA tests that proved they were, in fact, biological sisters.
• A common issue with blood donation -- along with other types of charitable contributions -- is that if donors don’t know the recipient, it’s harder to convince them that donating is beneficial. Therefore, in an effort to encourage more young people to give blood, Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Gothenburg, Sweden, sends a text when their donation has been dispensed to someone in need, providing proof that it’s going to good use.
• The longest song title ever is Hoagy Carmichael’s 1943 “I’m a Cranky Old Yank in a Clanky Old Tank on the Streets of Yokohama with my Honolulu Mama Doin’ Those Beat-o, Beat-o Flat-On-MySeat-o, Hirohito Blues.”
• The Twitter bird actually has a name -- Larry, after Hall of Fame basketball player Larry Bird.
The Association of Mature American Citizens [www.amac.us] provides the Filler Files as a service on issues of concern to Americans over 50.
• Duncan Hines was a real person -- a popular restaurant critic who also wrote a book of hotel recommendations. • Eight of the 10 largest statues in the world are of Buddhas. (c) 2020 King Features Synd., Inc.
4. ADVERTISINGS SLOGANS: What product’s 1970s advertising slogan was, “I can’t believe I ate the whole thing”? 5. U.S. PRESIDENTS: Only two Catholics have served as president of the United States. Who are they? 6. MOVIES: The “Star Wars” movie series was partly filmed in which African country? 7. LANGUAGE: What does the name Boca Raton (Florida) mean in Spanish? 8. U.S. STATES: The highest and lowest points in the contiguous United States can be found in which state? 9. ENTERTAINERS: Which American actor and comedian was born Eric Marlon Bishop? 10. TELEVISION: Which 1950s Western series featured the theme song “Happy Trails”? © 2021 King Features Synd., Inc. ANSWER TO TRIVIA ON PAGE 6