Desert Star Weekly Oct. 20, 2021 issue!

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Sunnylands mourns the passing of former Secretary of State Colin Powell see page 2. Pictured: Secretary General Colin Powell with Charles Wick, director of the U.S. Information Agency

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October 20, 2021 Vol. 16 No. 82

DHS Eagles Football Scores! Royal Emerald Pharmaceutical Founder & CEO Mark Crozier accepts gifts of appreciation from DHS Eagles Football President Randy Miller.

Local businessman honored By Jackie Devereaux Desert Hot Springs, Calif. - The Desert Hot Springs Eagles Football league scored big this past year when a local businessman donated

a substantial amount of money to the league. To acknowledge that generosity, the six teams presented Mark Crozier, the Founder and CEO of Royal Emerald

Pharmaceuticals, with a framed jersey and helmet, along with a custom jersey with his name and favorite number seven before the start of the noon game last Saturday at the DHS High School football field. “Mr. Crozier has

Rolling Stones - No Filter Tour “You Make a Grown Man Cry...”

By Jackie Devereaux Hawthorn, Calif. - The quintessential rock and roll band, The Rolling Stones, performed two sold out shows at SoFi Stadium this past week. Mick Jagger, the lead singer and front man for the band, is 78 years young, and he said that this 2021 tour will be the band’s last. On August 24, 2021, the band lost its longtime drummer, Charlie Watts, to a battle with throat cancer. Watts was replaced by drummer Steve Jordan, a member of Keith Richards’ X-Pensive Winos side project. Approximately 70,000

fans, ages ranging from teens up to 100 (LOL) showed up early to tailgate, walk around, and settle into the new stadium. Tickets prices ranged from $99.50 for the cheapest nosebleed seats up to $1,700 and more for front row or VIP seats. If you wanted a beer, it cost you $17, and parking ranged from $60 - $65 up to $80 for premiere and handicapped parking. Also, you could not use cash anywhere in the stadium. All transactions had to be with a credit or debit card. “The band played 19 songs, and I knew the words

to 17 of them by heart. The two songs I didn’t know were new ones written by Keith Richards,” said fan Tom Devereaux of Desert Hot Springs, CA. Devereaux and his wife, Jackie, booked a hotel room only 3.2 miles from the SoFi Stadium. They got to the stadium around 4:30 p.m. to tailgate until the gates opened at 5:30 p.m. Every fan had to show I.D. and proof of vaccination to gain entry. Security was high with limitations on what kinds of bags you could carry in. All bags had to be clear plastic or small pouches no larger than your hand. “The best part of the Continues on Page 7

helped our organization out tremendously with donations from Royal Emerald Pharmaceuticals. Since his donation in 2020-21, we have

been able to recondition all our helmets, buy 50 brand new helmets. We haven’t Continues on Page 6


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