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Thursday, April 22, 2021 Volume 67 | Number 34
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THE DESERT MOBILE HOME NEWS CELEBRATING THE DESERT COMMUNITIES FOR 65 YEARS
Water exercise classes resume at Palm Desert Aquatic Center
In This Issue
New Ways to Scam You.......................2 Salton Sea Stories on Display..............5 The Classifieds.....................................7 Earth Day Art Walk...............................8
1. U.S. CITIES: What is the name of the mountain and city where the famous Hollywood sign is located? 2. MOVIES: “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” was filmed in and around which American city? 3. LITERATURE: Which 20th-century novel featured a character named Daisy Buchanan?
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alm Desert Aquatic Center (PDAC) is pleased to announce it has resumed several water exercise classes this week. Following CDC health and safety guidelines class size is limited and participants will be socially distanced six feet apart both in the water and out. Classes being offered include Shallow Water Boot Camp, Shallow Water Exercise, Shallow/ Deep Water Exercise, and Arthritis Exercise. Online reservations at www.pdpool.com are required and space can be reserved up to 48 hours in advance, with a one class per day limit. Having reopened in mid-August 2020 for adult lap swimming
• If you translate “Jesus” from Hebrew to English, the correct translation is “Joshua.” The name “Jesus” comes from translating the name from Hebrew, to Greek, to Latin, to English. • The suicide palm gets its name from how it meets its demise. At
only, PDAC has procedures in place to safeguard employees and patrons. Upon arrival patrons are asked about any possible symptoms they may be experiencing that could be related to COVID-19. Face masks are required to be worn while waiting in line for entry and on the pool deck. Locker rooms remain closed, which means that patrons must arrive showered and in their swimsuits ready for class, and should arrive no more than 10 minutes early while waiting at the designated spaces outside of the facility. Admittance will begin 5 minutes before class starts, and patrons are required to promptly exit the facility when class ends.
Unisex and locker room bathrooms are available for use. Costs for water exercise classes are $6 for Palm Desert residents and $8 for non-residents, and $65 for a monthly water exercise pass for Palm Desert residents and $85 for non-residents. The full schedule is online and reservations with pre-payment are required by visiting www.pdpool.com.
the end of its life, the stem tips explode in a massive array of tiny flowers capable of being pollinated and developing into fruit, and their nectar attracts insects and birds. However, the flowers also exhaust the plant and drain its nutritional supply until it dies.
• In 2007, Scotland spent 125,000 British pounds devising a new national slogan. The winning entry was: “Welcome to Scotland.”
• The tongue is the only muscle in one’s body that is attached from one end. • There is a punctuation mark used to signify irony or sarcasm that looks like a backward question mark.
The Palm Desert Aquatic Center is a City of Palm Desert facility, managed by Family YMCA of the Desert. It is located at 73751 Magnesia Falls Drive in Palm Desert, behind Civic Center Park, and can be reached at 760-565-7467.
• Lipstick was considered an essential item for female nurses in the armed forces during the World War II, both to remind women they were ladies first and military second, and because it might have a calming effect on the male soldiers. • Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose once earned $8 an hour for smoking cigarettes, for a science experiment at California’s UCLA. (c) 2021 King Features Synd., Inc.
4. TELEVISION: Which 1960s sitcom’s theme song is “The Fishin’ Hole”? 5. ANIMAL KINGDOM: Which island nation is home to lemurs? 6. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What is the birth flower for people born in November? 7. GEOGRAPHY: Where are the Harz Mountains located? 8. HISTORY: What kind of mammal was the first to be cloned successfully? 9. MUSIC: Which rock group performed the 1970s song “Doraville”? 10. MEASUREMENTS: What does a kilopond measure? © 2021 King Features Synd., Inc. ANSWER TO TRIVIA ON PAGE 6