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Thursday, November 18, 2021 Volume 68 | Number 11
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THE DESERT MOBILE HOME NEWS CELEBRATING THE DESERT COMMUNITIES FOR 65 YEARS
McCormick’s Rare Car Auction is back!
Starts with champagne, ends with a vintage car for your collection
In This Issue
Calendar of Events...............................4 Pickleball Tournament..........................5 Drive-Thru Pie Giveaway......................6 Ways to Cook Your Turkey....................9
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ars, cars and more cars. McCormick’s Rare Car Auction is back on the scene in its 35th year with Auction 71 ready to welcome classic car admirers as well as serious bidders and buyers. Attendees will be able to see roadsters, convertibles, muscle cars, trucks, wagons and more. Featured vehicles – 580 of them - set to cross the auction block include a 1939 Studebaker Commander Coupe, a 1951 Crosley Super Sport Roadster, a 1977 MG Roadster, a 1965 Ford Mustang Convertible and many other unique finds. Past events have seen sales including a 1964 Porsche 356 SC with original matching numbers and a 1953 Buick Roadmaster convertible restored in original colors and working wonder bar radio. Opening day Friday is free and open to the public with complimentary Champagne Happy
1. MEASUREMENTS: How many dry quarts are in a peck? 2. GEOGRAPHY: What’s the name of the island where the Statue of Liberty stands? 3. MUSIC: Which composer is known as “The Waltz King”? 4. GEOMETRY: What is a three-sided polygon called?
Hour at 11 a.m., and on Sunday guests can sip on free mimosas and Bloody Marys from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. For a teaser of some of the most impressive vintage autos in the country, guests are invited to stop by McCormick’s year-round show room at 244 N. Indian Canyon Drive in Palm Springs.
McCormick’s Palm Springs Collectors Car Auction takes place November 19-21 at the Palm Springs Convention Center. Located at 277 North Avenida Caballeros in Palm Springs. Friday admission is free. Saturday and Sunday is $15 per day or $25 for both day. For more information, call 760-320-3290 or visit classic-carauction.com
Palm Canyon Theatre presents ‘This Side of Crazy’ The Del Shores and Palm Springs love affair continues with the Palm Springs premiere of, “This Side of Crazy.” Mr. Shores, who loves Palm Springs, stated “It was almost as if Palm Springs adopted Sordid Lives; it became theirs.” The theatre’s co-artistic director, Se Layne states “I’m so excited that
• “Scotch” used to be a synonym for “thrifty” or “frugal.” When cellophane tape was first invented, it was marketed during the Great Depression as “Scotch tape” since it could extend the life of objects and save you money. • A grizzly bear has enough bite strength to crush a bowling ball.
Palm Canyon Theatre will be the first production in Palm Springs of this soon-to-be classic, This Side of Crazy.” This Side of Crazy will run one weekend only, November 1821 at Palm Canyon Theatre, 538 N. Palm Canyon Drive. Opening night, will be a very special evening, Del Shores will
join us live at the theatre to introduce the show and will participate in a Q&A after the show. Show times are Thursday, 7 p.m.; Friday, 8 p.m.; Saturday, 8 p.m.; Sunday, 2 p.m. Tickets are $29.50 and $15.00 for students. Call the Box Office for tickets, 760-323-5123.
• There is a psychological state called “helper’s high” in which the act of giving produces endorphins in the brain that provide a mild version of a morphine high.
where inmates could play blackjack, craps, poker and bet on sports.
• In 1994, Chicago artist Dwight Kalb made a statue of singer Madonna from 180 pounds of ham. • Table tennis balls can travel off the paddle at a speed of 105.6 mph. • From 1932 to 1967, there was a casino called the “Bullpen” in a stone building on the grounds of the Nevada State prison in Carson City,
• Scientists estimate that the average person is more than five times as likely to die in a hypothetical human species extinction event as in a car crash. • A man sued Warner Bros. — and won — after he was injured while fainting during a 1974 screening of “The Exorcist.” • Chocolate milk was originally sold as medicine. (c) 2021 King Features Synd., Inc.
5. ASTRONOMY: What is it called when three celestial bodies are arranged in a straight line? 6. TELEVISION: How many Huxtable children were in the longrunning “The Cosby Show”? 7. MOVIES: What’s the name of the town in the “Halloween” horror movie series? 8. SCIENCE: What does the acronym FM stand for? 9. LITERATURE: Which famous novel begins with the line, “Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way”? 10. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What color is alabaster? © 2021 King Features Synd., Inc. ANSWER TO TRIVIA ON PAGE 10