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Gay Pride Parade 2019 Dottie DuBois, James Williamson, Michael C. Green, Geoff Kors, and Maude Chapeau. Photo by Pat Krause Story and Photos by Pat Krause The annual Palm Springs Greater Gay Pride Parade is growing larger each year. It has turned into a weekend of fun with rows and rows of vendors, nights of entertainment, and party after party. LBGTQ gatherings were huge again this year all around Palm Springs

as that is the base area for the weekend events. The Gay Pride Parade is always held on Sunday, which allows thousands of people from the very young to the very old to line the streets of Palm Canyon Drive. Some of the parade watchers got in the spirit of the day wearing colorful outfits,

beads, feathers, T-shirts, and some even brought their dogs all dressed up.

This is the largest Gay Pride Parade to date with 256 contingents of floats, bands, cars, horses, and more. Of course, a Parade is not a Parade unless there is the color-guard to start and

the bands making music. It was noted that there are 78 countries where it is still illegal to be an LGBTQ person, so there was a group that had 78 flags to make a note of those countries. Other floats and walkers carried plaques, balloons, and signs. The more massive floats were

filled with people. What a fun day for this event and the weather even co-operated with mild temperatures.

The party started on Sunday with a VIP breakfast where over 150 guests gathered to greet the

National Philanthropy Day In The Desert

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Nominee Reception Honors Outstanding Philanthropic Individuals, Businesses, and Organizations making a Difference in our Community

By Madeline Zuckerman It was an elegant evening as the Association of Fundraising Professionals CA, Desert Communities Chapter, hosted a private reception at a stunning residence on Stevens Road in Palm Springs, to honor this year’s Nominees for the 13thAnnual National Philanthropy Day® In The Desert. Once again, the dynamic duo of Mark Anton and Scott Histed graciously sponsored and underwrote this not-to-bemissed elegant soiree.

Over 100 guests were in attendance, including this year’s National Philanthropy Day® In The Desert Nominees,

V.I.P. guests, NPD Awards Luncheon Sponsors, City Officials, NPD 2019 Honorees, Board Members of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, Past Year’s Nominees and Honorees, Nominators, as well as members of the Association of Fundraising Professionals Blue Ribbon, Gold Ribbon, and Awards Committee. As guests enjoyed the sumptuous cocktail reception, they were serenaded throughout the evening by the Hot Purple Energy Band.

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(left to right) Terence Dwyer, CEO of McCallum Theatre, Sally Berger, Honoree in the OUTSTANDING FUNDRAISING VOLUNTEER category for the 2019 National Philanthropy Day® In The Desert Awards, Harold Matzner, Honorary Chair & Presenting Sponsor of the 2019 National Philanthropy Day® In The Desert Awards, and Amy Dwyer. Photo by Dimitri Halkidis Photography.

2019 YMCA Hoedown at Sundown

Brian Harnik, Jan Harnik, Davidi Compton, CEO-Paula Simonds, and Cheryl Parker. YMCA Dancers. Photo by Pat Krause Photo by Pat Krause Story and Photos by Pat Krause The Family YMCA of the Desert held its 32nd Annual Hoedown at Sundown on November 2nd. The event was held at the Agua Caliente Resort and Casino. The event was sponsored by the Commander Allen Fund. Everyone had a rootin tootin good time. There were hundreds of silent auction items that filled long tables in the entry of the ballroom.

There was something for everyone to bid on from gas to golf to massages and more.

The event started with early bird arrivals, a hosted bar, and a huge silent auction.

There were games to keep everyone busy having a good time, like roping a calf, bag toss, and other games where skill was not needed to enjoy playing. This gave people time to get together with old and meet new friends.

Cowboy costumes, boots, and hats were everywhere. A fun time to relax and enjoy getting dressed up in a costume.

Dinner was served at 6:30.

Guests arrived in the

ballroom for dinner with kids greeting and waving them in. As guests were getting seated, the 16 YMCA children danced to the music, and their choreography was great. No one seemed to miss a step, so I am sure they practiced a lot.

The guests appreciated their efforts with loud applause. The dinner was a Western BBQ with BBQ Brisket and chicken, Corn, beans, cornbread and rolls, A delicious chocolate dessert topped off the meal. A video was shown that gave guests an idea of the many activities the

YMCA provides. There is a day camp for ages 5-12, activities for children 2-4 at Westfield Mall, to name just a few of the extra programs they offer.

To raise more money for programs, they held a paddle plea followed by a live auction of about a dozen exceptional items. The YMCA is the largest employer in the Desert, with about 400 staff members. It takes that many to provide all the programs and services the YMCA creates for 3,800 children daily. The programming is in all locations across the

Coachella Valley. They provide services from Palm Springs to Mecca, so no child will miss out on the many excellent programs the YMCA can provide. The Family YMCA has an unwavering commitment to the community. The Family YMCA and all its programs help every child in many ways to help them grow healthy and become better citizens. They teach social responsibilities and healthy living so they can become adults the Desert, their families, and themselves can be proud of.

For November, the Tolerance Education Center in Rancho Mirage is hosting a satellite installation of the “Legacy Wall” exhibit.

Sponsored by the Legacy Project, Chicago, the exhibit exposes the history of significant LGBTQ individuals who have made significant achievements in human culture: arts, literature, business, science, politics, athletics, religion, and social justice, just to name a few.

Thirteen Legacy Walk plaque mockups have been installed. The display begins

with The Pink Triangle (in German, rosa Winkel), one of many Nazi Concentration Camp badges used during the Holocaust to identify male prisoners who were arrested because of their homosexuality.

Introduced in 1937, every homosexual prisoner had to wear a downward-pointing pink-colored triangle on their jacket, indicating their undesirable status in the Nazi system. Jews were forced to wear two superimposed yellow triangles representing the Star of David; political prisoners, a red badge, Jehovah’s Witness,

a purple triangle, and so forth.

Few of these original badges are in a permanent display at the Tolerance Education Center.

Another plaque highlights the Two-Spirit, Native-American individuals who fulfill the traditional third-gender or gender-variant ceremonial role in their cultures.

Some plaques tell the story of obscure individuals who accomplished extraordinary feats but were dismissed by historians because of their sexual orientation or gender identity.

Other plaques narrate

the tale of famous people whose contributions and accomplishments were recognized and celebrated,

but whose sexuality had been minimized, obscured, or censored entirely from history texts. Source: Pam Price

Rancho Mirage’s Tolerance Education Center Displays Celebratory Exhibit

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parade-goers and Honorees.

Jeff Hocker announced the Grand Marshall and Honoree Michael C. Green and Honoree Alexander J.Rodriguez and gave them each an award.

Local Mayor Robert Moon and other council persons were also present at breakfast. Linda Evans from Desert Health Care spoke about how they are so involved with the Pride Parade weekend. She mentioned they put up a 30 x 50-foot rainbow flag that will hang during the season. Desert Health Care sponsored the breakfast.

Maude Chapeau and

Palm Springs American Legion Owen Coffman post 519 Color Guard.

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Dottie DuBois were in their usual colorful costumes and posed with attending guests, honorees, and dignitaries.

They and other very bright attendees were a big part of the Parade. The Gay men’s chorus was ever-present, and a lot of t-shirts read the theme this year, A Million Moments of Pride. Other honorees in the Parade were Spirit Pride Award for Ellen Wolf. Spirit of Stonewall Honorees was the advocate of the Year, Lauren N. Nile, Friend of Pride, Jennifer Jungwirth, Volunteer of the Year, Tommi Rose, Lifetime AchievementRon Oden, and Community Service-Joyce Oldham.

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Financial Strategies before leaving the Military

By Janice Gough We will soon be celebrating Veteran’s Day; thus, I hope to offer some financial advice to those who have served our country. Losing military benefits can pose a strain on veterans leaving the Military. More than half of servicemen find themselves ill-prepared when transitioning to private life. Ideally, people in the Military should start planning at least two years before they expect to hang up their uniforms, so the following are vital moves to make if you’re still in the service, as well as resources

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to consult once you’ve left.

By creating a transition fund, you create a cash cushion. Being accustomed to a stable source of income may be a strain when returning to private life. The postmilitary job search may take longer than you think. You should have enough to cover six to nine months of living expenses. Start by putting at least 10% of each paycheck into a liquid account, such as a money-market fund or highyield savings account. If you own a home, apply now for a home-equity line of credit, which can be an excellent fallback source of cash and will be easier to qualify for while you’re still in the service.

Keep in mind that you are not charged interest on this account unless you use it.

Having a good credit score (FICO) of 700 plus can help in your job hunt and your ability to get a low-rate loan. Employers check credit scores as a part of their hiring process. Active-duty military personnel and their spouses can get free copies of their FICO score (SaveandInvest. org). Also, check your credit report at www AnnualCreditReport.com and fix any mistakes. Your score can be significantly improved by reducing your debt and paying your bills on time within one year. Even though you will retire with V.A. Health plans, you can also add a Medicare Advantage plan to accompany it, if over 65 or disabled. The advantage of adding a second plan is that you may not always be able to get to the V.A. facility.

The Medicare Advantage plans are “0” premium, and you can go to any doctor to takes Medicare patients.

Aside from also including a prescription drug plan, there are other helpful benefits, such as Vision, Dental, Health Club memberships, and $50 each quarter to pay for over the counter drugs on some plans. And, an essential coverage, a few plans will cover transportation to and from doctor appointments.

If you’re deployed overseas, protect your credit report from identity-theft scams. Contact any of the three credit reporting agencies (Equifax.com,Transunion. com and Experian.com) and request an “Active Duty Alert” on your file. That requires lenders to verify your identity before approving new credit lines and removes your name from preapproved credit offers for two years.

One of the greatest assets for veterans is a V.A. mortgage. Even if your credit isn’t perfect, you can buy a house with a loan backed by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (V.A.). In today’s low-interest-rate environment, a V.A. loan may

not require a down payment, with interest rates of about 4%, and lower closing costs. If you’re disabled, the government will also waive its funding fee, usually 1% to 2% of the loan. By planning ahead, but you can apply for a V.A. mortgage while still on active duty (you generally need to have served for at least 180 days to qualify), and loans are given after leaving active service. Buying a home in a lower-priced market with excellent potential for growth may present lower housing costs than rent. It will also be the key to long term security.

Service members may have earned up to a third of their income, tax-free.

Leaving active duty can be a shock when comparing tax-free exclusions for active duty and non-taxed benefits, such as housing and moving allowances. Although you may find a job making twenty percent more, your net takehome may be less. For help estimating how much you’ll need to earn as a civilian to match your take-home military pay, go to the Pay calculator at gijobs.com. The right place for general financial advice is the “especially for service members” section at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Another important financial decision, especially for those with pre-existing health conditions, is to take advantage of converting their $400,000 ($100,000 for spouses) group life insurance benefit to a selfowned benefit. You will be guaranteed issued and not be surcharged due to health conditions. Those with good health can find protection with this coverage, and shop for possible lower rates later.

Another tool to help save money is to enroll in a Medicare Advantage Plan.

You will also keep your V.A. coverage and have more excellent choices. The plan premiums are “$0”, thus without spending a dime more, you can have the advantage of going to doctors and hospitals nearer to you than the V.A. facility. With the cost of transportation today and the distance to drive to November 6, 2019

medical appointments, some plans offer a transportation benefit included, which would provide 24 trips annually (N/C). These programs also include a Prescription Drug plan, Vision, Dental, Hearing, 24 Hour Nurse-line, $50 per quarter for over the counter drugs, and some include transportation and coverage out of the country. This applies to those 65 or over or disabled. Enrollment season ends Dec. 7 for a Jan. 1st effective date, unless you qualify for a Special Enrollment reason.

Janice Gough is a Financial Consultant in Palm Springs. She can be reached via email at Janice@ GoughFinancialSvcs.com or by calling (760) 251-7724 or (650) 200-8291. Contact us for a Complimentary Review of your Financial Plan. We represent many Medicare Advantage programs an make it simple for you to understand which is best for you and why. Find us at www.

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Consuming Alcohol Leads to Epigenetic Changes in Brain Memory

and her team employed a behavioral test. Mice were exposed to “neutral” stimuli and alcohol reward in distinct compartments, distinguished by environmental cues. After this conditioning period, the researchers measured the preference of the mice by allowing them free access to either compartment and recording the time spent in both the neutral and alcohol-paired chamber. They found that, as expected, mice with normal ACSS2 activity spent more time in the alcohol compartment following the training period.

To test the importance of ACSS2 in this behavior, researchers reduced the protein level of ACSS2 in

By Desert Star Staff when given environmental lab who is now a postdoctoral a brain region important PHILADELPHIA — Triggers cues to consume alcohol. fellow at Mount Sinai, and for learning and memory in everyday life such as running Their findings were published Gabor Egervari, MD, PhD, a and observed that, with into a former drinking buddy, today in Nature. postdoctoral fellow in Berger’s lowered ACSS2, there was walking by a once-familiar “It was a huge surprise to lab, sought to determine no preference shown for the bar, and attending social us that metabolized alcohol is whether acetate from alcohol alcohol-paired compartment. gatherings can all cause directly used by the body to breakdown contributes to rapid “This indicates to us recovering alcoholics to “fall add chemicals called acetyl histone acetylation in the brain. that that alcohol-related off the wagon.” About 40 to groups to the proteins that They did so by using stablememory formation requires 60 percent of people who package DNA, called histones,” isotope labeling of alcohol to ACSS2,” Egervari said. “Our have gone through treatment said the study’s senior author show that alcohol metabolism molecular and behavioral for substance abuse will Shelley Berger, PhD, the Daniel does, in fact, contribute to this data, when taken together, experience some kind of S. Och University Professor establish ACSS2 as a possible process by directly depositing relapse, according to the in the departments Cell and intervention target in alcohol acetyl groups onto histones National Institute on Drug Developmental Biology and use disorder—in which via an enzyme called ACSS2.

Abuse. But what drives the Biology, and director of the memory of alcohol-associated The authors said that biology behind these cravings Penn Epigenetics Institute. environmental cues is a “ACSS2, ‘fuels’ whole has remained mostly unknown. “To our knowledge, this data primary driver of craving and machinery of gene regulators Now, a team led by provides the first empirical ‘on-site’ in the nucleus of nerve relapse even after protracted researchers from the Perelman evidence indicating that a periods of abstinence.” cells to turn on key memory School of Medicine at the portion of acetate derived genes that are important for Importantly, these University of Pennsylvania, from alcohol metabolism learning. In fact, Berger and findings suggest that other have shown, in mouse directly influences epigenetic colleagues published findings external or peripheral sources models, how acetate—a regulation in the brain.” on ACSS2 in a 2017 Nature of physiological acetate – byproduct of the alcohol It has been known that a paper. In that paper and primarily the gut microbiome breakdown produced mostly significant source of acetate previous work, the researchers – may similarly affect central in the liver—travels to the in the body comes from the found that ACSS2 is needed histone acetylation and brain’s learning system and breakdown of alcohol in the to form spatial memories. brain function, which may directly alters proteins that liver, which leads to rapidly either control or foster other In the current study, to regulate DNA function. This increased blood acetate. In metabolic syndromes. better understand how the impacts how some genes this study, the team, co-led by alcohol-induced changes in In addition to investigating are expressed and ultimately Philipp Mews, PhD, a former the impact of alcohol gene expression ultimately affects how mice behave graduate student in the Berger effect behavior, Berger consumption on brain changes

in adults, the team also looked into the effects of consumption in pregnant mice and thus the impact of alcohol on brain cells in developing mice. In utero, alcohol causes impaired neurodevelopmental gene expression and can elicit numerous alcohol-associated postnatal disease symptoms such as small head size, low body weight, and hyperactivity.

And while the number of those affected by fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs)— which includes fetal alcohol syndrome—is unknown, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests that the full range of FASDs in the United States and some Western European countries could be as high as one to five percent of the population.

In this arm of the study, researchers found that, upon consumption of alcohol, acetate is delivered through the placenta and into the developing fetus. The fetal brains of these mice showed that alcohol exposure on the level of “binge drinking” in the pregnant female resulted in the deposition of alcohol-derived acetyl-groups onto histones in fetal brains in early neural development in the mice.

Much like the initial results of the study being useful for the potential treatment of an alcoholuse disorder, these results could have implications for understanding and combating fetal alcohol syndrome.

This work was supported by the National Institutes of Health (P01AG031862, NIH R01AA027202). Additional Penn authors include Raffaella Nativio, Greg Donahue, Sonia Lombroso, Desi Alexander, Elizabeth A. Heller, and Benjamin A. Garcia.

Source: Penn Medicine

By Desert Star Staff ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The homelessness crisis across the country is largely blamed on a lack of affordable housing, and New Mexico is no exception.

When temperatures dropped below freezing earlier than expected last month, homeless shelters scrambled to accommodate those in need.

Edward Archuleta, executive director of the St. Elizabeth Shelter in Santa Fe, says many who are homeless have serious health problems, but even those with Section 8 federal housing assistance find themselves priced out of the city’s available housing.

“Drug and alcohol abuse, mental health issues – you know, the government’s just not putting enough money into services to help

Fe and Roswell, New Mexico has shelters open or homeless services available in Albuquerque, Farmington and Taos.

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folks like that,” he states.

“But the other big problem is affordable housing.

“We have clients here who have good jobs, they’ve been saving money or they have Section 8 vouchers that are good for up to $1,000 – they can’t find anything.”

The American Public Health Association says today’s homeless population is more diverse than in the past and includes women, children, teens, families and people of all races.

Besides St. Elizabeth’s, which does not accept people who’ve been using drugs or alcohol, Santa Fe has a second shelter with a waiting list.

Two years ago, Geneva Martinez began allowing homeless individuals to sleep in her yard. Since then, she founded the

Roswell Homeless Coalition and opened a shelter.

Martinez says like many other parts of the country, the housing selection is narrow – and after 90 days in a shelter, options are even more limited.

“We have rules of 90 days, but after 90 days you have to have a job, but we can’t find them affordable housing,” she explains.

“So, I think we’re all at that point where we see that it’s putting a band-aid on this problem, and the real solution is affordable housing.”

Beyond affordable housing, homeless lives often are marked by poverty, malnutrition, unemployment and physical disabilities.

Hank Hughes, executive director of the New Mexico Coalition to End Homelessness, says this time of year, shelters are always November 6, 2019

looking for donations, but also kindness from the community.

“The danger of frostbite or hypothermia increases among people who are homeless,” he points out. “Of course, if people are traveling while they’re homeless, they may not know where shelters are, So, it’d be good for people to direct people to the nearest shelter.”

In addition to Santa

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5 Tips to Ward Off Cold Weather

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By Desert Star Staff Colder weather brings plenty of changes, especially in the ways you take care of your home and self. Especially when the temperature drops, extreme winter conditions can play havoc not only with your skin and health, but also your family’s comfort.

Take steps to protect your family and household as the weather starts to cool this season with

these practical tips: Take steps to help prevent the flu. As temperatures drop, the chances of getting sick rise. That’s partly because certain germs and viruses thrive in colder temperatures, and because the cold puts extra strain on your immune system. When it is cold outside, people are also more likely to spend time indoors (and in closer quarters)

warmth; they also protect your skin from harsh outdoor elements. When you haul your winter wardrobe out of storage, start the season on a comfy note by washing everything with an option like ‘all Free Clear Liquid Detergent or Mighty Pacs. It’s the No. 1 laundry detergent brand recommended by dermatologists, allergists and pediatricians for sensitive skin due to its hypoallergenic formula.

Dress in layers from head to toe. Bundle up with winter accessories to match the daily weather forecast. For chillier mornings and nights, cover exposed areas such as your head with a hat, neck where germs are more easily with a scarf and hands with spread. Do your part to help gloves. To accommodate prevent the flu by washing your hands often and covering warmer weather during the day, layer flexible clothing your mouth or nose when options to accommodate you cough or sneeze. Also be sure to stay home if you’re temperature shifts.

Stay active. Physical sick and avoid exposing activity naturally warms your others to your illness.

Prepare your wardrobe. body in the short term. In fact, shivering is your body’s natural Colder weather outside physical response to generate means more skin sensitivities body heat when you’re cold. and dryness. Long pants Aside from the immediate and sleeves don’t just add

benefits, keeping active during the colder months can help in other ways, too.

A healthy cardiovascular system keeps your blood flow steady and strong, and a good circulatory system plays an important role in keeping your body, and especially your extremities, warm when temperatures take a dip.

Nourish your body and skin. Preventing painful dry cracks and itchy, scaly skin is a job that requires attention inside and out.

Externally, moisturize shortly after showering to trap in the water lingering on your skin, use extra lotion throughout the day on areas prone to drying and reapply lotion after washing hands. Remember to protect sensitive spots like your lips that can easily chap and crack. You can also prevent dry skin by ensuring you’re drinking plenty of water and eating a healthy diet with plenty of essential vitamins and healthy fats.

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Most Americans Trust the Supreme Court, but think It Is ‘Too Mixed Up in Politics’

By Desert Star Staff Most Americans see the U.S. Supreme Court as a trusted institution, according to the latest Annenberg Civics Knowledge Survey.

Two-thirds (68%) of those surveyed trust the Supreme Court to operate in the best interests of the American people, while 7 in 10 (70%) say that that court has “about the right amount of power.”

But the survey also identified troubling signs in how the Supreme Court and the justices are perceived by the public, suggesting that the distinction between judges and elected politicians is becoming blurred. More than half of Americans (57%) agree with the statement that the court “gets too mixed up in politics.”

And just half of the respondents (49%) hold the view that Supreme Court justices set aside their personal and political views and make rulings based on the Constitution, the law, and the facts of the case.

“Because the well-being of our system of government depends on the integrity of an independent, impartial, fair judiciary and on the public perception that judges honor these expectations, the persistently high levels of trust in the Supreme Court that we find reflected in Annenberg surveys should be celebrated,” said Kathleen Hall Jamieson, director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania. “But the finding www.desertstarweekly.com

that half do not believe that Supreme Court justices set aside their personal beliefs in deciding cases is worrisome.”

The Annenberg Civics Knowledge Survey finds signs that the high court is viewed positively and trusted: Two-thirds (68%) have “a great deal” or “a fair amount” of trust in the Supreme Court to operate in the best interests of the American people, including 26% with a great deal of trust, up from 14% in APPC’s 2013 survey; 70% say the Supreme Court has “about the right amount of power”; Most Americans say the court is not clearly liberal or conservative, with 63% saying it is “sometimes liberal, sometimes conservative depending on the law and facts of the case”; Of those who do see the court as generally liberal (9%) or conservative (19%), most say this ideological tilt is bad for our system of government.

Comparing Annenberg surveys in 2013 and 2019, we find that overall trust (great deal/fair amount) in the Supreme Court increased from 58% to 68%, driven mainly by conservatives. From 2013 to 2019, trust in the court among self-described conservatives increased significantly from 50% to 73%. Among moderates and liberals, differences registered in the two surveys were not statistically significant.

In the 2019 survey, 71% of

moderates and 58% of liberals said they trusted the court to operate in the best interests of the American people.

Understanding the need for fair and impartial judges Americans have a clear vision of what they value in a judge, the survey found.

Respondents were asked to rate various qualities as essential, important, somewhat important, and not too important when electing state and local judges. Americans said they want judges who: Make rulings based on the facts of the case, the law, and the Constitution (89% consider it essential or very important); Are fair and impartial (87% essential or very important).

In electing state and local judges, Americans consider it less important that judges: Share their political beliefs (35% essential or very important); Share their religious beliefs (21% essential or very important); Are highly recommended by the state bar association (41% essential or very important).

Blurring the line between judges and elected political leaders The fact that a little over a third of survey respondents consider shared political beliefs essential or very important suggests possible confusion about the role of a judge, noted Jamieson.

“Chief Justice Roberts famously said, ‘We do not November 6, 2019

have Obama judges or Trump judges, Bush judges or Clinton judges,’” Jamieson noted. “Our findings suggest that a notable percent of the population believes that the decisions of justices are politically aligned with the ideology of the president who nominated them.”

Indeed, 2 in 5 people (41%) feel that Supreme Court justices nominated by Democratic presidents are more likely to make liberal rulings, and justices nominated

by Republican presidents are more likely to make conservative rulings, regardless of the Constitution, the law, and the facts of the case.

Protecting the Supreme Court from interference The survey also found that: 77% of Americans disagree with the idea of abolishing the Supreme Court if it started making a lot of unpopular rulings; More than half of Americans (57%) disagree with curtailing the right of the Supreme Court to

decide “certain types of controversial issues”; Americans are about evenly divided (48% agree vs.

47% disagree) on whether the Supreme Court should be made less independent so that it “listens a lot more to what the people want.”

“Any evidence of public willingness to restrict the independence of the judicial branch should raise alarm,” Jamieson said.

The Annenberg Civics Knowledge Survey, under the supervision of Ken Winneg, Ph.D., APPC’s managing director of survey research, was conducted August 16 to 27, 2019, for the Annenberg Public Policy Center by SSRS, an independent research company. Interviews were conducted with 1,104 U.S. adults, ages 18 and older.

The margin of error was ±3.6 percentage points.

Source: The Annenberg Public Policy Center https://www. annenbergpublicpolicycenter. org/

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How To Keep Good Employees Happy and Reap the Business Benefits

By Desert Star Staff While many business owners say that the first rule of a successful company is keeping customers happy, studies show that also keeping employees happy is critical to the whole process.

“The big key to business success is the productivity level of your employees and the culture in which they operate,” says Paul Trapp (www.eventprep. com), founding owner/CEO of EventPrep, Inc., a fullservice meeting planning and management company, and co-author with Stephen Davis of Prep for Success: The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Achieving Your Dreams.

“Employee happiness results directly in success and goes hand-in-hand with company culture. The primary focus of leadership in that culture should be making sure their employees are happy, safe, respected, and making a competitive wage.”

If you get it right with your employees, Trapp and Davis say, they’ll get it right with the customer.

“It’s simple, really,” says Davis, who is EventPrep’s founding owner/president/COO. “The folks you bring on The better a business board are going to spend a owner and upper management significant amount of time treat good employees, the with their work family, so why more committed and engaged wouldn’t the people running they will be to perform at a the business want it to be a consistently high level and cool place to work, and why do their part to help make wouldn’t they want it to be the the business successful. most productive place they

could possible make it?”

Trapp and Davis explain the key factors that find the right employees and keep them happy and productive: Recruiting. “You’ve got to get the right people first, the people with the qualities that make for a passionate, productive worker who contributes to a positive culture,” Davis says.

“Recruiting is about connecting with people and connecting them with their passion, their purpose, and enabling them to reach their potential.

Recruiting isn’t an event, but a process, and sometimes finding the right person for a particular job can take months or even years. You’re always looking, listening, assessing and asking questions — and really getting to know the person you may hire.”

Establishing a culture.

“You want people to want to come to work, and to do that you want people to work in the culture you’re creating,” Trapp says. “Culture is created at the top and cascades downward. What values and ethics do you have as a business owner that can make employees passionately want to be a part of that culture?”

Investing in them. ”Investing in your people

raises their performance and strengthens their commitment, but it means far more than giving them raises,” Davis says. “It’s about making them feel like a part of your family, including giving them compassion and understanding when they need it most. Employees in turn embrace that kind of culture and own it. That’s what you want — a self-perpetuating work culture where everyone feels cared for and important.”

Recognizing them.

“Keeping people happy and encouraging them to want to stay isn’t magic,” Trapp says. “Just as important as recruiting the right talent, business owners and leaders need to make the culture attractive and sustainable in order to retain the right talent.

Retaining is about recognizing and celebrating, showing gratitude and appreciation.

Recognizing employees for exceptional work, and giving them a cash bonus or special trip, is a key element toward retaining them.”

“A happy employee who’s engaged and connected, who wants to be there every day, makes the workplace a better place and a stronger business,” Davis says.

By Desert Star Staff A corner office isn’t what it once was. No office is.

Technology has made it easier than ever for people to work remotely, handling their jobs from wherever they happen to be at any moment. That flexibility affects more than just how people schedule their lives and work assignments. It also has a large impact on real estate.

“The ways in which real estate gets bought, sold, leased, managed, and so on have already changed dramatically in recent years because of technology,” says Aaron Block, co-author with Zach Aarons of PropTech 101: Turning Chaos into Cash Through Real Estate Innovation (www.proptech101.com).

“The rise of telecommuting is one more way in which technology is changing how people work, and that affects how much office space a company needs, possibly the length of their lease agreements, and other factors that the commercial real estate world needs to adjust to.”

Block and Aarons, cofounders of MetaProp, a leading PropTech venture capital firm, say the challenge for the real estate industry will continue to grow as more people, and their employers, discover the flexibility and cost savings

telecommuting can provide.

Already about 40 percent of the American workforce works remotely at least on occasion, according to an analysis that GlobalWorkplaceAnalytics. com conducted using the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2005-2017 American Community Survey.

“Part of this is driven by changing demographics, with millennials now the largest generation in the workforce,” Aarons says. “Millennials are the architects of the so-called sharing economy, and they are fine with spending their workdays in coffee shops or co-working spaces.”

Block and Aarons say some ways all this impacts real estate include: What companies expect from an office is evolving.

“In fact, the whole notion of office space – how it looks, where it’s located, how it’s valued, the services it offers – is shifting,” Block says. A number of tech-enabled firms, such as WeWork, Convene and TechSpace, are not only changing the way office space is leased, managed, and configured, but also how it is conceptualized. To remain competitive, commercial real estate firms will need to offer space that has more services and has flexible leasing terms, he says.

“Many businesses and

of some of those businesses, ignoring the ways in which technology is remaking the industry is not an option.

“Instead, make sure you keep tabs on the tech trends likely to affect your business.

Building a realistic strategy that takes emerging threats and opportunities into account is more critical than ever.”

the U.S.-Russian -commerce company. Prior to that, he was an executive running the Chicago region of global commercial real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield.

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workers today do not want to be tied to long leases and oppressive space with cubicles, fluorescent lights, and bad coffee,” Aarons says.

If workers spend much of their time elsewhere, companies no longer need the amount of space they once did, so sharing conference rooms, kitchens and other facilities with multiple businesses just makes sense.

Yes, there are apps for that. Whether you are a freelancer or part of a large team, you can book workspace through apps, rather than going through more traditional methods such as responding to a newspaper advertisement or contacting a property manager or a broker. Spaces are available in all shapes, sizes, and locations for any length of time. “You can book space for a month, a year, or even by the hour if you want,” Block says. Aarons recognized the potential for the real-estateon-demand trend early on and was in investor in Breather, one company that helps people make those connections.

“Technology already has had an enormous and lasting effect on numerous industries, such as taxi companies and the newspaper business, in some cases upending companies that once were very profitable,” Aarons says.

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About Aaron Block: Aaron Block, co-author with Zach Aarons of PropTech 101: Turning Chaos into Cash Through Real Estate Innovation (www.proptech101.com), is co-founder and managing director of MetaProp, a leading PropTech venture capital firm.

Previously, he was chairman of Chicago-based BayRu,

About Zach Aarons: Zach Aarons was one of the top angel investors in PropTech before co-founding MetaProp, where his team has funded more than 60 startups. Previously, he worked as a commercial real estate developer with Millennium Partners; an investor at ENIAC Ventures; and as the founder of Travelgoat, a walking-tour company. He is a professor of PropTech at Columbia University.

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Local Political Races to Feel Effects of Omar/Sanders Rally

By Desert Star Staff MINNEAPOLIS – Over the weekend, Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota appeared with Sen. Bernie Sanders, the Democratic Party presidential hopeful from Vermont, at a campaign rally in Minneapolis.

Omar, who represents Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District, is one of three prominent female House freshmen to endorse Sanders.

While the move might be making some waves nationally, Tim Lindberg, an assistant professor of political science at the University of Minnesota Morris, predicts it won’t move the needle much since these endorsements aren’t too surprising.

“That plays into a lot of the sort of things Bernie Sanders is already doing, you know, which is, he’s really popular among younger voters,” Lindberg states.

“He’s really popular among more progressive voters.”

Lindberg says Omar’s

endorsement of Sanders also shouldn’t have a major impact on the presidential campaign of fellow Minnesota Democrat Amy Klobuchar, since there are still a lot of candidates left – and because backing Sanders was expected.

Lindberg also doesn’t think it represents a rift among state Democrats. He notes the Minnesota Republican Party could use the endorsement in campaign attacks on Democratic candidates in local and statewide races.

Lindberg says that type of campaign fodder could especially show up in suburban territory, where Omar doesn’t have the strong backing that she does within Minneapolis.

“There may be some impact there, where it’s more of the Republican Party using this, you know, as another example of how ‘left wing’ and’ radical’ Ilhan is, right?” he allows. “That she’s supporting Bernie Sanders, and that it’s clearly ‘progressive wing,’ and

A Minnesota political expert says Rep. Ilhan Omar’s endorsement of Sen. Bernie Sanders for president could have a ripple effect on local and statewide races next year. (DodgertonSkillhause) that the DFL in Minnesota is becoming that far left.”

Lindberg says the GOP could spin this endorsement

in its attempt to unseat U.S. Senator Tina Smith of Minnesota. She is running for re-election after winning a

special election last year, following Al Franken’s resignation from the Senate.

Lawmakers Pass Bill Supporting Right to Revoke Consent

By Desert Star Staff RALEIGH, N.C. — State lawmakers have voted unanimously to close legal loopholes related to consent and sexual assault.

The loopholes made North Carolina one of the few states in the country where cases of rape that initially began with consent, or that involved voluntary use of alcohol or drugs, could not be prosecuted.

Investigative reporter for Carolina Public Press Kate Martin analyzed four-anda-half years’ worth of state

court data on sexual assault defendants. She said what she found was eye-opening.

“Well, after looking at the data for several months, we concluded that fewer than one in four people charged with sexual assault are eventually convicted,” Martin said. “And of those people who are not convicted, the defense might be that the act started with consent.’”

According to court data, among the approximately 1,000 people charged with sexual assault within that 4.5-year time frame, just

2% were convicted. Gov. Roy Cooper is expected to sign SB 199 into law.

Martin said she spoke with many prosecuting attorneys who explained how the consent loopholes lessened the odds of attaining justice for victims.

“I heard situations directly from prosecutors who said if a victim came to them and they reported a sexual assault and they explained the situation, that if the act started with consent and ended with a withdrawal of consent, then they felt like

their hands were tied and they couldn’t prosecute somebody,” she said.

Laura Palumbo, communications director with the National Sexual Violence Resource Center, said even in the “Me-Too era,” there’s a gap in the public understanding of what consent means.

She said that’s because issues surrounding sexual consent are not typically taught in schools or through other types of training.

“Some of what is most important to understand about

consent is that it is something that is time-specific,” Palumbo said. “So, you may consent to sexual activity with a partner at a specific time and on another occasion; that does not mean that you’ve consented to anything in the future. And, consent can be withdrawn at any time.”

Between 2018 and 2019, nearly 25,000 people in North Carolina reached out to a crisis center for help related to sexual assault, according to statistics by the NC Council for Women and Youth.

Rand Paul urges media to OUT whistleblower

By Desert Star Staff Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) fired up crowds at President Donald Trump’s rally in Kentucky, alleging that the Ukrainegate whistleblower’s name has been an open secret. He called on the media to finally make it public.

Paul, who has represented Kentucky in the Senate since 2011, was invited on stage www.desertstarweekly.com

by President Trump during an election-eve rally in Lexington on Monday, in a bid to drum up support for Republican Governor Matt Bevin.

As he took the floor, Paul commended Trump for “his great courage” in facing the “fake media” every day, before calling on congressional Republicans to band together

and protect the president.

He went on to allege that the whistleblower’s name is a thinly veiled secret and claimed the individual who set off the whole Ukrainegate saga had at some point worked for Democratic 2020 frontrunner Joe Biden.

“We also now know the name of the whistleblower. The whistleblower needs to come before Congress as a material witness because he worked for Joe Biden at the same time Hunter Biden was getting money from corrupt oligarchs.”

Paul rounded off his tirade by directly calling on the press to reveal the whistleblower’s name to the American public.

“I say tonight to the media: Do your job and print his name,” the Kentucky senator said, eliciting loud cheers the buoyant crowd, chanting: “Do your job!”

Congress, Paul noted, November 6, 2019

the testimony does not incriminate Trump, nor does it help the impeachment cause, the anti-Trump ‘resistance’ must be given a chance to hear has latched onto the juicy directly from Biden’s son, Hunter, bits from the brief nine-page “highlights” document, which, as well as the whistleblower. although lacking context, “And I say this to my paints Yovanovitch, a victim colleagues in Congress, of character assassination. to fellow Republicans in Meanwhile, the Washington: Step up and whistleblower’s attorney, Mark subpoena Hunter Biden and Zaid, said on Monday that subpoena the whistleblower!” his client would be willing If House Intelligence to respond in writing to Committee chair Adam Schiff questions from lawmakers. The attempts to derail this effort, impeachment inquiry revolves “every Republican” should around the whistleblower’s denounce the proceedings allegation that Trump pressured as “a farce,” he added.

Last week, the senator his Ukrainian counterpart shared an article on Twitter that Volodymyr Zelensky into purports to identify the CIA investigating former vice operative behind Ukrainegate in president Joe Biden over his the name of the “public interest.” role in ending a corruption The rally took place just probe into a Ukrainian energy hours after the release of a company, where his son sat on 300-page transcript of former the board. Last week, Congress US ambassador to Ukraine voted mostly along party Mary Yovanovitch’s testimony lines to approve a resolution before the House Intelligence authorizing the House probe.

Committee last month. While

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HOROSCOPES ARIES

It’s important to be scrupulous when handling other people’s money, possessions, when referring to their values and if responsible for investments.

It’s most important if one holds another’s heart. Total confidence is involved here and you cannot betray and/ or fall out of anyone’s trust. If investing research all angles.

Before deciding it’s best to study and consult The Solari Report (solari.com/blog).

Investing in precious metals is most important now.

TAURUS It’s time to be with those you love, perhaps your one and only, or perhaps your closest friend, partner, business associate, someone who tugs a bit at your heart, someone you would enjoy being with for a long time, someone you’re relaxed with, who knows your secrets and doesn’t care, or perhaps knows no secrets about you and likes you anyway. You all need to be together for a while. Don’t worry about tension or disharmony.

Harmony’s your middle name.

GEMINI There’s a tremendous amount of work to be completed and it seems like forever and then new work appears and sometimes there are misunderstandings at home about work, especially now with Scorpio influences and it could be with a partner so be careful with communication

NOVEMBER 6-12, 2019 ASTROLOGICAL FORECAST BY RISA D’ANGELES

and don’t leave anyone behind or think everyone or anyone understands you.

Talk, communicate, listen, then talk some more ‘til understanding appears.

CANCER You need to go out and about, you need friends to be with, you need to have fun. Think about choosing pleasure over worry. You need to consider what creative sorts of events would relax you and make you laugh out loud. You need less restriction, less discipline, less anxiety and fretfulness. The world is the same whether we worry or not. Now what would be fun for you? Who would you share fun with?

LEO The home seems to be the focus once again during these Scorpio days. It’s a time for clearing out, cleaning, eliminating, storing, redecorating or at least moving a few furniture pieces around to make your home feel different, more comfortable, attractive or clear. Do you need to remove dark drapes, rugs or objects? What does your home need? Also, are you bringing work home and do you have time for friends?

There’s still a secret there, somewhere. What is it?

VIRGO Are you agitated, edgy, a bit impatient and restless?

Always you need to serve.

What in your town, village, community, neighborhood

can you connect with, assist, serve and be available for?

You are the right person, especially this month, to work in a secret garden. It’s time to meet new people you’ve never seen before and to bring forth all secret aspects of self you’ve kept under wraps for protection and safeguarding.

Try and let that fall away.

LIBRA Tend carefully to money, resources, bills, insurance, savings, investments. Shift your portfolio to a place of safety. It’s good for you (and Aries) to read everything every day in the The Solari Report (solari.com/blog). Read about their investment opportunities.

I write this because Scorpio, the planet of resources, is in your house of money. Is there a need to change how and where your money is spent?

Do you need a budget? Do you feel free yet from the past?

SCORPIO All the planets have tumbled into your sign and sometimes that’s a relief and sometimes it’s too much scrutiny and too many feelings to cope with. Usually you follow strict routines to soothe the reality that life is one moment death, the next life and regeneration. You’re the phoenix always emerging from the flames. Revelations occur, releasing you from restrictions, presenting new possibilities. A different sense of self emerges.

Still mysterious, still deep, but...different.

SAGITTARIUS You turn inward a bit more.

There’s less striding about, chest out, seeking the social activities that provide you with insight. As you turn inward, spiritual realizations appear that could not have come forward before.

Jupiter, your very own planet of expansiveness and sometimes of just too much of everything, is guiding you toward understanding others more. The result of this is compassion, the religion of the Dalai Lama. Underneath all your bravado, you have deep wells of compassion.

By Desert Star Staff PORTLAND, Ore. – Connections are becoming clearer between good oral health and treating high blood sugar.

November is Diabetes

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Awareness Month, and one-way folks can better manage the disease is by seeing a dentist.

Dr. Lisa Bozzetti is the dental director at the Virginia Garcia Memorial

Health Center in Hillsboro, originally founded to serve Oregon’s migrant farm worker population in Yamhill and Washington counties.

She says dental health and diabetes don’t have a causal November 6, 2019

PISCES

It is good to create a healing journey. You don’t need to travel anywhere. It can be done wherever you are, this healing journey - in real time, dreamtime or future time. Focusing on health for the next six months is important. Something new is initiated. Something’s given.

Something from the past ends. Be observant of these.

CAPRICORN Create a deeper intimacy with those around you. Have Perhaps surprisingly friends, the intentions for Goodwill and those who want to be your in all interactions. You are friend, will show up or call or assisted by specific and invite you over or think about special angels. Eat well. Have you as a leader who shows fun. Be happy. Life is good. compassion and kindness and as someone they would want Risa D’Angeles is the to follow, have a conversation founder and director of with and guidance from. It’s the Esoteric & Astrological also possible that you realize Studies Research Institute: you need freedom or you need Risa’s Esoteric Astrology. a group to belong to so all your She can be reached at gifts can emerge. Should you risagoodwill@gmail.com. begin that group yourself? Are you waiting for a phone call?

AQUARIUS Self-recognition concerning your talents, gifts and abilities come forth easily now. You realize your originality and uniqueness and they are applauded in the world along with your consistency, an unusual talent for Aquarius, ruled by the revolutionary planet, Uranus. Your roots are

Link Made Between Mouth Health, Diabetes

The incidence of gum disease is two to three times higher for people with diabetes, and either condition can exacerbate the other. (vetkit/Adobe Stock)

stable, traditions are important and actually you create new traditions as you go. You are preparing for the future in the ways you live your daily life. This is unusual too.

relationship, but they’re on a two-way street – looking after one improves the other.

“Patients who present with diabetes do tend to have a much higher incidence of periodontal disease,” she points out. “And there is some research to support that when you address the periodontal disease with cleanings – whether they be deep cleanings or just regular maintenance cleanings – that they do have an effect on stabilizing blood sugars.”

Bozzetti adds the incidence of gum disease is two to three times higher for patients with diabetes.

Alexa Jett, oral health integration manager for CareOregon, describes the relationship between the two as a cycle, where high blood sugar increases inflammation throughout the body, causing more gum inflammation and insulin resistance.

That’s why her organization is working to integrate dental

care, which is covered for patients on Oregon’s Medicaid plan, into primary care settings.

“Oral health is part of routine diabetes care, just like it would be seeing your doctor for your blood sugar check or an eye exam, or a foot exam,” Jett explains.

Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center is one place where CareOregon is pioneering work to more deeply connect oral health and primary care.

Bozzetti says the center is in the process of integrating the two.

“We actually are embedding dental hygienists in some of our primary care clinics,” she states. “And one of our ideas was to embed a dental hygienist in a primary care clinic that had a large percentage of diabetic patients.”

Disclosure: CareOregon contributes to our fund for reporting on Health Issues, Senior Issues. www.desertstarweekly.com

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BY THEDA KLEINHANS REICHMAN

‘The Kitchen’ --A Mob Drama

The name Melissa McCarthy, for many, conjures up comedy and laughter.

She was the wife in the long-running TV series “Mike and Molly” and has often made guest appearances on “Saturday Night Live.” She then branched out into funny films like “Ghostbusters “ and “Bridesmaids.” Now she stars in dramatic features, the latest being “The Kitchen” set in New York in 1978 The film, written by Oscarnominated screenwriter Andrea Berloff (“Straight Outta Compton”), marks Berlof’s directorial debut and her story source material for “The Kitchen” stems from a DC Vertigo comic-book series by Ollie Masters and Ming Doyle.

In this dark crime tale, Kathy (McCarthy) is married to Jimmy (Brian D’Arcy James), a protection racketeer who seems to love his wife and two children. The other two women’s lives are not as harmonious. Claire (Elizabeth Moss) is often beaten by her brutish husband, Rob (Jeremy Bobb). Her life in Hell’s Kitchen is literally hellish.

And Ruby (Tiffany Haddish) has a spouse (James Badge Dale) who is a cold fish plus a miserable mother-in-law (Margo Martindale) as well.

The three men all work in the protection racket, taking money from local store owners and businesses in the area, promising to keep them safe. One night after a robbery, all three men are arrested and sentenced to three years in prison. Their wives seek help from the gang leader, Little Jackie (Myk Watford). He promises to take good care of them while their men are away, but that promise turns out to be a lie.

In desperation, the three women join forces and take over their husband’s jobs.

They also keep all the money they collect. While their takeover is relatively rapid, the film doesn’t adequately detail how they managed to do it.

Suddenly they are on top, and as their mission in life changes, so does their appearance. They are now confident and well dressed.

While their hubbies are away, they thrive and prosper

and make deals with the Italian mafia boss (Bill Camp) and the Hasidic jewelers in the area. Now the three women are making better deals than their husbands ever did, and they love being in charge.

Soon Gabriel (Domhnall Gleeson) shows up. He is a killer who has returned to the neighborhood, determined to start a relationship with Claire. Their love affair rapidly

heats up, because he really cares about her, unlike her miserable husband who is now out of the picture--at least for three years. Gabriel not only teaches Claire how to kill effectively, but he also shows her how to carve up a corpse and dispose of the pieces so that they will never be found. What they do together is gory, but their love is surprisingly tender.

“The Kitchen” is rated R for violence, language throughout and some sexual content. Running time: 1 hour, 43 minutes.

“The Kitchen,” from Warner Bros., is now available on Blu-ray and DVD. Exclusive featurettes include “Running Hell’s Kitchen” and “Taking Over the Neighborhood” plus deleted scenes.

Straight No Chaser “Open Bar” Tour 2019-2020

Chart-topping a cappella group Straight No Chaser today announced a new leg of their “Open Bar” tour in the spring of 2020.

By Desert Star Staff Kicking off in Fresno, CA, on March 27th at the Saroyan Theatre, the run hits the West and the East Coasts, wrapping in Worcester, MA, on April 11th. Full dates are listed below, and additional

dates will be announced soon.

The fall leg of the “Open Bar” tour kicked off at the end of October in Biloxi, MS, and continues for the next two months, making the leg’s final stop on January 2nd at the Neal S. Blaisdell

Center in Honolulu, HI. In other news, on November 15th, Straight No Chaser will release the “Open Bar” EP, the first release on the group’s newly-launched label imprint, SNC Records, through Warner Music Group’s

Arts Music division. The EP will include the group’s take on Semisonic’s end-of-night anthem “Closing Time,” along with other beloved barthemed songs of the last few decades, including “Take Me Home Tonight” made famous by the late Eddie Money, “Tennessee Whiskey,” recently covered by Chris Stapleton, Dan + Shay’s “Tequila,” and Smash Mouth’s “All-Star.”

After capturing the attention of millions across the country, Straight No Chaser’s version of “The 12 Days of Christmas” – interpolating Toto’s “Africa” – caught the attention of Atlantic Records Chairman & CEO Craig Kallman, who promptly signed the Indiana-based a cappella group. They went on

to release two chart-topping holiday albums, Holiday Spirits, and Christmas Cheers, both of which are now certified gold by the RIAA. The extraordinary decade that followed has seen the group amass album sales over 1.6 million in the U.S. alone and more than 1 million in ticket sales, along with more than 100 million YouTube views thus far. Now with the launch of SNC Records through Warner Music Group’s Arts Music, Straight No Chaser will continue to focus on holiday music as well as developing artists who boast unique vocal stylings, giving others the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that came to them more than a decade ago.

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special evening what is right with the world and the people in the Coachella Valley who make it so,” stated Brian Daly, Event Chair of National Philanthropy Day® In The Desert 2019.

The 13th Annual National Philanthropy Day® In The Desert will take place on Friday, November 8, 2019, at the Hyatt Regency Indian Wells Resort & Spa in Indian Wells. Each year, this day of recognition honors philanthropists, businesses, and organizations who generously support our community. AFP, Desert Communities Chapter, believes that philanthropy benefits not only our communities but enriches and empowers the entire global community.

Harold Matzner, notable Coachella Valley philanthropist and owner of Spencer’s Restaurant, will be returning for his 7th consecutive year as the Presenting Sponsor and Honorary Chair of National Philanthropy Day® In The Desert. This year’s Award Sponsors are the H.N. and Frances C. Berger Foundation and Wells Fargo. Patrick Evans, KESQ TV’s Meteorologist and Host of ‘Eye On The Desert,” will serve as Emcee for the Awards Luncheon.

“We are immensely grateful for the opportunity to join in the celebration of our National Philanthropy Day® Nominees and Honorees,” stated Judi Olivas, President of the Association of Fundraising Professionals CA, Desert

Communities Chapter. “This unique reception recognizes the great contributions of these outstanding philanthropic individuals, who, through their generosity, enrich our community and the quality of life for Coachella Valley,” she continued.

Nominees honored in the six categories of the 2019 National Philanthropy Day® In The Desert Awards included: OUTSTANDING PHILANTHROPIST AWARD – James & Carol Egan, Patti, and Jack Grudhofer, Peggy Jacobs, Shelley Kaplan, Connie & Bob Lurie, Elaine & Jerry Morgan, and Tim & Carol Rochford.

OUTSTANDING FUNDRAISING VOLUNTEER AWARD – Karen & Tony Barone, Sally Berger, Dee Brown, Julie Frazier, Thommy Kocan, Dr. Priscilla & Charles Porter, Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Palm Springs Chapter, Tracey Starr, and Ralph Thompson-Cantua.

OUTSTANDING PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATION, CORPORATION, OR CIVIC SERVICE ORGANIZATION AWARD – Friends of the Palm Springs Animal Shelter, The Grace Helen Spearman Charitable Foundation, Regional Access Project (R.A.P.) Foundation, Saks Fifth Avenue, Palm Desert, Southern California Edison, and Trader Joe’s.

(left to right) Judi Olivas, President of the Association of Fundraising Professionals CA, Desert Communities Chapter, Nominee Eva Ford, and Brian Daly, Event Chair of the 2019 NATIONAL PHILANTHROPY DAY® IN THE DESERT Awards Luncheon. Photo by Dimitri Halkidis Photography.

OUTSTANDING NONPROFIT FOUNDER AWARD – Ron Celona of Coachella Valley Repertory, Eva M. Ford of A Greater Hope, Dimitri Halkidis of Boo2Bullying, Val Horton of I.N.C.I.G.H.T., Jan Lupia of Mama’s House, Jo Rosen of Parkinson’s Resource Organization, Karen Riley of S.C.R.A.P. Gallery, Dr. Joan RuBane of International Classical Concerts, Michael Shaw of Dezart Performs, Jeff Taylor of HARP-PS, and E. Jane Woolley, M.D. of Big Hearts for Little Hearts Desert Guild.

OUTSTANDING YOUTH IN PHILANTHROPY AWARD – Matthew Castleberry, and the Boys & Girls Club of Palm Springs, Keystone Club Members.

OUTSTANDING FUNDRAISING PROFESSIONAL AWARD – Liz Nable, Judi Olivas, and Darrell L. Tucci, C.F.R.E. “We are so grateful to all of our Awards Committee members for the time and care they devoted to this selection process,” stated Awards Committee Co-chairs Gailya Brown and Angela Allen.

Seen in the overflow crowd were Harold Matzner & Shellie Reade, Carol & James Egan, Jan & Art Lupia, Sally & Miles Berger, Gary Hall & Jerry Green, Tim & Carol Rochford, Terri & Bart Ketover, Laura Fritz, Lori Serfling, Patrick Evans, Terence & Amy Dwyer, Betty Wolf, Tom Head, Julie Frazier, Elaine & Jerry Morgan, Dennis Flaig,

Tips Offered for Avoiding Fraud During Holidays

By Desert Star Staff GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — A statewide series of events designed to help Coloradans “scam-proof” their lives kicks off at 9 a.m. Tuesday at the Two Rivers Convention Center in Grand Junction.

Mark Fetterhoff, manager at AARP’s ElderWatch Colorado, the group organizing the presentations, said with scams more prevalent than ever, the goal is to get older adults the information they need to avoid them.

“And it’s critically important that folks are educated about the different types of scams

that are out there - as they are ever changing - and red flags of scams and what they should be doing to avoid them on a daily basis,” Fetterhoff said.

Presentations also are planned during Colorado Consumer Protection Month at The Lincoln Center in Fort Collins on Monday, November 11, at the City Auditorium in Colorado Springs on November 19, and at the Lakewood Cultural Center in Lakewood on November 21. For more information, visit AARP Colorado’s website, or you can also register by calling 877-926-8300.

Speakers, including reps

from the Colorado Attorney General’s office, will spotlight the latest developments in how scammers operate. Examples include “neighbor spoofing,” where scammers use a phone with the target’s same area code, and “SMS-fishing,” where scammers send links via social media or text to capture data from smartphones.

“Scammers are using all

different types of tools to try to get ahold of you because they know people don’t necessarily always answer their phone anymore, but they might be more liable to text or respond via a Facebook messenger or a Google chat, or things like that,” Fetterhoff said.

He said oldie-but-goodie scams also are still in play, such as those where scammers

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Costume Designer Orry-Kelly’s Journey from Down Under To Hollywood

By Lisa Lyons Australia’s Orry-Kelly was born in a small town in New South Wales called Kiawa, famed for its blowhole. The only child of an alcoholic tailor father and a proper British housewife, Kelly longed, for a more artistic path in life. He brought his wit, wiles and ‘wicked’ ways to America in the 1920s, first as an aspiring vaudevillian, then a Prohibition-era bootleg gin supplier, and finally ascending the Hollywood ladder as a top costume designer to the talented leading ladies of the time including Ava Gardner, Mae West, Fanny Brice (a lifelong friend) and Bette Davis, among others. Kelly was on the A list of designers, earning three Academy Awards - for An American in Paris, Les Girls and Some Like It Hot. But beneath the shimmering facade of his glamorous life, Kelly had a not-so-well-kept secret - he was a gay man with a drinking problem nursing a broken heart from a year’s long affair with debonair actor Cary Grant.

Some 51 years after his death in 1964, a handwritten memoir of his rise and fall was discovered tucked away in a pillowcase in suburban Sydney.

“Women I Undressed” was never sent to a publisher. Still, when it was finally published in 2015, its sensational secrets were catnip to hungryfor-gossip movie fans.

When writer/performer Nick Hardcastle, himself an Aussie and native of New South Wales, saw a documentary about Kelly from Oscar-winning director Gillian Armstrong, he was enthralled and determined to share the story of this talented yet complicated man to the world at large. The result is “Orry,” a one-man show best described as a theatrical distillation of the memoir combining song and dance, archival footage, puppetry, and even one or two of Orry-Kelly’s original designs.

Opening with a reimagining of Kelly’s funeral at Forest Lawn, complete with eulogy by Jack Warner, we meet the impish title character who leaps from his all-white coffin to address the audience and introduces us to his early life - including his invisible friend “Bijou” and his lonely life as somewhat “different” from his working-class schoolmates.

Hardcastle is a handsome and ingratiating performer who quickly makes the audience fall for this Down Under devil.

His singing voice, while not powerful, is elegant and well-suited to the demands of the role. The Soubrette, played by lovely lyric soprano Danielle Heaton portrays Bijou, Fanny Brice, and a variety of other colorful characters from Kelly’s life and does so with effortless charm.

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functional, and understated with the coffin center stage, a sewing machine stage right, and piano stage left.

Musical director Anthony Zediker accompanies Hardcastle as he weaves popular songs of the era throughout the performance as a commentary on the action.

Lighting by Jared A. Sayeg is subtle, and the costumes

by Kate Bergh are spot on.

Director and dramaturg Wayne Harrison (the former artistic director of Sydney Theatre Company) keeps it simple, playing most scenes front and center, letting his leading man control the pacing of the approximately 100-minute one-act with great success.

We don’t discover much about Kelly’s life in the 50s and 60s - Kelly apparently was discreet and never mentioned

names of his lovers other than Grant and a rascally con man in Sydney known as “Gentleman George” - but the amazing designs and artwork he produced spoke volumes about his view of life and the

legacy he left behind which comprised an astonishing 300 films between 1932 and 1963.

For a titillating and swellegant evening, I encourage you to visit the Lee Strasberg Theatre, located at

7936 Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood. ORRY is playing for a limited run closing November 11, so get your tickets soon by calling 855-326-9945 or visiting Gentleman-George.com.

Nick Hardcastle as Orry Kelly. Photo by Tony Duran.

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MUSIC

BY ROBERT KINSLER

Groundbreaking Artists Return With Vital Albums

Fans of Americana, traditional country, as well as modern and classic rock all have something to celebrate thanks to a handful of welcome returns.

Artist: The Mavericks Title: Play the Hits (Mono Mundo Recordings) You might like if you enjoy: The Mavericks, Roy Orbison Tell me more: Thirty years into their singular career blending neotraditional country, Americana, rockabilly, and Tex-Mex styles, the Mavericks have come full circle offering up their signature sound on 11 reworked covers on “Play the Hits.” The tracklisting features specific classics that influenced and inspired the Miami-spawned troupe; it is a project that works masterfully in the talented hands of the Mavericks. The opening selection is “Swingin’,” an uptempo and infectious take on John Anderson’s 1983 hit. This version shines via the Mavericks’ steady dance groove, Raul Malo’s fantastic lead vocals, and super cool saxophone work from Max

Abrams. The Mavericks are masters at honoring the spirit and power of the original versions while simultaneously making them decidedly their own. Waylon Jennings’ “Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way” has all the assurance and power of the original even while this rendition has a sonic stamp that stands on its own.

The beautiful retro-mining “Don’t You Ever Get Tired (Of Hurting Me)” showcases Malo’s shining tenor, as well as the artful textures of his musical companions on a, particularly affecting arrangement. This is truly a tribute that never falters; interpretations ranging from a New Orleans rhythm and blues take on Bruce Springsteen’s “Hungry Heart,” the buoyant “Once Upon A Time” (featuring guest vocals from Martina McBride) and sumptuous version of the Elvis Presley hit “Don’t Be Cruel” are among the other terrific takes on this winning set. Information: TheMavericksBand.com.

Artist: Jason James Title: Seems Like Tears Ago (Melodyville Records)

You might like if you enjoy: Gram Parsons, George Jones, Dwight Yoakam Tell me more: Jason James’ sophomore release, “Seems Like Tears Ago,” is a welcome celebration of traditional country music. The traditional-minded Texas-based singer-songwriter has a voice able to deliver the sweetest of ballads (“Seems Like Tears Ago,” “Achin’ Takin’ Place,” “Simply Divine”) as well as more swinging tempo faves – notably “I Miss You After All,” “Move a Little Closer” and the Cajun waltz “Cry on the Bayou.” All of the songs on the outstanding disc were penned

by James, who is backed on the John Evans-produced effort by a top-tier band of players and backup singers.

Lovers of pioneering artists ranging from George Jones and Gram Parsons to Mel Tillis will want to get “Seems Like Tears Ago.” Information: JasonJamesBand.com.

Artist: Keane Title: Cause and Effect (Island) You might like if you

enjoy: Coldplay, Snow Patrol, Keane Tell me more: Keane explores both familiar and new territory on the band’s fifth full-length album “Cause and Effect,” the quartet’s first new album since 2012’s “Strangeland.” On Keane’s eagerly-awaited return the beautiful “I’m Not Leaving,” “Love Too Much,” “Chase the Night Away” and “The Way I Feel” recall the signature anthemic modern rock that introduced the beloved British band to the world courtesy of 2004’s “Hopes and Fears.”

Elsewhere there are flourishes of contemporary pop and electronica via “Stupid Things” and “Put The Radio On.” The intimate “Strange Room,” enticing “Thread,” and probing “Phases” are among the other standouts on the album.

But to be sure, “Cause and Effect” is a wonderful return for singer-guitarist Tom Chaplin, keyboardist Tim Rice-Oxley, drummer Richard Hughes and bassist Jesse Quin. Note: the deluxe edition of this album (available at Barnes and Noble) includes five bonus tracks

– a total of 16 new tracks.

Information: KeaneMusic.com.

Artist: Jeff Lynne’s ELO Title: From Out of Nowhere (Columbia) You might like if you enjoy: ELO, The Beatles, the Traveling Wilburys, Pugwash Tell me more: Listening to The latest album from Jeff Lynne’s ELO, “From Out of Nowhere,” is to be immersed in the rich and Beatlesque warmth of the summer sun.

The intoxicating title track, Traveling Wilburys-flavored “Help Yourself,” and driving “Down Came the Rain” are among my favorites on the dazzling LP. There are some genuine surprises, including the radiant “All My Love” that is anchored by a hypnotic guitar line and graceful lead vocals, the wistful “Losing You,” and the disc closing “Songbird” that features some of Lynne’s most memorable and affecting vocals of his career. “From Out of Nowhere” is an even stronger effort than Lynne’s 2015 LP “Alone in the Universe.” Information: JeffLynnesELO.com.

German teens probed for singing anti-Semitic songs

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perished during World War II. Three 14-year-old pupils reportedly played the songs on a smartphone and sang along on a bus as their class was returning from a trip to Buchenwald memorial, located east of Dresden.

The story made local media headlines shortly after teachers reported it to police, and an inquiry was launched into incitement of hatred.

The incident has raised more than a few eyebrows given the notoriety of the site in question. Run by SS death squads, Buchenwald accommodated over 280,000 inmates during peak times.

Apart from Jews from all corners of Europe and the USSR, there were also Poles German teens who saw nothing and Roma people, as well wrong with playing and singing as Soviet prisoners of war, among the detainees. anti-Semitic songs at a place Buchenwald wasn’t as where over 56,000 prisoners November 6, 2019

big as Auschwitz, which was known for its gas chambers, but the plight of inmates was the same. Some prisoners were subjected to summary executions by hanging or crucifixion, while others died in medical experiments or fell victim to arbitrary shootings perpetrated by SS guards.

By the time the US Army liberated the camp in 1945, a total of 56,545 people – nearly one-in-four prisoners – had perished there. After the war, Buchenwald was preserved as a memorial.

Ironically, the youngsters’ school – named after renowned German anthropologist Theo Koch – is a recipient of numerous awards for extremism prevention, according to Die Welt. The institute also teaches a fourmonth special course on Nazism, the effectiveness of

which is now in question.

The news comes less than a month after a lonewolf shooter tried to attack a synagogue in the eastern city of Halle. The suspect, who had links to a German neoNazi cell, failed to break into the building but shot dead two bystanders using a selfmade submachine gun.

Anti-Semitic incidents rose by nearly 20 percent between 2017 and 2018, with the number of violent attacks recorded almost doubling, according to Interior Ministry figures. Meanwhile, the German government’s anti-Semitism commissioner Felix Klein said that he “can’t recommend Jews to wear kippahs anywhere at any time in Germany.”

The remark was criticized

by Israeli President Reuven Rivlin for what he described as “capitulation to anti-Semitism.”

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HOA Election Processes Much More Difficult in 2020 – SB323 Is co-owner with another director; or Has a felony conviction which would harm the HOA’s ability to obtain fidelity (dishonesty) insurance.

The law does not specifically state that these are the only disqualifications allowed.

• One of the strangest parts of the new law is the new 5105(e), requiring that a candidate must be offered Internal Dispute Resolution (Civil 5900) before they can be disqualified. It is unclear how an association could negotiate someone’s ineligibility if they are a felon, or not a member, or a co-owner with a current director, but that is the new requirement.

By Kelly G. Richardson, Esq. CCAL An extensive overhaul of HOA election procedures takes effect in 2020 after passage of the controversial SB 323. Here is a recap of the many changes: • The law at Civil Code 5100(g) will finally allow votes by acclamation when, at the close of nominations, there are not more candidates than open seats. Unfortunately it only applies to HOAs of over 6,000 members.

• Associations will

be required by a new Civil Code 5100(a)(2) to hold board elections at least every four years. This will affect few HOAs, since most have board terms which are one or two years in length.

• In the past, many HOAs have held hearings to suspend the voting rights of members delinquent in their assessments, and others have bylaws barring such homeowners from voting.

The new Civil 5105(g)(1), however, requires HOAs to give ballots to all association members. So, delinquent members may vote on HOA matters, even though they

are not paying their share of the HOA expenses.

• Although some HOAs allowed managers to serve as the Inspector of Election, under the new Civil Code 5110(b) this is prohibited.

• Some HOA Bylaws do not require directors to be an association member, but the new Civil 5105(b) disqualifies non-members from serving.

• The new Civil 5105(c) allows associations in bylaws or election rules to disqualify candidates if the member: Is delinquent in assessments (without a payment plan in place); Has not been a member for at least a year;

• The greatest single problem for all HOAs is that the law lengthens the election cycle by at least 60 more days. Civil 5110 has long required ballots to be sent at least 30 days before counting of ballots. The new section 5115(b) requires the HOA announce the upcoming election and nominees at least 30 days before the ballots are distributed, and section 5115(a) requires that a call for nominations must have a deadline of at least 30 days. This means that, if everything is done on the shortest time frame, elections will take 90 days.

• Civil 5125 will require that the Inspector keep not only ballots but also signed voter envelopes, voter list, proxies and the “candidate registration list”. (However, the term “candidate registration list” is undefined.)

• Membership rosters normally include only names and mailing address Under Civil 5200(a)(9), those rosters now will include email addresses. Many members may choose under Civil 5220 to opt out of these lists.

• Lastly, the bill adds a new Civil 5910.1, barring HOAs from suing members if they asked for Internal Dispute Resolution and the HOA did not participate in good faith.

SB323 brings a bewildering (and occasionally nonsensical) set of changes, and associations should consult their attorneys - soon.

Kelly G. Richardson Esq., CCAL, is a Fellow of the College of Community Association Lawyers and a Partner of Richardson|Ober|DeNichilo LLP, a California law firm known for community association advice. Send questions to Kelly@rodllp. com. Past columns at www.HOAHomefront.com.

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Siri and Alexa can be hijacked by LASERS, researchers find

By Desert Star Staff Voice-activated digital assistants can be remotely hijacked by lasers as far as 350 feet away and made to order products, start cars. Otherwise, drive a smart-home owner crazy, researchers have discovered.

Google Home, Amazon’s Alexa, and Apple’s Siri can be remotely hijacked from hundreds of feet away with lasers pointed at their microphones, researchers at the University of Michigan, and the University of ElectroCommunications in Tokyo found. The takeover is instantaneous and silent – a well-placed command to turn the device’s volume down to zero would ensure that even its spoken responses could go unnoticed by its hapless owner.

Voice-activated digital assistants can be remotely hijacked by lasers as far as 350 feet away and made to order products, start cars. Otherwise, drive a smart-home owner crazy, researchers have discovered.

Google Home, Amazon’s Alexa, and Apple’s Siri can be remotely hijacked from hundreds of feet away with lasers pointed at their microphones, researchers at the University of Michigan,

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and the University of ElectroCommunications in Tokyo found. The takeover is instantaneous and silent – a well-placed command to turn the device’s volume down to zero would ensure that even its spoken responses could go unnoticed by its hapless owner.

Researchers were able to open garage doors, crack “smart” locks, make online purchases, and even unlock and start vehicles using carefully aimed lasers. Any system connected to the device can be controlled through this relatively simple mode of attack.

Because the microphones on voice assistants work by converting sound into electrical signals, encoding the same electrical signal into a laser beam produces an equivalent response to a particular voice command.

Using a telephoto lens to focus the laser, they were able to shanghai devices in other buildings – a Google Home coughed up the time from about 250 feet (75 meters) away with a laser projected diagonally downward at a 21-degree angle. Even with a low-power five-milliwatt laser, a Google Home and early-model Amazon Echo could be ordered around

from nearly 360 feet (110 meters) away. The researchers emphasized the accessibility of the setup – any determined device-hacker could throw something together for a few hundred dollars with commercially available parts.

As the high-tech “smart home” is increasingly controlled by voice commands issued through devices like Google Home or Alexa, it becomes enormously susceptible to outside attacks – to say nothing of the surveillance possibilities. The researchers did the ethical thing and warned device manufacturers, including Amazon, Apple, Google – even Tesla and Ford, whose cars could be remotely controlled November 6, 2019

– of the vulnerability. Still, it’s not the first flaw in these supposedly smart assistants, and it surely won’t be the last.

In 2017, Chinese researchers found that every voice assistant they tested could be hijacked with highfrequency commands pitched at frequencies over 20,000 Hz that are inaudible to humans.

It’s not clear if that vulnerability was ever fixed – filtering out those frequencies may not be possible with current microphone design – but unlike the laser hack, the ultrasonic hack was only possible near the device. Another attack uses commands camouflaged in other sounds that are incomprehensible to humans but easily

understood by devices.

Meanwhile, even when the devices are working correctly without interference by soundand light-hackers, they are still piping owners’ intimate moments to teams of humans, whose official purpose is to evaluate the performance of the artificial intelligence powering the smart speakers.

Those teams have infamously been caught swapping entertaining recordings among themselves. Amazon began letting users opt-out of human review of Alexa recordings earlier this year, though Apple recently reinstated rational analysis of Siri recordings as the default setting and Google only paused human review in some European countries. www.desertstarweekly.com

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OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). November 6, 13, 20, 27, 2019 DSW19-1303

MISSION SPRINGS WATER DISTRICT NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. 18. Notice is hereby given that a public hearing is scheduled to be held at the offices of the Mission Springs Water District located at 66575 Second Street, Desert Hot Springs, CA 92240, on November 18, 2019 at 1 p.m. At that time, the Board of Directors of the Mission Springs Water District will hear all testimony relating to the proposed Assessment District 18. A map of Assessment District 18 is available at the office of the Water District. Assessment District 18 would provide for the construction of sewer mains, sewer laterals, manhole, street reconstruction and the financing of facilities charges for the acquisition of trunk line and treatment plant capacity, together with appurtenant work, and the levy of an assessment on residential property to pay for a portion of the costs of such construction. Any and all interested persons may testify before the Board of Directors at the public hearing. In addition, each record owner of property proposed to be assessed has the right to submit an assessment ballot in favor of or in opposition to the proposed assessment. If you believe you should have received a ballot but have not received one, please contact the Water District immediately. All assessment ballots must be received by the District Secretary of the Water District prior to the conclusion of the public hearing. Following the conclusion of the public hearing, the Board of Directors will tabulate the assessment ballots that have been received. If a majority protest exists with respect to the proposed Assessment District 18, the Board of Directors will not impose the assessment upon parcels within that proposed Assessment District. For all information relating to these proceedings and the hearing, the written protest procedure, the assessment ballot procedure or to review the assessment engineer’s report, please contact Victoria Llort, Public Information Officer, at (760) 329-5169 Ext. 144 or email: vllort@mswd. org /s/ Arden Wallum, District Secretary Published: November 6th & 13th, 2019. DSW19-1302 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: MICHAEL PARKER SWANK, DECEASED CASE NO. PRIN1901006 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of MICHAEL PARKER SWANK. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by DIANE KAISER. in the Superior Court of California, County of RIVERSIDE. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that DIANE KAISER be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: DECEMBER 3, 2019 at 8:45AM in Dept.

PS3 located at 3255 E. TAHQUITZ WAY, PALM SPRINGS, CA 92262. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250.

A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for petitioner: THEODORE M. HANKIN, ESQ. MESSINA & HANKIN, LLP, 1400 QUAIL STREET, SUITE 200, NEWPORT BEACH, CA 92660. (949) 383-4356 November 6, 13, 20, 2019 DSW19-1299 NOTICE OF LIEN SALE PURSUANT TO CIVIL CODE §798.56a AND COMMERCIAL CODE §§ 7209 AND 7210 To: Paul Solomon, Ruth Solomon 51 Poquito Dr Palm Springs, California 92264 Paul Solomon P.O. Box 4137 Palm Springs, California 92263. YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that El Dorado Mobile Country Club claims a lien against the mobilehome described below in the sum of $2,674.54.

This sum represents the storage value of the site where the mobilehome has been stored from August 1, 2019 through October 21, 2019, plus costs incurred in removing or storing the mobilehome, and other amounts recoverable under California Civil Code § 798.56a. The rental rate for storage is $23.10 per day, and additional amounts may accrue for utilities, storage, attorney’s fees, publication fees and other expenses before the date of sale.

Manufacturer: FASHION MANORTradename: FASHION MANOR Model: CCHMP2 Year of Manufacture: 1973 Decal or License No.: ABD1684 Serial No(s).: 03063U 03063X Insignia: Uknown Unknown Location: El Dorado Mobile Country Club, 51 Poquito Dr., Palm Springs, California 92264, County of Riverside. YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the mobilehome will be sold at 10:00 A.M. on November 25, 2019 at 51 Poquito Dr., Palm Springs California 92264. The warehouseman’s lien sale is for the mobilehome only; it does not include the right to keep the mobilehome on-site. The warehouseman’s lien cannot be used to transfer nor does it transfer the leasehold interest in the land. The property owner reserves the right to require removal of mobilehome from the park upon conclusion of the lien sale. To inquire about the sale, call the Chana Law Firm at (714) 680-4080. Publish November 6, 13, 2019.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS HEALING SANDS MOBILE HOME & RV PARK, 18025 LANGLOIS ROAD, DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA 92241. Riverside County; 3511 DEL PASO RD, SUITE 160, ROOM 240, SACRAMENTO, CA 92835. Full name of registrant: TAMARISK MOBILE HOME AND RV PARK, LLC, 3511 DEL PASO RD, SUITE 160, ROOM 240, SACRAMENTO, CA 92835/CALIFORNIA. Business is conducted by LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above. I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant, who declares as true, information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime) SIGNED: JOHN ALEXANDER MCDOUGALL III. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on OCTOBER 21, 2019. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-201914171. NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). November 6, 13, 20, 27, 2019 DSW19-1301

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This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on OCTOBER 28, 2019. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-201914441. NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESSAND PROFESSIONS CODE). October 23, 30, November 6, 13, 2019 DSW19-1295

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS GM CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, 35913 ARNETT RD, WILDOMAR, CA 92595. Riverside County. Full name of registrant: YOUSRY ANWAR GHONEIM, 35913 ARNETT RD, WILDOMAR, CA 92595. Business is conducted by INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above.

I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant, who declares as true, information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime) Signed YOUSRY ANWAR GHONEIM. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on OCTOBER 21, 2019.

Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-201914147. NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESSAND PROFESSIONS CODE). October 23, 30, November FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE 6, 13, 2019 DSW19-1291 FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS J & R ANIMAL EXPEDITORS LLC, 53455 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE AVENIDA ALVARADO, LA QUINTA, CA 92253. Riv- FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSIerside County. Full name of registrant: J & R ANIMAL NESS STEWART HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONEXPEDITORS LLC, 53455 AVENIDA ALVARDO, LA ING, 25155 JACLYN AVE., MORENO VALLEY, CA QUINTA, CA 92253/CA. Business is conducted by 92557. Riverside County. Full name of registrant: LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. Registrant has not TIMOTHY JAMES STEWART, 25155 JACLYN yet begun to transact business under the fictitious AVE., MORENO VALLEY, CA 92557. Business is business name(s) listed above. I declare that all the conducted by: An INDIVIDUAL. Registrant cominformation in this statement is true and correct. menced to transact business under the fictitious (A registrant, who declares as true, information business name(s) listed above on July 12, 2006. which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a I declare that all the information in this statement crime) Signed JAMES LAVERNE BREITIGAN JR. is true and correct. (A registrant, who declares MANAGING MEMBER. This statement was filed as true, information which he or she knows to be with the County Clerk of Riverside County on OC- false, is guilty of a crime). Signed TIMOTHY JAMES TOBER 28, 2019. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-201914459. NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). November 6, 13, 20, 27, 2019 DSW19-1300 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS STUFFWARES, 13635 CACTUS DRIVE, DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA 92240. Riverside County; P.O. BOX 865, DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA 92240. Full name of registrant: PETER MARK STATON, 13635 CACTUS DRIVE, DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA 92240; JAMES EDWARD STANTON, 13635 CACTUS DRIVE, DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA 92240. Business is conducted by: GENERAL PARTNERSHIP. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above. I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant, who declares as true, information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime).

Signed PETER MARK STATON. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 10/30/2019. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk Recorder File No. R-201914529. NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL CODE). Publish November 6, 13, 21, 28, 2019 DSW19-1298 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS KLAUSY PRINTS AND EVENTS, 45966 CAMINO RUBI, TEMECULA, CA 92592. Riverside County. Full name of registrant: KRISCILLA- -ROBINSON, 45966 CAMINO RUBI, TEMECULA, CA 92592. Business is conducted by INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above.

I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant, who declares as true, information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime) Signed KRISCILLA- -ROBINSON. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on OCTOBER 01, 2019. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-201913409. NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESSAND PROFESSIONS CODE). October 30, November 6, 13, 20, 2019 DSW19-1297

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS INTEGRATED DEBT SERVICES, 54612 INERNESS WAY, LA QUINTA, CA 92253. Riverside County. Full name of registrant: CATHLEEN MARGARET MITCHELL, 54612 INERNESS WAY, LA QUINTA, CA 92253. Business is conducted by INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above. I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant, who declares as true, information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime) Signed CATHLEEN MARGARET MITCHELL. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on OCTOBER 21, 2019. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-201914173. NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE BUSINESSAND PROFESSIONS CODE). October FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSI- 30, November 6, 13, 20, 2019 DSW19-1296 NESS GEMINI MEDIA TRAVEL, 67220 OVANTE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE RD, CATHEDRAL CITY, CA 92234. Riverside FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSICounty. Full name of registrant: MICHELLE ANNE NESS AS REVENUE CYCLE MANAGEMENT LLC, EISSLER, 67220 OVANTE RD, CATHEDRAL CITY, 66311 TWO BUNCH PALMS TRL #393, DESERT CA 92234. Business is conducted INDIVIDUAL. HOT SPRINGS, CA 92240. Riverside County. Full Registrant has not yet begun to transact business name of registrant: REVENUE CYCLE MANAGEunder the fictitious business name(s) listed above. MENT LLC, 66311 TWO BUNCH PALMS TRAIL, I declare that all the information in this statement STE 393, DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA 92240/ is true and correct. (A registrant, who declares as CA. Business is conducted by LIMITED LIABILITY true, information which he or she knows to be false, COMPANY. Registrant has not yet begun to transis guilty of a crime) SIGNED: MICHELLE ANNE act business under the fictitious business name(s) EISSLER. This statement was filed with the County listed above. I declare that all the information in Clerk of Riverside County on OCTOBER 23, 2019. this statement is true and correct. (A registrant, Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File who declares as true, information which he or No. R-201914271. NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime) Signed BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE MICHAEL- -HOUSTON, MANAGING MEMBER. YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE

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STEWART. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on October 10, 2019.

Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk Recorder File No. R-201913782. NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL CODE). Publish October 23, 30, November 6, 13, 2019 DSW19-1290

this statement is true and correct. (A registrant, who declares as true, information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime) Signed ANGEL FERNANDO GUERRERO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on OCTOBER 17, 2019. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-201914007. NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE BUSINESSAND PROFESSIONS CODE). October FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSI- 23, 30, November 6, 13, 2019 DSW19-1288 NESS AS SOCAL HALAL, 24115 COTTONWOOD AVENUE, APT 146, MORENO VALLEY, CA 92553. AMENDED FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATERiverside County; 23639 WHISPERING WINDS MENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) WAY, MORENO VALLEY, CA 92557. Full name of DOING BUSINESS AS ENVE CALIFORNIA AESregistrant: MOHAMMAD KHAIRUL AMIN, 24115 THETICS; C-MED CLINIC, 1733 N. PALM CANYON COTTONWOOD AVENUE APT 146, MORENO DRIVE, SUITE E AND F, PALM SPRINGS, CA 92262.

VALLEY, CA 92557; AFEEZ- -OYEKAN, 23639 Riverside County. Full name of registrant: PAMORWHISPERING WINDS WAY, MORENO VALLEY, CA RIS HEALTH CARE SOLUTIONS LLC, 1439 W 92557. Business is conducted by CO-PARTNERS. CHAPMAN AVE SUITE 157, ORANGE, CA 92868/ Registrant has not yet begun to transact business CA. Business is conducted by LIMITED LIABILITY under the fictitious business name(s) listed above. COMPANY. Registrant has not yet begun to transact I declare that all the information in this statement is business under the fictitious business name(s) listed true and correct. (A registrant, who declares as true, above. I declare that all the information in this stateinformation which he or she knows to be false, is ment is true and correct. (A registrant, who declares guilty of a crime) Signed MOHAMMAD KHAIRUL as true, information which he or she knows to be AMIN. This statement was filed with the County false, is guilty of a crime) Signed EVAN SPENCER, Clerk of Riverside County on OCTOBER 21, 2019. CEO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File of Riverside County on SEPTEMBER 16, 2019.

No. R-201914138. NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE No. R-201912653. NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTI- YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE TIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTIFILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS TIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTH- USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS ER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTH(SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESSAND ER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW PROFESSIONS CODE). October 23, 30, November (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESSAND 6, 13, 2019 DSW19-1289 PROFESSIONS CODE). September 25 October 2, 9, 16, 2019, October 23, 30, November 6, 13, FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE 2019 DSW19-1247 FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS SOUTH OF THE BORDER, 11719 PALM FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT DR, DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA 92240. Riverside THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING County. Full name of registrant: ANGEL FERNANDO BUSINESS AS NOVALO COLLECTION; NOV9M; GUERRERO, 11719 PALM DR, DESERT HOT NOVEM, 66350 PIERSON BLVD SUITE A, DESERT SPRINGS, CA 92240. Business is conducted by HOT SPRINGS, CA 92240. Riverside County; 1775 INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun to trans- E PALM CANYON DR, SUITE 110-313, PALM act business under the fictitious business name(s) SPRINGS, CA 92264. Full name of registrant: listed above. I declare that all the information in STEVEN- -ALONGE, 64329 SILVER STAR AVE,

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DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA 92240; NOVEM GERSAVA CABIOS, 64329 SILVER STAR AVE, DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA 92240. Business is conducted by: An GENERAL PARTERNSHIP. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on MARCH 2, 2015.

I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant, who declares as true, information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime). Signed STEVEN- -ALONGE. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on October 15, 2019. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk Recorder File No. R-201913870. NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL CODE). Publish October 23, 30, November 6, 13, 2019 DSW19-1287

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS BRAVA HAIR SALON, 49839 CESAR CHAVEZ ST, COACHELLA, CA 92236. Riverside County. Full name of registrant: AMERICA PATRICIA DE LA ROSA, 38750 RANCHO LOS COYOTES DR, INDIO, CA 92203. Business is conducted by: INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun to transact under the fictitious business name(s) listed above.

I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant, who declares as true, information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime) Signed AMERICA PATRICIA DE LA ROSA. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on September 25, 2019.

Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-201913148. NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE AND PROFESSIONAL CODE). Publish October 16, FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSI- 23, 30, November 6, 2019 DSW19-1284 NESS WORKING HANDS CONSTRUCTION, 83305 ROSA AVE, THERMAL, CA 92274. Riverside FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE County. Full name of registrant: HUMBERTO MEZA FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSIHERNANDEZ, 83305 ROSA AVE, THERMAL, CA NESS CALITICA TRAVEL, 81561 HIDDEN LINKS 92274. Business is conducted by: INDIVIDUAL. DR., LA QUINTA, CALIFORNIA 92253. Riverside Registrant has not yet begun to transact under the County. Full name of registrant: DAYANA ISABEL fictitious business name(s) listed above. I declare VARGAS DE MCPHERSON, 81561 HIDDEN LINKS that all the information in this statement is true and DR., LA QUINTA, CALIFORNIA 92253. Business correct. (A registrant, who declares as true, informa- is conducted by: INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not tion which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of yet begun to transact under the fictitious business a crime) Signed: HUMBERTO MEZA HERNANDEZ. name(s) listed above. I declare that all the informaThis statement was filed with the County Clerk tion in this statement is true and correct. (A regisof Riverside County on October 11, 2019. Peter trant, who declares as true, information which he or Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime) Signed R-201913830. NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS BUSI- DAYANA ISABEL VARGAS DE MCPHERSON. NESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS This statement was filed with the County Clerk of FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE Riverside County on September 19, 2019. Peter OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED R-201913886. NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS BUSIBEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS STATE- NESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS MENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS STATE(SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND MENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN PROFESSIONAL CODE). Publish October 23, 30, THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME November 6, 13, 2019 DSW19-1286 IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSI- PROFESSIONAL CODE). Publish October 16, 23, NESS AS TRAVEL ACE, 496 CALLE MADRIGAL, 30, November 6, 2019 DSW19-1283 CATHEDRAL CITY, CA 92234. Riverside County. Full name of registrant: ART- -SOLIS, 496 CALLE MAD- FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE RIGAL, CATHEDRAL CITY, CA 92234. Business FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSIis conducted by INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not NESS AS DIAMOND REMODELS LLC, 29890 yet begun to transact business under the fictitious WHISPERING PALMS TRAIL, CATHEDRAL CITY, business name(s) listed above. I declare that all the CA 92234. Riverside County. Full name of registrant: information in this statement is true and correct. (A DIAMOND REMODELS LLC, 29890 WHISPERING registrant, who declares as true, information which PALMS TRAIL, CATHEDRAL CITY, CA 92234. Busihe or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime) ness is conducted by: LIMITED LIABILITY COMPASigned ART- -SOLIS. This statement was filed with NY. Registrant has not yet begun to transact under the County Clerk of Riverside County on OCTO- the fictitious business name(s) listed above. I declare BER 15, 2019. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County that all the information in this statement is true and Clerk-Recorder File No. R-201913873. NOTICE — correct. (A registrant, who declares as true, informaTHIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT tion which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS crime) Signed JONATHAN DONATO - PRESIDENT. FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Riverside County on OCTOBER 10, 2019. Peter MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHO- R-201913774. NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS BUSIRIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS NESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BUSINESSAND PROFESSIONS CODE). October BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS STATE23, 30, November 6, 13, 2019 DSW19-1285 MENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

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IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL CODE). Publish October 16, 23, 30, November 6, 2019 DSW19-1281 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS THE ETIQUETTE FACTORY WITH MS JOCIE, 13389 MOUNTAIN VIEW RD, DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA 92240. Riverside County. Full name of registrant: JOCELINNE MARIELA CABRERA, 13389 MOUNTAIN VIEW RD, DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA 92240. Business is conducted by: INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun to transact under the fictitious business name(s) listed above.

I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant, who declares as true, information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime) Signed JOCELINNE MARIELA CABRERA. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on OCTOBER 9, 2019.

Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-201913734. NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL CODE). Publish October 16, 23, 30, November 6, 2019 DSW19-1280 T.S. No.: 2019-0703 Loan No.: LITTLE MORONGO APN: 665-190-017-3 Property Address: VACANT LAND, DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 5/3/2018. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described below. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. Trustor: LITTLE MORONGO LAND DHS, LLC A CALIFORNIA LIMITED LIABLITY COMPANY Duly Appointed Trustee: WESTERN FIDELITY TRUSTEES Recorded 5/10/2018 as Instrument No. 2018-0183637 in book , page of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Riverside County, California, Date of Sale: 11/21/2019 at 9:00 AM Place of Sale: At the front entrance of the former Corona Police Department at 849 W. Sixth St., Corona, CA 92882 Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $920,919.42 Street Address or other common designation of real property: VACANT LAND, DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA A.P.N.: 665-190-017-3 More Fully Described As: The land referred to in this report is situated in the City of Desert Hot Springs, County of Riverside, State of California, and is described as follows: The South half of the North half of the

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Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 12, Township 3 South, Range 4 East, San Bernardino Base and Meridian, as shown by United States Government Survey. Excepting therefrom that portion thereof included within the boundaries of Parcel 6090-4, as shown by Map on file in Book 59, Pages 1 through 4, inclusive of Records of Survey, Riverside County Records. Also excepting therefrom one-half of all oil and mineral rights as reserved by J.S. Pearson, an unmarried man, in Deed recorded March 16, 1955. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary, DMITRY MARGUSOV, A MARRIED MAN AS HIS SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY, as to an undivided 16.3300% interest; MICHAEL MERLIN, AN UNMARRIED MAN, as to an undivided 33.6700% interest; LEONID KRIVENSTOV, AN UNMARRIED MAN, as to an undivided 25.0000% interest, DIMITRY KURLAND, A MARRIED MAN AS HIS SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY, as to an undivided 12.5000% interest, and DAVID GOLDMAN, A MARRIED MAN AS HIS SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY, as to an undivided 12.5000% who has requested this sale be conducted, to the undersigned trustee within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (916) 939-0772 or visit this Internet Web site www.nationwideposting.com, using the file number assigned to this case 2019-0703. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. Date: 10/23/2019 WESTERN FIDELITY TRUSTEES 1222 Crenshaw Blvd., SUITE B Torrance, California 90501 Sale Line: (310)212-0700 Kathleen Herrera, Trustee Officer NPP0362779 To: DESERT STAR WEEKLY 10/30/2019, 11/06/2019, 11/13/2019. DSW19-1294 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE T.S. No.: 19-2072 Loan No.: *******948 APN: 656-202-007-4 NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT ATTACHED. YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 9/24/2015. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A

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public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described below. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. Trustor: GEORGE COURTNEY BOZE III, AN UNMARRIED MAN Duly Appointed Trustee: PRESTIGE DEFAULT SERVICES Recorded 10/1/2015 as Instrument No. 2015-0435450 in book , page of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Riverside County, California, Date of Sale: 11/20/2019 at 9:00 AM Place of Sale: Auction.com room, 2410 Wardlow Road #104, Corona, CA 92880 Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $157,462.85 Street Address or other common designation of real property: 15641 AVENIDA FLORENCITA DESERT HOT SPRINGS, California 92240 A The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. All checks payable to Prestige Default Services. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale.

If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (800) 793-6107 or visit this Internet Web site www. auction.com, using the file number assigned to this case 19-2072. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale.

Date: 10/14/2019 PRESTIGE DEFAULT SERVICES 1920 Old Tustin Ave. Santa Ana, California 92705 Sale Line: (800) 793-6107 Michelle R. GhidottiGonsalves, President A-4708015 10/30/2019, 11/06/2019, 11/13/2019. Dsw19-1293

Greta Thunberg marooned as climate conference moves location

By Desert Star Staff Swedish activist Greta Thunberg has once again called for eco-friendly help getting from the US to Spain for a climate conference.

Still, so far, she can’t seem to find a ride that meets her unrealistic standards.

“Since Friday afternoon, I’ve been traveling east through the beautiful southern states in the USA to get to the east coast and hopefully find a transport to COP25 in Madrid,” she tweeted on Monday, days after she initially asked, “if anyone could help me find transport.”

Rising to prominence after staging a school walkout in her native Sweden last year, teenage activist Greta Thunberg

has since embarked on a whirlwind tour of parliaments, summits, and protests around the world, spreading her apocalyptic brand of environmentalism. Along the way, she has eschewed internal combustion, instead of traveling by boat, train, or electric car in a bid to practice what she preaches on fossil fuels.

After chastising world leaders for their “empty words” at the UN Climate Action Summit in New York in September, Thunberg made her way south, bound for the COP25 climate summit in Santiago, until the meeting was moved to Spain last week due to antigovernment protests in Chile.

Sticking by her own rules,

Thunberg can’t fly or sail on a carbon-belching cruise liner. So the 16-year-old Swede stuck out a metaphorical thumb on Twitter, begging for a carbonneutral ride across the Atlantic.

The government of Spain has promised to aid Thunberg in her odyssey, though no concrete plans of how have emerged.

To a skeptical observer, Thunberg’s plight is not merely one principled campaigner’s logistical problem; it’s a preview of the future that Thunberg and her backers are actively working towards. Thunberg has called for the complete abolition of fossil fuels, and a reduction of carbon emissions to near net-zero in the coming ten years.

Achieving this would necessitate a total ban on air travel and a halt to commercial shipping.

A multitude of environmental organizations, like Extinction Rebellion and the Sunrise Movement, support these same goals, though some differ on the timeline for implementing them.

Some 104 US members of Congress, too, have pledged their support to the Green New Deal – a piece of legislation that explicitly promises to ban air travel and would radically overhaul the US economy through government expansion and wealth redistribution.

In Greta’s world, we’ll all be thumbing lifts across the Atlantic. For Thunberg herself, the outward leg of her journey presented no problem. She made it across the Atlantic

the first time thanks to the generosity of a Monacobased yacht-racing team.

Still, its sleek, zero-emissions vessel that costs upwards of €4 million to build is busy competing, and there are no other available ships like that.

Yet, even the yacht’s operators had to fly a crew out to New York to return the craft to Europe once Thunberg disembarked in Manhattan, to the applause of progressive lawmakers and journalists.

Though environmentallyconscious lawmakers like New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D) have proposed high-speed trains as an alternative to air travel, nobody has yet solved the problem of crossing the Atlantic, unless one has time, money and physical fitness to travel on a sailing boat.

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Popeyes customer STABBED to death over chicken sandwich

By Desert Star Staff A man was fatally stabbed at a Popeyes location in Maryland as fast food fanatics lined up across the country to get a taste of the restaurant’s newly revived and widely celebrated chicken sandwich.

Bringing back the discontinued dish this weekend for ‘National Sandwich Day,’ Popeyes prompted a stampede of rabid customers, already resulting in several brawls in crowded lines at locations around the US. On Monday, however, an altercation in Oxon Hill turned lethal when a 28-year-old man was stabbed multiple times, reportedly after cutting in line.

“There was an argument that began inside the restaurant... between two

adult males,” said Jennifer Donelan, a media relations director at the Prince George’s County Police. “That argument spilled out into the street, and one male stabbed the other.”

The victim was rushed to the hospital, but later died of his injuries, Donelan said, adding that no arrests had been made, but that homicide detectives were “hard at work” searching for the perpetrator. She also confirmed the incident was related to the sandwich, likely over line-cutting.

The Oxon Hill Popeyes branch remained closed hours after the incident, where police and crimescene tape could be seen emerged depicting fights over in footage posted online. the much-beloved sandwich, Several other clips have including in Edgewood, about

a mile north of Oxon Hill.

On Sunday, another Detroit-based customer also

described dodging a nearstabbing of his own in an incident captured on film.

Women are the fastest rising prison population

By Desert Star Staff Female prisoners were once unheard of in most US counties, but in the last halfcentury, they have been filling cells with higher rate increases than their male counterparts, according to a new study.

Mandatory minimum sentencing and the drug war have contributed to the phenomenon of prison overpopulation. Still, even as the issue grows this presidential election year, the full scope of the impact on American life is yet being uncovered.

In a study released Wednesday by the Vera Institute of Justice and the Safety and Justice Challenge initiative, the number of women in prison and jails in 2014 was reported to have multiplied nearly 14 times from 1970.

“Once a rarity, women are now held in jails in nearly every county — a stark contrast to 1970, when almost threequarters of counties held not a single woman in jail,” the report read, according to the New York Times.

Women made up only 11 percent of all arrests in 1960, but by 2014, that figure more than doubled to 26 percent, the recentlypublished report found.

While the imprisoned population has grown overall, with men still far outnumbering women behind bars, the rate increases are much higher for the fairer sex. In 1970, under 8,000 women were held in municipal and county jails for misdemeanors or pretrial procedures, compared with 110,000 in 2014.

There is also a surge in activism, aiming to reform the criminal justice system.

“Every state in the country now is going to be looking at more aggressive criminal justice reforms,” predicts

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Holly Harris, executive director for the US Justice Action Network, as quoted by the Anti-Media from a conference in Washington, DC earlier this summer.

Harris doesn’t see much of choice for legislators whose states are facing financial woes. And her organization, a coalition umbrella of various groups on the political left and right, may find success on the federal level as well.

According to the US Justice Action Network’s website, there is a bipartisan appeal in the US Senate for the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2015. That legislation would allow more judicial input on sentences by reforming mandatory minimums for drug crimes, and it also addresses what Harris called a “cycle of failure,” whereby those released from jails and prison frequently return due to an inability to find employment and educational opportunities. The bill, which applies retroactively as well, is expected to be voted upon by the Senate this year.

The female prison population skyrocketed 800 percent in the last 30 years, and almost two-thirds of them were locked up over nonviolent offenses, according to a 2010 report from the Families Against Mandatory Minimums Foundation.

Fifty-six percent of incarcerated women were in for drug or property offenses, which usually carry a mandatory minimum sentence, the foundation found.

Additionally, the Families Against Mandatory Minimums reported that 60 percent of female prisoners had minor children and that the number of children with imprisoned mothers had doubled from 1991 to 2010.

Furthermore, their statistics were broken down

by race, with 380 out of 100,000 black women behind bars, 147 out of 100,000 Hispanic women, and 93 out of 100,000 whites.

While those numbers are based on data from 2010, the report released Wednesday by the Vera Institute shows a similar rate of increase and goes even deeper into exactly where much of the female prisoner population is rising quickest.

In 1970, the new report found, some 1,700 women were confined to jail cells in counties with fewer than 250,000 people. Forty-four years later, there were 51,600 women in those rural county hoosegows.

The report consistently found that less-populated areas incarcerated women at higher rates than more metropolitan ones.

From 79 jailed women per 100,000 in the year 2000 to 140 per 100,000 in 2014, the rate nearly doubled.

The largest counties actually decreased, from 76 per 100,000 to 71 per 100,000 during the same period.

The counties with the highest rate of women in prison were all rural.

They included Nevada County, California; Floyd County, Georgia; and St. Charles Parish, Louisiana, according to the New York Times.

For good measure, another telling statistic from the Bureau of Justice Statistics reveals that between 1980 and 2009, the rate of men arrested for drug possession doubled, while for women, it tripled.

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‘I (won’t) be back’: Why is the latest ‘Terminator’ such a flop?

By Graham Dockery Far from a return to form, ‘Terminator: Dark Fate’ has flopped at the box office. Was the movie’s failure the result of misogyny, or indifference toward a Hollywood that doesn’t know when to put an old dog down?

Billed as a worthy successor to 1991’s universallyloved ‘Terminator 2: Judgment Day’, ‘Dark Fate’ had a big pair of cyborg boots to fill. After a slew of uninspiring sequels, the return of series creator James Cameron as producer was seen as a good omen, and critics scored the flick higher than any entry since 2003’s ‘Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines’.

But demand for the film was not as great as expected.

‘Dark Fate’ pulled in only $29 million on its opening weekend in the US. In China – a market where moviegoers have spent more than $2.23 billion on Marvel movies – it only managed to earn $28 million.

Unless a dramatic turnaround comes, sources at rival studios predict the movie may leave Paramount, Skydance and Disney $100 million in the hole.

The movie’s 2019-correct makeover could have something to do with it. Starring three leading women, ‘Dark Fate’ is very much a femaledriven enterprise. Liberal media, of course, have celebrated this, with Gizmodo squealing with delight that “Terminator: Dark

Fate’s Post-Judgment Day Future Is Female, and We’re Here for It,” and Vox declaring “Terminator: Dark Fate is all about the kickass ladies.”

The Guardian called internet grumbling about the movie a “kind of misogynist backlash,” while Slate called ‘Dark Fate’ “the gayest Terminator yet” – for no other reason than its reviewer fancied leading lady Mackenzie Davis.

‘Dark Fate’ also treats viewers to some very Trump-era imagery: social commentary on automation displacing blue-collar jobs, a sympathetic portrayal of Mexican immigrants, and even a fight at a detention center for illegal immigrants.

“Go woke, go broke” exists as a phrase for a reason.

Hollywood’s current obsession with gender-swapped reboots and minority representation has left audiences sour and cost studios money. The 2016 all-female reboot of comedy classic ‘Ghostbusters’ bombed at the box office, and an allfemale remake of ‘Ocean’s 11’ left viewers unimpressed.

Plans for a black, female 007 in the next James Bond movie and a female Thor have also drawn ridicule from fans.

The movie’s 2019-correct makeover could have something to do with it. Starring three leading women, ‘Dark Fate’ is very much a female-

driven enterprise. Liberal media, of course, have celebrated this, with Gizmodo squealing with delight that “Terminator: Dark Fate’s Post-Judgment Day Future Is Female, and We’re Here for It,” and Vox declaring “Terminator: Dark Fate is all about the kickass ladies.”

The Guardian called internet grumbling about the movie a “kind of misogynist backlash,” while Slate called ‘Dark Fate’ “the gayest Terminator yet” – for no other reason than its reviewer fancied leading lady Mackenzie Davis.

‘Dark Fate’ also treats viewers to some very

Trump-era imagery: social commentary on automation displacing blue-collar jobs, a sympathetic portrayal of Mexican immigrants, and even a fight at a detention center for illegal immigrants.

“Go woke, go broke” exists as a phrase for a reason.

Hollywood’s current obsession with gender-swapped reboots and minority representation has left audiences sour and cost studios money. The 2016 all-female reboot of comedy classic ‘Ghostbusters’ bombed at the box office, and an allfemale remake of ‘Ocean’s 11’ left viewers unimpressed.

Plans for a black, female 007 in the next James Bond movie and a female Thor have also drawn ridicule from fans.

And Hollywood hasn’t learned yet. This year has been dominated by remakes, reboots, sequels, spinoffs and woke makeovers, with more to come. Unless the movie industry can drum up some fresh ideas, or maybe send a cybernetic director back in time to terminate the studio execs who greenlight such stale offerings, ‘Dark Fate’ could be a preview of the industry’s bleak future.

Tools for Tomorrow

Judy Mathes, Visionaries President, Irma Smith, Linda Rider, Sue Fromkin and Chris Metz. Photo by Pat Krause.

Story and Photos by Pat Krause Tools for Tomorrow held a Visionaries Welcome Back Party at the J Willott Gallery on El Paseo on Sunday, November 3. The party was a thank you for people who have been members of Tools for Tomorrow and those who will renew their memberships.

David Hirsch, the program director, entertained while guests enjoyed a refreshment. www.desertstarweekly.com

Welcome remarks were given

by President, Irma Smith and Vice President-membership, Chris Metz. They spoke of the mission and purpose of Tools for Tomorrow, TFT. TFT is a free after school program that allows children to learn about the arts as schools no longer provide that. These art literacy programs teach creative writing, music, drama, and

Joyce Bulifant, Susan Stein and Founder, Rachel Druten. Photo by Pat Krause.

art for children from grades 3 thru 5 in the elementary schools in the Desert. You know most children love to paint with crayons at a young age, and they miss that in the schools. TFT teaches art in all media with a professional artist. Teachers are professionals in their fields of music, drama, and writing, so you know they are getting the very best education in November 6, 2019

something they want to try.

They announced upcoming events that will be opportunities to support TFT. Visionaries’ membership party will be held on January 23, so guests should put the date on their calendars.

Susan Stein was present as she will be the host for 2020 Vision of the Future event, Fabulous Fashion & Song of the Silver Screen on February

26. Joyce Bulifant will again direct the performance by the TFT children, and Phyllis Eisenberg will serve as the honorary chair. The visionaries are working to raise funds for TFT programs and to raise awareness about the importance of TFT and the benefits for the children.

April 28 will showcase Karen & Tony Barone.

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