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Volume 67 | Number 9
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CELEBRATING THE RESIDENTIAL PARK COMMUNITIES FOR 65 YEARS
Snow Guessing Contest Begins
In This Issue
Senior News.........................................2 Free COVID Testing..............................3 BINGO is back at Fantasy Springs.........3 The Classifieds.....................................7
Palm Springs Aerial Tramway continues annual tradition
1. MEASUREMENTS: What does a hygrometer measure? 2. TELEVISION: What was the postman’s name on the sitcom “Cheers”? 3. LITERATURE: Which 20th-century novel begins with the line, “For many days, we had been tempest-tossed”? 4. GEOGRAPHY: The Adriatic Sea lies east of which country?
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hile it may still feel like summer, October 23 marks the start of the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway’s Snow Guessing Contest. This annual event runs until the first measurable inch of snow falls at the Tram’s Mountain Station, elevation 8,516 feet. According to Tramway General Manager Nancy Nichols, “Traditionally, our Snow Guessing Contest begins October 1, but—this year—we wanted to wait until the Tram reopened before starting it. Not only are we anxious for the first snow, we are anxious for
• The Zombie tit is a species of bird that has learned to track down tiny bats, split open their skulls, and feed on their brains. • On average, a 4-year-old will ask 400 questions in one day. • One of the weirdest scandals in sports history occurred in 1973
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folks to come up and experience it in person!” The first ten entries received with the correct date of snowfall will win four Tram admissions plus a special Tram gift memento. In the event there are more than ten correct entries, the earliest postmarks will prevail. To submit an entry, simply write down your best-guess date on a postcard and mail it to: Snow Guessing Contest, 1 Tram Way, Palm Springs, CA 92262. Participants may enter as many times as they would like, but only one date per postcard. For more informa-
tion and contest rules, please visit pstramway.com/special-events . It won’t be long before snowflakes are falling just a few minutes from the desert floor. There’s never been a year when someone didn’t win the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway’s Snow Guessing Contest.
when New York Yankees players Fritz Peterson and Mike Kekich decided to trade families -- wives, children, even dogs! After the couples became close friends, Peterson fell in love with Kekich’s wife and vice versa. “It’s a love story. It wasn’t anything dirty,” Peterson told a reporter in 2013. Peterson is still married to the former Mrs. Kekich, but Kekich and the former Mrs. Peterson later split up.
• When Prohibition started, alcohol could only be bought for medicinal and religious purposes, from a pharmacy or a doctor. “Medicinal whiskey” was prescribed for just about anything and used to treat conditions such as toothaches and the flu. With a prescription, a patient could legally purchase up to one pint of hard liquor every 10 days.
• Pepper spray and tear gas are technically classified as chemical weapons and thus are forbidden in warfare.
Tickets are $26.95 for adults, $24.95 for seniors (65+) and $16.95 for children (3-10). For more information, please call 888515-TRAM or 760-325-1391, or visit pstramway.com.
5. HISTORY: Who was the first woman appointed to a U.S. president’s cabinet? 6. ADVERTISING: Which company’s mascot was named Poppin’ Fresh? 7. LANGUAGE: What is a mondegreen? 8. GAMES: How much is the Luxury Tax in the board game Monopoly? 9. U.S. PRESIDENTS: Who was the only president to attend Oxford University in England as a Rhodes Scholar? 10. U.S. STATES: What does the name Nevada mean in Spanish? © 2020 King Features Synd., Inc. ANSWER TO TRIVIA ON PAGE 6
• The human body gives off enough heat in 30 minutes to bring a gallon of water to a boil. (c) 2020 King Features Synd., Inc.