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Thursday, January 13, 2022 Volume 68 | Number 19
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THE DESERT MOBILE HOME NEWS CELEBRATING THE DESERT COMMUNITIES FOR 65 YEARS
PGA Pros Tee Up for The American Express
In This Issue
Is Telehealth All It’s Cracked Up To Be..2 “The Mountaintop” at Dezart.................4 Carrot Salad Recipe.............................5 The Classifieds.....................................7
1. LITERATURE: What was the title of Stephen King’s first published novel? 2. ADVERTISING SLOGANS: Which restaurant chain has the advertising slogan, “Have it your way”? 3. U.S. PRESIDENTS: Who was the first president whose likeness appeared on a U.S. coin? 4. TELEVISION: What is the family’s last name in the “Family Ties” sitcom?
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rganizers of this annual golf tournament have elevated the experience to a premier spectator venue and world-class concert venue by including PGA Tour golf, cocktail lounges and live concerts. Starting off in 1960 as the Bob Hope Classic, the PGA Tour returns to the Coachella Valley for a 72hole event featuring a field of the world’s best professional golfers, with host Phil Mickelson and a purse of $6.7 million. Since its inception, the tournament has generated more than $60 million for local charities.
The tournament’s roster of 156 professional golfers, which include Matthew Wolfe, Caeron Champ, Jason Day, Justin Rose, Abraham Ancer, Will Zalatoris, Rickie Fowler, Jhonattan Vegas, Adam Long will play a round each at PGA West’s Stadium Course and Nicklaus Tournament Course over the first two rounds before playing the Stadium Course exclusively on the weekend after the 36-hole cut. Food, beverage and hospitality offerings open to the public and Champions Club ticket holders alike will include Casamigos
Club 18, Bushmill’s Whiskey Lounge and Michelob Ultra Beers Fore Birdies. And, all weekend ticket holders will get to rock out to the post-golf evening concerts by Maroon 5 on Friday and Brad Paisley on Saturday. Come see for yourself if Si-Woo Kim will take the top prize again this year.
quit smoking, but the largest increase in new smokers actually occurs in the summer.
• Humans are comprised of about 30 of the 118 elements on the periodic table. Their iPhones, however, are made up of about 75 elements.
• There’s a national pillow-fighting tournament in Japan. • Pinball was banned in most major cities from the early 1940s to the mid-1970s because it was considered a game of chance and, therefore, gambling. • Tobacco companies spend the most money on advertising in January, when many people make a New Year’s resolution to
• A 43,000-square-foot room beneath the Lincoln Memorial that was forgotten about until 1974 is filled with concrete columns and has its own plant life and ecosystem, as well as graffiti from the original workers. • Oysters can change genders back and forth.
The American Express is held January 19-23. General admission tickets are $35-$125, champions club $200$350. Concert tickets ate included with all admissions. For tickets, visit theamexgol.com. PGA West, 55955
• Every day, around 18 acres of pizza are eaten in America. • At the U.S. Open and other U.S.based tennis tournaments, the men play with the slower, heavyduty felt balls while the women play with the faster, regular-duty felt version. (c) 2022 King Features Synd., Inc.
5. LANGUAGE: What does the Latin phrase “lupus in fabula” mean? 6. GEOGRAPHY: What did the city of Mumbai, India, used to be called? 7. MOVIES: Which movie features a character called Rooster Cogburn? 8. LITERATURE: Which 20th-century novel features a type of language called “newspeak”? 9. SCIENCE: What temperature is the same on the Celsius and Fahrenheit scales? 10. FOOD & DRINK: Where was Coca-Cola first sold? © 2022 King Features Synd., Inc. ANSWER TO TRIVIA ON PAGE 6