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Thursday, February 17, 2022 Volume 68 | Number 24
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THE DESERT MOBILE HOME NEWS CELEBRATING THE DESERT COMMUNITIES FOR 65 YEARS
Thrillville Comes to Indio
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10 days of family fun and live entertainment
he name of the event pretty much describes the nonstop excitement that can be expected at this high energy production. Thrillville will set up shop for 10 days at the Riverside County Fairgrounds, offering numerous fair favorites, including adrenaline-pumping carnival rides, games and food booths serving all the best fair treats as well as a huge array of entertainment. Loads of activity options include live shark encounters, comedy performances, magic shows, music and more. The band Metalachi will perform live on stage, showcasing their groundbreaking act marked by heavy metal Mariachi. Metalachi is best known from their appearances on Season 10 of “America’s Got Talent.” The Flying Royals Circus will also amaze audiences as this troupe of elite flying trapeze
1. HISTORY: When did the first Winter Olympics take place? 2. PSYCHOLOGY: What is the extreme fear represented by a condition called ophidiophobia?
artists perform on a criss-crossing trapeze rigging. The Cartoon Poodles show demonstrates just how beautiful and intelligent these canines are, with more than a dozen colorful and playful poodles flying in the air, dancing and strutting their furry stuff in a conga line. This magical exhibition delivers fun and frolic to all ages. Get
ready to return multiple days to experience it all! Thrillville is held February 18-27, opening times vary by day. Riverside County Fairgrounds, 46350 Arabia Street, Indio. Admission is $10, children under 5 and seniors 65 and older are free. For more information, visit thethrillville.com/indio.
Special Tramway Hours for Presidents’ Day Weekend
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he Palm Springs Aerial Tramway will observe special holiday hours during Presidents’ Day Weekend February 1921, with the first Tram car up each day at 8 a.m., the last Tram car up at 6:30 p.m. and the last Tram car down at 8 p.m. Tram cars depart at least every 30 minutes. Enjoy a day or evening above the desert floor exploring the 14,000-acre Mt. San Jacinto State
Park & Wilderness and be awed by spectacular Coachella Valley vistas from the Mountain Station. Tram admission is $28.95 for adults and $16.95 for children ages 3-10. After 4:00 p.m., Twilight Tickets are $25.95 for adults and seniors, and $13.95 for children ages 3-10. For more information, please call 888-515-TRAM or 760-3251391, or visit pstramway.com. • The Vatican has its own telescope staffed by priests, and has even received awards for the pursuit of scientific research.
• Rapper Snoop Dogg tried to rent the country of Lichtenstein for a music video, but was rejected. • Actual corpses were on the set and going to be used during the filming of “Apocalypse Now.” However, the man who supplied them turned out to be a grave robber and was arrested.
In This Issue
Empty Store Shelves...........................2 Palm Springs Concerts.........................3 Calendar of Events...............................4 “Almost Love”.......................................5
• In 1997, Motley Crue created a soda called “Motley Brue” to help promote their new album “Generation Swine.” For additional fun, they added enough blue dye to turn the drinker’s urine green. • Until they are large enough to sleep upright, baby owls sleep on their stomachs because their heads are too heavy.
3. AD SLOGANS: Which company featured this advertising campaign in the mid-1980s: “Quality never goes out of style”? 4. LITERATURE: Which 19th-century novel begins with the line, “Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show”? 5. MOVIES: Where were the park bench scenes from “Forrest Gump” filmed? 6. ANATOMY: What is the common name for the orbit in human anatomy? 7. MEASUREMENTS: What does a hygrometer measure? 8. U.S. STATES: In which state was the movie “Children of the Corn” filmed? 9. LANGUAGE: What does “fair dinkum” mean in Australian English? 10. SCIENCE: What is the common name for nitrous oxide? © 2022 King Features Synd., Inc. ANSWER TO TRIVIA ON PAGE 6
• Oceans around the world contain about 20 million tons of gold in the water itself, worth hundreds of trillions of dollars at current prices. • Walt Disney accidentally “kidnapped” Richard Nixon by dispatching his monorail train before the Secret Service could get on. • When added together, the numbers on a roulette wheel add up to 666. (c) 2022 King Features Synd., Inc.