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Thursday, October 7, 2021 Volume 68 | Number 5

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THE DESERT MOBILE HOME NEWS CELEBRATING THE DESERT COMMUNITIES FOR 65 YEARS

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Modernism Week’s Fall Preview offers cocktail parties, tours, talks and more

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he Modernism movement is unstoppable, and the celebration continues this fall in Palm Springs with Modernism Week’s 2021 Fall Preview in October. Tours, educational programs and parties will embrace and pay homage to Midcentury Modern architecture, design and lifestyle.

The four-day festival provides a glimpse into the full 11-day Modernism Week scheduled for February, 2022. Highlights include over 40 activities such as open air Premier Double Decker Architectural Bus tours and Charles Phoenix-led bus tours, the Modernism Show and Sale – Fall Edition, the popular Cul-de-Sac A-Go-Go! home tour experience, enlightening talks and evening cocktail and pool parties.

Attendees can expect to see returning favorites as well as new offerings.

Featured home tours this year

1. TELEVISION: Which actor portrayed Kevin Arnold in the 1980s90s sitcom “The Wonder Years”?

include “Seventies Sackley,” “Sunburst Palms” and “Modernism Week Featured Design Project Tour: Limón.” Exciting excursions include Palm Springs Historical Society daily walking tours, Frank Sinatra’s “Twin Palms” Estate Tour, the James Logan Abernathy Residence Tour, tours of Sunnylands, Temple Isaiah and a special walking tour and lunch in Indian Wells. And, not to be missed

is “Beatnik,” PS Underground’s brand-new dinner show.

You may want to start clearing your calendar now.

Modernism Week Fall Preview is held October 14-17 at varioius locations throughout Palm Springs and Coachella Valley. Pricing varies by event, many events are free. Visit www.modernismweek.com for tickers and schedule of events.

Art Walk and Wine Tasting in Idyllwild Tastes, textures and colors swirl together for the 23rd annual Art Walk and Wine Tasting fundraiser, hosted by the Art Alliance of Idyllwild.

The event takes art and wine to new heights, actually to 5,413 feet in elevation, as the mile high mountain community welcomes over a thousand art and wine lovers.

The adventure begins at 11 a.m. with a visit to art galleries and artist booths, offering paintings, ceramics, jewelry, mixed media,

• Koi fish have been known to live up to 226 years.

• In Chinese, the KFC slogan “finger lickin’ good” translates to “eat your fingers off” in its literal interpretation.

• Dueling is still legal in Paraguay, as long as both parties are blood donors.

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photographs, furniture, sculptures, hand-painted wine glasses, assemblage art, books, greeting cards and more. Live music and wine sipping will be up next, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Close to 20 of California’s premier wineries – such as Velvet Bee Wine and Wiens Family Cellars - will be featured at pouring stations throughout town, along with snacks of cheese, crackers and grapes. All guests will receive a gift bag.

Free shuttles keep things convenient. Or just make a weekend of it at one of the quaint inns or vacation rentals. Combine it all with pine scented air, natural beauty and serene views, and you’ll know you’ve discovered your happy place.

• Singapore has a mandatory organ donation scheme for people over 21. Anyone choosing to optout of it is given lower priority to receive a transplant if they ever find themselves in need of one.

with only some broken ribs ... and a damaged implant.

• The Boston University Bridge is the only spot in America where a boat can sail under a train moving under a car driving under an airplane.

• In 2020, George Hood, a 62-yearold ex-Marine, set the world record for the longest abdominal plank, holding the position for 8 hours, 15 minutes and 15 seconds.

• In 2018, a 30-year-old woman in Canada was shot in her left breast. Her silicone breast implant deflected the bullet away from her vital organs and left her

Art Walk and Wine Tasting is held on Saturday, October 9 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tickets are $35 in advance or $50 at the door. Visit artinidyllwild.org for additional details.

• Eighty-five percent of American shoppers go to their right when entering a store.

• Prior to 1900, prizefights lasted 100 rounds. (c) 2021 King Features Synd., Inc.

2. MEDICAL: What is a more common name for rhinorrhea?

3. MUSIC: How many members are in the pop group ABBA? 4. MOVIES: Who directed “The Godfather” trilogy?

5. ANIMAL KINGDOM: What is the native country of the kiwi bird?

6. ENTERTAINERS: Which American singer/songwriter was born with the name Peter Gene Hernandez?

7. SCIENCE: What does a petrologist study?

8. GEOGRAPHY: The Cape of Good Hope lies at the tip of which continent?

9. PSYCHOLOGY: What fear is represented in the condition known as cynophobia?

10. LITERATURE: The novels “Tom Sawyer” and “Huckleberry Finn” are both set in which U.S. state? © 2021 King Features Synd., Inc. ANSWER TO TRIVIA ON PAGE 6

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WORD SEARCH Just Hang Up!

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It’s time for us to be rude on the phone. There, I’ve said it. “Seniors are often targeted because they tend to be trusting and polite.” So says the FBI’s website page describing scams aimed at seniors. I’ve thought this for a long time, having done informal polls among friends, but now it’s official.

Additionally, says the FBI, we’re targeted because we have savings, own a home and have good credit, which makes us attractive to scammers. We have the money — they want it.

But scammers are tricky. On that FBI page is a video of a former FBI director who, along with his wife, was targeted in a scam. Of all people who should have instantly realized what was going on, he was one. It was his wife, listening in the background, who made the

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connections. In the end, even after multiple ugly physical threats, the director didn’t cave in. The scammer went to jail, of course.

But it points out how vulnerable we often are, especially when faced with sweet-talking scammers who are offering us a lot of money ... and who then switch over to threats if we don’t immediately do as they say and either send them money or give them access to our accounts.

Whether it’s a tech support scam (“Your computer has a virus and we can fix it”) or a grandparent scam (“Your grandson is in jail and needs money for bail”) or a lottery scam (“You’ve just won $5 million”), it’s all the same -- a scam.

To protect ourselves, we need to hang up the phone instantly when there is a likely scammer on the other end. Yes, when we were growing up, this kind of behavior would have been considered rude. But this is a whole new world, and it’s full of bad people who think we are trusting. We’re not, right? (c) 2021 King Features Synd., Inc.

Tramway’s snow guessing contest Fall has just arrived and, with it, 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 Tramway’s Mountain Station, elevation 8,516 feet.

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 ANSWER ON PAGE 6

Staff Cindy Melland Publisher Kimberly Brucks Advertising Manager KBrucks@desertentertainer.com Jose De La Cruz Senior Graphic Designer news@desertmobilehomenews.com Mary Rider Graphic Designer

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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 information 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.

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Palm Desert’s free fall concerts return

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Autumn’s cooler temperatures and longer nights signal the return of a popular tradition to Palm Desert with the debut of 2021’s free Fall Concerts in the Park. Featuring live music under the stars every Thursday night in October, this season of free fall concerts kick off at the Civic Center Park Amphitheater at 6 p.m. on Thursday, October 7, with a performance by Beach Street a Go-Go. Known for performing a great mix of tunes in tribute to all the groovy sounds of the ‘60s, Beach St. a Go Go features everything from The Beatles to The Beach Boys, plus Motown and more!

On stage from 6 to 7:30 p.m., Palm Desert’s Fall Concerts will feature a variety of talented musical acts designed to please music lovers of all ages and tastes. Other concert series performances include the Avenida Music (October 14); Cash, Killer and the King (October

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The kick-off of Fall Concerts also means the return of food trucks to Civic Center Park.

Concertgoers are encouraged to sample the trucks’ mouthwatering mobile culinary creations or bring picnic baskets, along with their blankets or lawn chairs, to enjoy the shows. Alcoholic beverages and smoking are prohibited.

Civic Center Park is located on the northeast corner of San Pablo Avenue and Fred Waring Drive. For more info, call 760-568-1441.

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I am a body with a leg, an arm, and a head but I look like I am naked and bare. What am I? SEE ANSWER ON PAGE 6

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Coachella Valley Certified Farmers’ Markets re-open for season Coachella Valley foodies can rejoice. The desert’s original three State and County Certified Farmers’ Markets re-opened for their 2021/2022 season in October and will operate in their outside locations through April from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Sponsored by the non-profit Palm Springs Cultural Center, the three high season Certified Farmers’ Markets in Palm Springs, La Quinta and Palm Desert are opening a half hour later and closing an hour later to accommodate a group of brand-new culinary entrepreneurs who started their businesses during the pandemic.

The new mini restaurants – Croux and Co. Catering, Popping Off Pies, Pura Vida Vegan Taqueria, and Straight and Marrow Street Food.

The Palm Dsert market location, will now be held at the corner of Highway 111 and El Paseo,

between the Chamber of Commerce and the new home of the Artists’ Council. La Quinta is still held at 78100 Main Street (off Calle Tampico) and Palm Springs is held at 2300 E. Baristo Rd. (adjacent to The Camelot Theatres).

All Certified Farmers’ Markets offer a $15/$15 Match to customers participating in CalFresh EBT and a $10/$10 Match for WIC, SSDI and federal Unemployment. The Markets offer Market Buck tokens as an in-house currency / ATM alternative to all customers with a charge or debit card, which can be used for purchases at any vendor.

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Capture Joshua Tree landscapes with acrylics Spend a day painting in beautiful Joshua Tree National Park. In this one-day class, you will focus on observation, setting an intention for the day, and learning the process of acrylic landscape painting.

Janis Commentz is known for her color-intense palette and loose brush strokes. The morning will begin with basic instruction on the process and introduction to materials. Topics include laying out your palette, color mixing, translating your observations into a painted image, tips for lights and darks, and planning

a successful composition. Participants will move outdoors to observe, sketch, and learn what to look for in a potential landscape.

Both group and individual instruction will help you develop your painting and explore new techniques.

The class is held on Saturday, October 16 from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Black Rock Nature Center (9800 Black Rock Canyon Rd., Yucca Valley). Fee $85 for JTNPA members, $95 nonmembers. Visit www.joshuatree.org or call 760-819-4714 for more info.

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Crossword Answer

I could give you helpful directions if you were traveling east, north or south. The west is up to you.

Stickelers Answer

Inspirational Quote

Sudoku Answer

Believe nothing you hear, and only one half that you see.

—Edgar Allan Poe—

Go Figure Answer 1. Fred Savage

Trivia Answers 7. Rocks

2. Runny nose

8. Africa

3. Four

9. Fear of dogs

4. Francis Ford Coppola.

10. Missouri

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5. New Zealand 6. Bruno Mars

Brain Teaser Answer Skeleton!

Veterans Need Your Help This Winters It looks like COVID isn’t likely to vanish soon. Because of restrictions everywhere, long-term patients at Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals might have a lonely winter when their regular visitors are either limited or banned altogether. You can help.

While you probably won’t be able to visit patients, you can help to break up their long days with gifts, cards and notes to let them know that people on the outside

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What do dentist call their x-rays?

Tooth pics!

are thinking about them.

First stop is the website for your local VA hospital. Look for Voluntary Services and give them a call to see if they have a wish list. They might be looking for anything from thick socks to XXL T-shirts. If you’re lucky, there might be a special list for the coming holidays that includes handheld electronic games, books of a certain genre or small radios with ear buds. You won’t know until you ask.

Your call to Voluntary Services might reveal that instead of needing things for the patients, they need your help with those who have been discharged. Maybe there’s a homeless veteran being moved into his own apartment.

He’ll need a move-in basket of everything from new towels to TP to a manual can opener.

And there might be even more ways you can help at the VA hospital. Drivers are a big deal, and taking a van around to pick up patients who need to come in for outpatient treatment is a way to guarantee that those veterans don’t miss crucial appointments. In cold weather, parking lot shuttle drivers bring people from their cars to the door and back. Again, a very worthwhile endeavor.

If you’re in a veterans’ service group such as American Legion, enlist members to help with the financial end of buying gifts and necessities. One way or another, don’t let this coming winter go by without doing something for your fellow veterans. They’d be there for you if the tables were turned. (c) 2021 King Features Synd., Inc.

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SERVICE DIRECTORY HELP WANTED

HELP WANTED

Maintenance and Construction Worker I/II San Bernardino County $17.13 - $27.01 The Department of Public Works is recruiting for Maintenance and Construction Workers II who perform skilled tasks in the construction, repair and maintenance of roads, flood control channels and other public works facilities. Immediate vacancies exist throughout the County, including a vacancy in Joshua Tree. Apply by 5pm on Friday 10/22/21.

For more information and to apply visit sbcounty.gov/jobs (909) 387-8304.

HELP WANTED

ANTIQUES

Needed Experienced IHSS Worker in YV for a man in Wheelchair.

Fulltime760-217-8653

$$$ ANTIQUES, ART, MILITARY ITEMS, Watches, Musical Instruments, Old Photos, Jewelry, LOCAL. I'LLTRAVEL 2 U! 760-819-2979 or 619-665-8073

NOW HIRING! Housekeeper Experience Preferred $14-$17 per hour.

Part time & full time available.

442-234-4494 Help Wanted 8 Star Cafe Korean Restaurant Cashier & Cook helper Wanted 2 yrs exp Preferred 213-760-9911

GARAGE SALE Lucerne Valley Chamber.

Mega Swap meet. Saturday Oct 9th. 8-3. Over 100 vendors along HWY 18 and the market. Vendor spots available $15. Call 562-522-8775 GARAGE SALE! Vintage Man-Cave Items!

Signage, neon, and Sports Memorabilia.

Jewelery and clothing.

Christmas items/decorations.

Decorated Trees and much more!

61535 Division St, Joshua Tree Friday Oct 8 - Sun 10th.

10am-5pm

MISC 4 SALE Yucca Valley Carpet Cleaning is retiring. Equipment is for SALE. Restoration equipment Steam clean van mount. All operational. All proceeds to be given to Mina Lashley, 50 year resident of Yucca Valley in a care facility. Call 760365-8903

TREASURE HUNT Large Electric Slow Cooker $20 760-365-4985 Large Electric Roaster Oven $20 760-365-4985

REAL ESTATE 8 Star Cafe Korean Restaurant. Freshly Remodeled and Clean.

Owner has Health Problems.

Orig. Paid $350,000. Asking $230,000 213-760-9911

SERVICES Palm Springs Light Hauling.

Specializing in Junk removal and trash hauling. Call 760 641 0779.

GET IT SOLD IN THE CLASSIFIEDS 760-365-3315

TILE- Shumate’s Tile. Better Value! Quality work. No short cuts. 20+yrs. Design and Consult. Renderings, Lowest Bid! 760-228-1958 ROOFING- Free Estimates Johnson Roofing 760-361-2069. or Cell #760-835-9132 Credit Cards accepted AIR CONDITIONING AND HEATING - Evap. Cooler Service, Repairs, Installation metal duct fabrication. Call Mike today @ Advanced Mechanical 760-228-2934 MOBILEHOMES$45 Re-Level Special!! Deluxe Construction “We Do It All!” Senior Disc. 760-450-2649 insured LANDSCAPING- Irrigation systems, gravel, plants, tree removal, trimmings, cleanups, and hauling. Hi-Desert Landscaping 760-668-1791 PAINTING - Interior and Exterior Custom Painting.

Residential and Commercial.

Wright Painting Company Inc. CALL Jon 760-267-1849 DRY WALL- Neat, Clean, Quick! Drywall, Ceilings, Popcorn Textures, Stucco, Paint, Plumb, Elec. Wizard of Walls 760-220-7499 CONCRETE -All phases of Concrete. Concrete stamping Walkways/ Driveways Grading. Comm. & Res. Dillon Concrete 760-362-3196

CAREGIVER Need a Sitter?

F/T Sitter available for elderly and dementia patients in Pioneer- town and YV area.

Nights preferred. Can live in 3-5 days/wk.

Call Ms. Rosenbek 9098448791.

SERVICES

SERVICES PAINTING- Excellent Prep!

Interior & Exterior. Bonded & Insured. Call Brian @ Quality Painting 760-365-2538 Palm Springs Light Hauling.

Specializing in Junk removal and trash hauling. Call 760 641 0779.

LANDSCAPING - Turf-Sod, Landscape curbing, irrigation, decorative gravel, cleanups.

Desert Green Landscaping & Nursery 760-364-3019 HANDYMAN- Roof Repair, Swap coolers, Painting, Yard & Rental Clean-Ups, Hauling, Refurbishing. Call TOM WHITE. 760-780-2540 CONSTRUCTION & ELECTRICAL - Remodels, Repairs, Electrical, Plumbing, Painting, Stucco, Carpentry, Concrete, Flood Damage.

Lic#856762. 760-774-8609 JLC Construction

FENCING- Chain Link, field fencing, wood fence, no job too small. Fatty’s Fencing 760-668-3525 AIR CONDITIONING AND HEATING- All makes & models, evap, coolers, new unit install, FREE est. Honest and reliable! Diversified Heating & Cooling 760-365-6740

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