Vol. 11: #4 • Tidbits Serves Up Some Eskimo Pie • (1/18/15) Tidbits of Coachella Valley by Tidbits of Coachella Valley

VAL L

Over

65,000

4 Million Weekly WeeklyReaders Readers Nationwide!

Valley Wide!

FREE

of Coachella Valley

VIS

Issue No. 4

Professional Weight Control Centers

TIDBITS SERVES UP SOME

SERVICE

RS!

2015 2014

Advertising Call (760) 320-0997 valleybits@msn.com Week of January 18,Published 2015 by: AdVenture ForMedia Advertising CallFor (760) 320-0997 • TidbitsPalmSprings.com Vol. XI

NO ONE CAN MATCH OUR

ITO

The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read

...and you’re one of them.

LC O

A Nursing Corporation www.professionalweightcontrol.com

Start Your New Year’s Weight Loss ADVERTISING PROOF ution Today! 5:00 ResolDUE: Final Changes

You can score match point by calling the General and his troops for service, maintenance and repairs on your home comfort systems.

Please review carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Pri

Contact your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or corre Office: 760-320-0997

CallTheGeneral.com

760.235.4423 CallTheGeneral.com 760.235.4423

760-346-5500

Valley Patios Front pg 4C T.F.

by Janet Spencer

Fax: 760-320-1630

ADVERTISING PROOF On January 24, 1922, Christian Nelson was issued 5:00 p.m a patent for the world’s first Eskimo Pie. Little didFinal Changes DUE: Please review carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Prices  he know how his ice cream creation would cause a Contact your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or corrections ripple effect that would actually change the course Office: 760-320-0997 Fax: 760-320-1630 of several major corporations in the years that ADVERTISING PROOF followed. Come along with Tidbits as we learn Final Changes DUE: Fri, March 29, 2013 5:00 how the little Eskimo Pie has had a mighty impact Please review carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Pri on a few other familiar names! PROOF

PromoPromo 06044.code No overtime ServicePlus members members only. Lic #686310. 05328. Nocharges overtimeforcharges for ServicePlus only. Lic #686310.

PATIO COVERS

ADVERTISING al Changes DUE: TUES., AUG. 19

A NEW TREAT

5:00 p.m..

Speciali Contact your Tidbits representative immediately withzing changes or corre in:

• Prices In theearly carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Hours 1920s, Christian Nelson operated a candy store and ice cream parlor in Iowa. your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or corrections. One day a young boy with enough money for Office: 760-320-0997 Fax: 760-320-1630 only one item couldn’t decide whether to buy a chocolate bar or ice cream. The boy’s dilemma caused Christian to wonder why both couldn’t be combined into a single tasty treat. So Cal Sliding Doors Prem. Front Pg Aug. 24, 2014 Vol. 10 - No. 35

• Nelson began experimenting. After trying numerous he found that mixing cocoa TO THE ADVERTISideas, ER: This is abutter proof of yourwith ad that willmelted chocolate allowed the ADVERTISING PROOF ap pear THE inmixture the Bea . to TO ADcon VER TISstick ER: to ice cream when frozen. To CAREFULLY This is a proofIT of your ad that will Final Changes DUE: 5:00COMPARE p.m.. appearYOUR in the Bea . make itconunique, WITH ORIGINAL FOR he shaped the ice cream into a se review carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Prices  Hours COMPARE IT CAREFULLY CONTENT AND TY POWITH round YOUR ORIGINAL FOR disc, coated it with the chocolate mixture Contact your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or corrections. Then, GRAPH ICAL ERRORS. CONTENT AND TY POThen, GRAPH ICAL ERRORS. and harden. He called his creation the please check thelet approitpriate box Office: 760-320-0997 Fax: 760-320-1630 please check the appropriate box be low, sign the ap prov al line (if ap below, sign the approval lineBar,” (if ap“I-Scream and it was an instant success proved) and and RETURN RETURN IT IT BY BY proved) to:with his customers. FAX to: FAX (760) 832-8131

• Wanting to get his idea patented but having (760) 832-8131 DATE DUE: / /14 little money, he went to his friend Russell I approve DATE DUE:as indicated / below /14—

So. California

I approve as indicated Signature below — /

Date:

Eskimo Pie: Turn to page 3

/14

❐ APPROVED AS IS — The ad may Signature appear in the Beacon with no changes.

WANT TO RUN YOUR OWN BUSINESS? 14 / a/ S — Paper in Your Area ❐ APPROVEDPublish WITH CHANGE Date:

PAY LESS for the Property of BEST!

PLEASE RETURN THIS PROOF. AdVenture Media, Inc. UNRETURNED PROOFS ARE CONSIDERED “APPROVED AS IS.”

SENIOR DISCOUNTS

760.574.7621

4 Million Readers Weekly Nationwide!

of Coachella Valley

The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read

For Advertising Call (760) 320-0997 760.320.0997 Fax: 760.320.1630valleybits@msn.com

Published by: AdVenture Media

of Coachella Valley The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read

Call 1.800.523.3096 (U.S.) 1.866.631.1567 (CAN) Format and content of the ad are

changes.

❐ APPROVED WITH CHANGES; PROOFWITH REQUESTED ❐NEW APPROVED CHANGE S ——

Format and content approved, with changes. New proof requested (subject to deadlines). approved, with indicated changes.

www.tidbitsweekly.com

No additional proof needCAMERAbe sent. ❐ NOT APPROVED; READY

ART

COME

—

inum-Wood Fax:● Alum 760-320-1630

Mention this ad for

$200

OFF

patio covers ● Shade cloth installation ● Drop Down Shades ● Awnings

ANY PURCHASE OVER $1,500

Property of AdVenture Media, Inc.

Dr. Sohail Ahmad FREE Estimates! Premium Front Page 13x of Coachella April 7, 2013 Vol. 9The-Neatest No. 15 Valley www.valleypatios.com Little Paper Ever Read

760-517-8847 FREE 4 Million Readers Weekly Nationwide!

For Advertising Call (760) 320-0997 760.320.0997 Fax: 760.320.1630valleybits@msn.com

Property of AdVenture Media, Inc.

● Pain management solutions for treatment of neck and back pains from FREE of Coachella Valley spinalTheconditions. Neatest Little Paper Ever Read ●760.320.0997 Injection therapies with aid Fax: 760.320.1630 ADVERTISING PROOF of advanced imaging All Rights Reserved Final Changestechnologies DUE: 5:00 p.m.. 4 Million Readers Weekly Nationwide!

For Advertising Call (760) 320-0997

Published by: AdVenture Media

valleybits@msn.com

Please review carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Prices  Hours

Center of Excellence in Orthopedic Fax: 760-320-1630 Treatment for Back & Neck Pains Surgery

Contact your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or corrections. Office: 760-320-0997

Dr. Ahmad has served Coachella Valley Property of patients for thirteen years, introducing AdVenture Media, Inc. the newest medical advancements. Make your appointment today and find how personalized one-on-one orthopedic 4 Million Readerssuch Weekly a positive difference. care makes Sohail Ahmad, MD Nationwide! FREE of Coachella Valley

Desert Spine, Sport & Joint Center

For Advertising Call (760) 320-0997 760.320.0997 Fax: 760.320.1630valleybits@msn.com

Published by: AdVenture Media

36-915 Cook St. Ste. #103Reserved Palm Desert, CA All Rights

760-340-1003

● No facility charges ● Workers Comp. ● Medicare, PPO ● All ages accepted ● Evening Hours www.AhmadOrthopedics.com

ad inPROOF time REQUESTED for publication. NEW —

Client will provide a camera-ready ad in time for publication.

Please call (760) 668-2226 for guidance.

The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read

will provide a camera-ready ❐Client APPROVED WITH CHANGES;

❐ NOT APPROVED; CAMERAREADY ART TO COME —

LIC. #937811

Published by: AdVenture Media

Please call (760) 668-2226 for guid-

For Advertising Call (760) 320-0997 760.320.0997 Fax: 760.320.1630valleybits@msn.com

Published by: AdVenture Media

the opportunity for success!

No additional proof need be sent.

WINTER SAVINGS!

For mat and content approved, with ance. changes. New proof requested (subject to deadlines).

Property of AdVenture Media, Inc.

4 Million Readers Weekly Nationwide!

and content theadad are ❐Format APPROVED AS IS —ofThe may We provide approved, changno es. appear in with the indicated Beacon with

Office: 760-320-0997

Property of AdVenture Media, Inc. 4 Million Readers Weekly Nationwide!

FREE

of Coachella Valley

The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read

760.320.0997

Published by: AdVenture Media

Fax: 760.320.1630

For Advertising Call (760) 320-0997

valleybits@msn.com

Page 2

Tidbits of Coachella Valley

• Cralle never received much in the way of financial success from his invention, nor did he receive any wide-spread acclaim. However, when the Afro-American Financial, Accumulating, Merchandise and Business Association was organized in Pittsburgh, he was named Assistant Manager.

TIDBITS RECOGNIZES

ADVERTISING PROOF ADVERTISING PROOF A T I I N W F O T4 5:00 p.m.. R V E S R N al Changes DUE: TUES., NOV. Final Changes DUE: 5:00 p.m..

NOTEWORTHY INVENTIONS One in a series

w carefully. 1. Double check:after  Phone Number(s)  Prices  Hours Italy’s Spelling eview carefully.Designed Double check:the  colors Phone of Number(s)  Spelling  Prices  Hours

national flag, what city is Neapolitan ice t your Tidbits cream representative immediately with changes or corrections. named after? ontact your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or corrections. 2. What medical phenomenon can occur Office: 760-320-0997 Fax: 760-320-1630 Office: 760-320-0997 Fax: 760-320-1630 from eating very cold ice cream? 3. What average number of licks does it take to finish off a typical ice cream cone? 4. What ice cream novelty under the Good Humor brand is competition for Eskimo Pie? • Alfred Cralle was born in Virginia in 1866, just Classic Doorconsumes & Openersthe most ice 5. Garage What country after the Civil War ended. He was black, and per capita? BZ 4Ccream 26x disc.

THE ICE CREAM SCOOP

although his options were limited, he never let that stop his eagerness to advance himself.

Nov. 9, 2014 Vol. 10 - No. 46

(Answers on page 16)

Jan. 4, 2015 Reset “K” Clip & Save Property of Property of AdVenture Media, Inc. AdVenture Media, Inc.

1.00 OFF 1 OFF OFF 1

$ $$

of Coachella Valley of Coachella Valley

• Next time you bend your spoon handle in half for lack of an ice cream scoop, think of Alfred Cralle, and say a word of thanks.

Quality Kitchens at

Great Prices!

Valid Only At The Following Locations: Valid Only TheFollowing FollowingLocations: Locations: Valid Only AtAtThe

68-718E Palm Canyon Dr., Ste. 101 • Cathedral City, CA (next Theaters) 68-718E Canyon Dr., Ste. 101 • Cathedral CA (next toto Pickford Theaters) ● Palm Palm Springs: 155 So. Palm CanyonCity, Dr. (Downtown - Pickford Near Ruby’s) 155 Palm Canyon Drp •E Palm Springs, (Downtown, Near Ruby’s) S. S. Palm Canyon Drp • Palm Springs, CACA (Downtown, Near Ruby’s) ●155 Cathedral City: 68-718 Palm Canyon Dr. (Next to Pickford Theaters) Hwy 111 Suite 190 Quinta, (Point Happy, and Hwy 111) 78-380 Hwy 111 Suite 190 LaLa Quinta, CACA (Point Happy, WAWA and 111) ●78-380 La Quinta: 78-380 Hwy. 111 (Point Happy, Washington &Hwy Hwy. 111)

KFWS • MindGym

1. GEOGRAPHY: What is the only Central American country that doesn’t have a coastline on the Pacific? 2. LANGUAGE: What does the Latin phrase “in media res” mean? 3. MOVIES: What movie featured the line, “The point is, ladies and gentleman, that greed — for lack of a better word — is good”? 4. AD SLOGANS: What American manufacturing company once used the slogan “Quality is job one” to sell its products? 5. MUSIC: What does it mean to play notes in a “staccato” style? 6. U.S. PRESIDENTS: What was the Secret Service’s code name for Ronald Reagan? 7. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: How many official languages does the United Nations have? 8. MYTHOLOGY: Who were the Norns in Norse mythology? 9. TELEVISION: What television sitcom featured parents who were named Al and Peggy? 10. MEDICAL TERMS: What is the common name for monochromatism? (Trivia TestAnswers answers page 16) 1. Belize 2. In the midst of things 3. “Wall Street” (Michael Douglas)

• Being mechanically inclined, he set to work on finding a solution. The first prototype he Upgrade your kitchen showed to the Markell Brothers was a simple with NEW cabinets, stick with a cone-shaped object mounted on the cupboards & countertops and SAVE $$! end. The Markell Brothers didn’t think it would ADVERTISING PROOF work, until Cralle took a container of ice creamFinal Changes DUE: OVER 20 5:00 STYLES p.m.. Please review carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Prices AND COLORS TO  Hours and demonstrated it for them, easily plopping a perfectly-shaped mound of ice cream into Contact a your Tidbits representative immediately withCHOOSE changes orFROM! corrections. Office: 760-320-0997 Fax: 760-320-1630 dish. The men were duly impressed. All upgrades included:

January 5, 2015

Signature Creation a cup cup with to 4 mix-ins. Waffle products and extra mix-ins available forcharge. additional charge. Limitperone Signature Creation isserved served 4 mix-ins. Waffle products and mix-ins available for additional customer per Signature Creation isisserved in ainincup withwith up toupup 4tomix-ins. Waffle products and extraextra mix-ins available for additional charge. LimitLimit oneone per per customer per customer per visit. Valid US onlylocations. participating USvalue. locations. cash value. valid with offers or fundraisers or if copied, sold, visit. only at participating USatlocations. No cash Not validNowith other offers or fundraisers if copied, sold, auctioned, exchanged for payment visit. ValidValid only at participating No cash value. Notby valid other offers or Not fundraisers or iforother copied, sold, auctioned, exchanged for payment auctioned, exchanged for payment or where prohibited law.with 16.4361_© 2015 Kahala Franchising, LLC.COLD STONE CREAMERY is or where prohibited byoflaw. 16.4361_© 2014 Kahala Franchising, L.L.C. COLD STONE CREAMERY a registered trademark of Kahala Franchising, L.L.C. where prohibited by law. 16.4361_© 2014 Kahala Franchising, L.L.C. COLD STONE CREAMERY is aisregistered trademark of Kahala Franchising, L.L.C. a or registered trademark Kahala Franchising, LLC.

Expires 1-31-15 PLU Expires XX/XX/XX PLU PLU # XX Expires XX/XX/XX # #XX XX

SALE!!

The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read The Neatest Paper Ever Readvalleybits@msn.com For Advertising Call (760)Little 320-0997

760.320.0997 Fax: 760.320.1630 Published by: AdVenture Media For Advertising Call (760) 320-0997 valleybits@msn.com 760.320.0997 Fax: 760.320.1630 TM TM

Published by: AdVenture Media

• Cralle was 30 years old when he was granted his patent, married with two daughters and a son. His wife and one daughter died in 1918 during a flu epidemic. His son died of disease in 1918, and Cralle himself was killed in an automobile accident in 1920. But his daughter Anna lived to the age of 98 and died in 2009. By then her father’s invention had become standard issue in households around the world.

• He learned carpentry from his father, attended ADVERTISING PROOF local schools, and became interested in • When choosing an ice cream scoop, pick one TUES., 19 slip5:00 with a good grip on the handleAUG. so it won’t if Final DUE: p. mechanics. Because he excelled at school, his Changes your hands are wet. Be sure it has sharp edges so Please review carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Prices father sent him to Washington, D.C. to attend it will cut easily into the ice cream. Get one with Wayland Seminary. This was one ofContact severalyour Tidbits representative immediately with changes or correctio a big wide scoop to give you the biggest bite. schools founded by the American Baptist Home Office: 760-320-0997 Fax: 760-320-1630 Drag the scoop in an S-shape across the surface Mission Society to educate African-Americans of the ice cream tub. If you’re scooping multiple after the Civil War. dishes, keep the hot water handy and dip the • Later he settled in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. scoop in between times. The water lubricates the General Contractor He got a job working as a porter in the Markell ORD to further prevent sticking.‪ 1/8 metal pg. 4C 26x disc. Brothers drug store and St. Charles Hotel. Aug. 24, 2014 Vol. 10 - No. 35 While working at the drug store, he noticed how popular ice cream had become, and also how difficult it was to serve. It consistently stuck to the spoon or ladle that was being used to scoop it, and required either two hands or two people to get it into the dish. He was determined to FREE FREE CABINET solve the pesky problem.

It’sAAGreat GreatDay DayFor ForIce IceCream! Cream! It’s 4 Million Readers Weekly 4 Million Nationwide! Readers Weekly Nationwide!

Vol. XI Issue 4

Property Pullout of trays, self-closing

• On February 2, 1897, Cralle was granted a AdVenture Media, Inc. trash slide-outs, drawers, and more! patent for what he called an “ice cream mold and disher” now known as the ice cream scoop. ADVERTISING PROOF FREE $4,999 Kitchen Upgrade Sale Price Includes: of Coachella Valley 7/22/14 NEW It was designed to keep ice cream as wellTues., as Final Changes DUE: 5:00 p.m.. CABINETS AND ALL We aren’t 760.320.0997 Fax: UPGRADES 760.320.1630 Pleasefrom review carefully. check: and  Phone CABINETS  Spelling  Prices  Hours other foods sticking to Double the utensil, it Number(s) (avg. 10’x10’ kitchen) plus happy until ARE READY NEXT DAY!! THE with Rights Reserved TOP YOU are was simple to operate with onlyrepresentative one hand. immediately Contact your Tidbits changes or All corrections. GRANITE COUNTER (INCLUDING 4 Million Readers Weekly Nationwide!

The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read For Advertising Call (760) 320-0997

Published by: AdVenture Media

valleybits@msn.com

happy!

CUSTO Fax: 760-320-1630

& FREE INSTALLATION! SIZES) • Cralle’s design was strong, durable, effective, and inexpensive. It could be constructed in a New Construction  Remodels Residential  Commercial variety of shapes depending on whether a cone GENERAL CONTRACTOR OCTAVIO ROSALES or a mound was desired. It could be constructed Call Today for a FREE DESIGN ESTIMATE! out of a variety of materials.Wee There were no Haul Moving & Storage 82950 delicate parts that could malfunction. His simple 1/8th page, SPOT Color, 26x rateWilliam Way, Thermal, CA 92274 FAX: device allowed ice cream to be served faster, July 27, 2014 - Jan. 18, Bonded 2015 760.578.0992 760.296.3168  Insured with less effort, and more hygienically. www.ordincconstruction.com Lic. #893549 Office: 760-320-0997

Property of AdVenture Media, Inc.

Moving?

Need Storage? 4 Million Readers Weekly Nationwide!

760.320.0997

Fax: 760.320.1630

For Advertising Call (760) 320-0997

We move you today- at 1980’s prices!!

• Professional Movers • Fast, Reliable, Free from Damage • Local & Long Distance ADVERTISING PROOF • Residential & Commercial • Expert Packing Property of Final Changes DUE: 5:00 p.m.. & Unpacking • Loading & Unloading AdVenture Media,  Inc. Please review carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s) Spelling  Prices  Hours A/C Controlled Contact•your TidbitsClimate representative immediately with changes or Storage corrections. 4 Million Office: Readers Weekly Nationwide!

FREE ESTIMATES

FREE

of Coachella Valley

The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read

Published by: AdVenture Media

760-320-0997

Fax: 760-320-1630

valleybits@msn.com

Move for as Low as

$50

per hour

includes Truck!

FREE

“Moving the Valley since 1980!” of Coachella Valley

The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read

For Advertising Call (760) 320-0997 valleybits@msn.com 760.320.0997 Fax: 760.320.1630

Published by: AdVenture Media

CALL TODAY

34901 Spyder Circle • Palm Desert (located by “Barkingham Palace”)

PUC CAL T169389

by K Tidbits of Coachella Valley

Week of January 18, 2015

Page 3

QUIZ BITS

and after a lengthy battle a judge finally ruled that chocolate covered ice cream simply was not something that could be exclusively patented, and they lost control.

Eskimo Pie (from page one) who managed the local Graham Ice Cream Company. Russell agreed to pay half the cost of the patent in return for half interest in Nelson’s business. Nelson agreed, and a partnership was formed. Russell’s wife suggested they name the round, frozen treat an “Eskimo Pie.” They all liked it and the name stuck. To make their new product even more attractive and unique they decided to wrap each Eskimo Pie in tin foil.

1. W sci thinnerKovalchik than tin foil a greatWood deal more of it by Kara & so Sandy could be rolled from a single pound of metal. mo It was also lighter weight, non-corrosive, sea smoother and a lot more shiney.

1. What’s the proper Richard’s struggling business quickly took • Discouraged and demoralized, Russell sold •ADVERTISING PROOF scientific name a new direction whenfor they the were hired by 2. WW his half of the company back to Nelson for TUES., OCT. 7 Changes DUE: 5:00 tra Eskimo Pie: To page 15 $25,000. Nelson later turned around andFinal sold moment that the spring Please review carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling P the entire business to the tin foil firm that fir season begins? made their wrappers. Nelson lived a long life

Contact your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or corr

��

and died a wealthy man in 1992 at the ripe old age of 99.

QUIZ BITS

Office: 760-320-0997

Fax: 760-320-1630

2. What1. What flower is ice cream flavor consistently • When the product was introduced to the outsells all others? • During his partnership with Nelson, Russell traditionally the market it caused such a consumer buying U.S. cityas consumes developed an interest in making chocolate first 2.toWhat frenzy that the company could barely keep bloom Délicatasse Olde World Euro Deli more ice cream than candy. After selling his share of the Eskimo up with demand. And almost overnight they 1/16 pg BW 13x anydisc other? spring ADVERTISING PROOF Pie company, he and his wife Clara moved became the biggest consumer of tin foil in the Oct. 12, 2014 Vol. 10 - No. 42 RUSSELL’S CHOCOLATE

Property of AdVenture Media, Inc.

entire nation. inal Changes DUE:

Denver, Colorado, and used the money to 5:00to p.m..

TUES., AUG. 20

4 Million Readers Weekly Nationwide!

Q A

FREE

Answersof page 16 Valley Coachella

ADVERTISING PROOF 760.320.0997 Fax: 760.320.1630 of their home. Determined to produce the Final Changes 5:00 p.m.. CLIPDUE: AND SAVEAll Rights Reserved

start a  candy making business in the basement view carefully.  Phone Number(s)stacks  Spelling Hours • As Double a way check: to handle the mounting of  Prices

The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read For Advertising Call (760) 320-0997

Published by: AdVenture Media

valleybits@msn.com

orders, they licensed individual dairies to V  Hours chocolates they could, Please they review carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Prices 1. make the Eskimo Pie product themselves in Authentic - Delicious Office: 760-320-0997 Fax: 760-320-1630 hand-dipped their chocolates, resisting the useContact your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or corrections. 2. C exchange for a royalty on their sales to be paid German Sausages & Meats Office: 760-320-0997 Fax: 760-320-1630 of automatic machine-dipping because handto the partners. But too many dairies hedged Gourmet Sandwiches dipping made a thicker layer of chocolate. their sales reports to reduce the royalties they Imported Cheeses, Wine & Beer On their first day of business in December owed, while others actually infringed on the of 1923, they sold 120 pounds of chocolate, Property of patent by copying the Eskimo Pie and making ADVERTISING Gee-Ar-Gee Construction Co.PROOF Meal An AdVenture Media, Inc. netting a handsome $90 profit. Entrée their own similar products. pg. BWDUE: 13x disc. Final1/16 Changes 5:00 p.m.. Deal! FREE • Hours One year later and still operating out of their Purchase one regular entrée and two beverages and se review •carefully. check:   Spelling  Prices  Aug. 25,Double 2013the Vol. 9 -Phone No. Number(s) 35 problems They took infringement to court, and receive the760.320.0997 second entrée of equal or Fax: 760.320.1630 basement, they had opened five candy shops lesser value at Half Price. With this coupon. Expires 1-31-15 Contact your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or corrections. All Rights Reserved throughout Denver and employed 30 people. Office: 760-320-0997 Fax: 760-320-1630 Always looking for ways to make their products and packaging uniquely stand out, cializing in CONSTRUCTION CO., INC. Ye Olde World Euro Deli Spe Dine In PARTY or they became well known for selling chocolates 117 La Plaza Handling All Phases of Construction & Home Improvement Out Take In the heart of Downtown Palm Springs! PLATTERS your guests in heart-shaped boxes for Valentine’s Day. RESIDENTIAL Visit us at: will love! 760-300-3601 psDelicatesse.com & COMMERCIAL • When Russell died in 1954, Clara continued

tact your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or corrections. highest-quality

QUIZ BITS % ANSWERS

50 OFF!

4 Million Readers Weekly Nationwide!

of Coachella Valley

The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read

1. VERNAL EQUINOX 2. CROCUS For Advertising Call (760) 320-0997

Published by: AdVenture Media

GEE-AR-GEE

A-1 Specializing in KITCHEN & BATH REMODELS Insurance Jobs Welcomed

FIRE DAMAGE RESTORATION

New Construction  Remodeling Roofing  Room Additions  Drywall  Stucco Tile Block Walls  Concrete  Patios  Apartments Mobile Home Specialists  Retirement Homes Country Clubs  Commercial Tenant Improvements No Job Too Small -- Free Estimates

“We Aim to Please!” Fully Insured LIC. #826297

760-318-2490 877-433-1920

www.geeargeeconstruction.com Property of AdVenture Media, Inc.

10%

DISCOUNT for Seniors

Se Habla Espanol

4 Million Readers Weekly Nationwide!

The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read

Published by: AdVenture Media

For Advertising Call (760) 320-0997

valleybits@msn.com

to run the company. She sold the business in 1960 to Louis Ward, the manufacturer who had supplied them with the popular heartshaped boxes.

valleybits@msn.com

Enjoy the Outdoors

QUOT ADVERTISING PROOF Tues. 11/26/2013 5:00 • Ward continued to expand the business Final until it Changes DUE: “Spring is Nature’s way of saying ‘Let’s party!!’” ~ Robin Williams

Please review carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Price became the third largest American chocolate l i t e w o o dimmediately / Alu m a -with W ochanges od manufacturer, behind only Hershey and Mars.your TidbitsErepresentative Contact or correc Patio Covers Today, more than 60% of boxed chocolates Office: 760-320-0997 Fax: 760-320-1630 Custom Columns & Styles Available · Lifetime Warranty summer special! come from this company, which still bears the Vinyl/Wood Fencing · Composite Decks name of its founder -- Russell Stover. Pre -Summe r Spe cia l FALL special! Winter Special!

General Contractor CA Lic# 988835 $2499 Licensed · Bonded · Insured ADVERTISING PROO 12’ x 20’ 760 413-4708 714 345-1652

A NEW FOIL

• Richard Joshua was a tobacco baron and the Attached Patio Cover Reliable Service · Free Estimates Final Changes ·Lattice or Solid· Beauty SalonDUE:l d r p a t i o @ a o l . c o m uncle of Richard Samuel, who worked for Colin An Authorized Dealer / Installer of  Spelling Materials & Installation Please reviewAllcarefully. check:  Phone Number(s) pg., BW,Double 13x discount rate him. At the time, cigarettes were wrapped in 1/16ADVERTISING KoolfogPROOF Misting Systems December 1, 15 &Structures 29 2013in the • Vol. 9 - No. 51 &p.m.. 53 Building Custom Shade Coachella Valley49, over 15 Years Final Changes DUE: 5:00 Contact your Tidbits representative immediately with changes o foil made from a mixture of tin and lead. As Please review carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Prices  Hours the demand for cigarettes increased, so did Office: 760-320-0997 Fax: 760-320-1630 Contact your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or corrections. a r e Y demand for tin foil, and it was constantly in SUPER New : EYEBROW(1stWAXING Office: Fax: 760-320-1630 IALS760-320-0997 C time customers) E short supply. SP NEW YEA Only $ Includes:

(Additional Cost for City Permits)

All Rights Reserved The most FREE expensive of Coachella Valley ice cream sundae in the world The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read Fax: 760.320.1630 is 760.320.0997 the Grand Opulence Sundae served at the Serendipity 3 restaurant in ManAll Rights Reserved hattan. It has 5 scoops of Tahitian vanilla R from Madagascar, covered in edible D EA L! • Seeing a lucrative business opportunity, 23k gold leaf, drizzled with the world’s S FACIALMiurn.! most expensive chocolate, topped with SPECIAL: nephew Richard borrowed $100,000 from 45ho $25 for 1 Property of turalal Natur chunks of rare Chuao chocolate, and Sh am ganic, Na ::Or Orga poo & Set ing ing Us Us his uncle, then left the tobacco firm in 1919 AdVenture Media, Inc. amer & h Ste witcts cts du served with candied fruits from Paris, ProduPro Starting at: $ TUES., JAN. 13 t! en atm y Tre rap ir Hathe esma Aro Includ to start up his own tin foil manufacturing almonds covered in gold, truffles, Marzipan Cherries, Please and a dessert review carefully.company. Double check: Number(s)didnot Spelling FREE Other  tinPhone foil producers take  Prices  Hours of Coachella ValleyLip caviar. It comes in a crystal ● Personalized Service The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read kindly to his competition and tried to run him Wax 760.320.0997 Fax: 760.320.1630 goblet with a gold spoon and ● We REally Care, Contact your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or corrections. W/this ad. 1 time customers only. Not valid with other discounts. Exp. Exp.1-15-14 1-31-15 out of business by lowering their prices. Because You Matter! is topped with a gilded All Rights Reserved Office: 760-320-0997 Fax: 760-320-1630 sugar flower. It costs • But soon the price of aluminum dropped dras$1,000 and they serve tically, and Richard discovered that making “El Paseo Style” Service - at Affordable Prices! about one per month. foil from aluminum was far less expensive – 69-040 E. Palm Canyon Dr., #C · Cathedral City (at Date Palm & Hwy 111)

4 Million Readers Weekly Nationwide!

Published by: AdVenture Media

For Advertising Call (760) 320-0997

valleybits@msn.com

ADVERTISING PROOF Final Changes DUE: 5:00 p.m..

4 Million Readers Weekly Nationwide!

$30 COLOR $5 Published by: AdVenture Media

For Advertising Call (760) 320-0997

valleybits@msn.com

Colin Beautyy Salon

Caliente Springs Resorts Banner 4C 13x disc rate Jan. 18, 2015; Feb. 1 & 15; Mar. 1, 15 & 29; Apr. 12

and far more sensible – than making it from a mixture of tin andProperty lead.ofAluminum foil was AdVenture Media, Inc.

4 Million Readers Weekly Nationwide!

of Coachella Valley The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read

760-328-9300

HOURS: Tues thru Sat: 9 AM - 6 PM

Walk-Ins Welcome

Property of AdVenture Media, Inc.

For Advertising Call (760) 320-0997 760.320.0997 Fax: 760.320.1630valleybits@msn.com

Published by: AdVenture Media

Call TODAY!

4 Million Readers Weekly Nationwide!

FREE

of Coachella Valley

Property The Neatest LittleofPaper Ever Read

For Advertising Call (760) 320-0997 AdVenture Media, Inc. 760.320.0997 Fax: 760.320.1630valleybits@msn.com

Published by: AdVenture Media

4 Million Readers Weekly Nationwide!

For Advertising Call (760) 320-0997 760.320.0997 Fax: 760.320.1630valleybits@msn.com

Published by: AdVenture Media

Page 4

Tidbits of Coachella Valley

Vol. XI Issue 4

ADVERTISING PROOF NO And that very same day, Akamai MON., DEC. 29Technolo-5:00 p Final Changes DUE: gies, Inc. (www.akamai.com) disclosed a new

Dollars $and $en$e$

Please review carefully. Double check: Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Price cybersecurity threat  that targets iOS and Android

by David Uffington

By Samantha Weaver

● It was feminist and social activist Gloria Steinem who made the following sage observation: “Logic is in the eye of the logician.” ● Some historians claim that Moses had a stutter. ● If you’re like the average American, your vocabulary consists of roughly 45,000 words. ● Despite the sound of the word, those who suffer from amusia do not have any impairment of their sense of humor; rather, they’re tone deaf -- medically unable to hear or accurately reproduce relative pitch. ● When the wildly successful 1965 film “The Sound of Music” was released in South Korea, one theater owner felt that the movie was too long. He took it upon himself to remedy the situation -- by cutting out all the musical numbers. ● If you’re planning a trip to the Canadian province of New Brunswick, you might want to include a stop to see the Reversing Falls of St. John. While the St. John River flows into the Bay of Fundy at low tide, high tide in the bay is so extreme that it causes the water to reverse itself and flow from the bay back into the river. ● It’s been reported that famed chef Julia Child loved to eat corn chips with peanut butter. ● You might be surprised to learn that out of the 362 episodes of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” that were produced over the course of a decade, Hitchcock himself directed only 20. ● Those who study such things say that the fastest-growing sport among high-school students in Minnesota is trap shooting. *** Thought for the Day: “These are bagpipes. I understand the inventor of the bagpipes was inspired when he saw a man carrying an indignant, asthmatic pig under his arm. Unfortunately, the man-made sound never equaled the purity of the sound achieved by the pig.” - Alfred Hitchcock

devices, and can include tricking users into down-

Contact your Tidbits immediately with to changes or correct loadingrepresentative malicious apps, which can lead denial of

service and much, much Office: attacks 760-320-0997 Fax: more. 760-320-1630 Nervous yet? Take steps to safeguard your devices. Keep your software up to date, stay away from free Wi-Fi, turn off automatic steps, be careful what apps you download ... and keep an eye on children using these devices.

How Secure Is Your ADVERTISING New Tablet? Golf Final McCaddy Changes DUE: BZ BW

PROOF 5:00 p 6xDavid disc. Uffington regrets that he cannot personally Property of AdVenture Media, Inc.

answer readercheck: questions, but will Number(s) incorporate them into his  Prices Did you or anyone in your Please family get a tabreview carefully. Double  Phone  Spelling column whenever possible. Send email to columnreply3@ January 4, 2015 Vol. 11 No. 2 FREE let computer over the holidays? Was it an inexpenof Coachella Valley gmail.com. The immediately Neatest Little Paper Ever Read with changes or correcti Contact your Tidbits representative sive one, perhaps purchased on Black Friday? 760.320.0997 Fax: 760.320.1630 If so, beware. You need to check your deOffice: 760-320-0997 Fax: 760-320-1630 All Rights Reserved vice for security vulnerabilities. A number of these tablets were sent out with problems that can cause you big headaches ... especially if you’ve given it to a child who intends to sign up at sites online. McCaddy Golf needs your help to launch Bluebox (bluebox.com), whose business a new and exciting golf cart accessory. Property of it is to secure mobile data, issued a report on 14 AdVenture Inc. at: Review the Media, product Android tablets being promoted over the big sales weekend. Eleven cost less than $50. Of the 14, www.mccaddygolf.com Please review carefully.Dr. Double check: Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Prices  Sana Khan -Red Bow Medical Assoc. FREE only two were deemed “secure,” while the rest had of Coachella V alley Tim Bryant 1/12 pg. 4C 26x rate The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read Contact your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or corrections varying levels and combinations of pre-installed 760.320.0997 Fax: 760.320.1630 760-565-6306 28,check: 2014 Vol. 10 - No. 53 Please review carefully. Dec. Double  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Prices  vulnerability, security misconfigurations and even Office: 760-320-0997 All Rights Fax: 760-320-1630 Reserved a backdoor. One was so bad that the company’s your scanning program had never come Contact across an ar- Tidbits representative immediately with changes or corrections. rangement quite like that. Office: 760-320-0997 Fax: 760-320-1630 Introducing the Valley’s Newest To see the names and models of the tablets, go to the Bluebox site and look for “Santa or Property of the Grinch: Android Tablet Analysis for the 2014 AdVenture Media, Inc. Holiday Season.” The bugs found were FakeID, Futex, Masterkey and Heartbleed. Property ●ofAcute and chronic FREE medical Among Bluebox’s suggested steps to seof Coachella AdVenture Media,Valley Inc. conditions The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read cure your mobile device for iOS: get the latest soft760.320.0997 Fax: 760.320.1630 ● Diabetic Education, Planning ware and check for updates; enable the security and management FREE All Rights Reserved of Coachella Valley features, such as passcode, SIM card, restrictions ● Pre-operative medical exams, The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read and auto-lock; prompt to join Wi-Fi networks; and 760.320.0997 Fax: 760.320.1630 labs/EKGs turn off Wi-Fi (and your hotspot) when you’re not ● Ultrasound-guided joint All Rights Reserved injections using it. For the full list of suggestions, go to blue● Comprehensive box.com/ios-user-security-guide. physical For Android 4x or 5x, Bluebox has security Now exams steps for versions 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) up Accepting ● Post-op to 5 (Lollipop). While the iOS guide has 15 steps, New Patients care Dr. Sana Khan there are 21 steps to securing an Android device. Tablets aren’t the only devices at risk right RED BOW now. Days after the Bluebox report on tablets, another security company, Palo Alto Networks (www. paloaltonetworks.com), found a serious problem 36-915 Cook Street, Suite 103 Palm Desert on 24 models of mobile phones, including a vul442-666-3025 nerability that had been modified “to make it much Accepting Medicare, Covered California, PPO and Workers Compensation more difficult for antivirus programs to detect the Hours: Mon.-- Fri. 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. backdoor.” www.drsanakhan.com 4 Million Readers Weekly Nationwide!

Published by: AdVenture Media

For Advertising Call (760) 320-0997

valleybits@msn.com

INVESTORS WANTED

ADVERTISING PROOF Final Changes DUE: 5:00 p.m ADVERTISING PROOF Final Changes DUE: 5:00 p.m 4 Million Readers Weekly Nationwide!

Published by: AdVenture Media

For Advertising Call (760) 320-0997

valleybits@msn.com

Family Health Care Physician

4 Million Readers Weekly Nationwide!

Published by: AdVenture Media

For Advertising Call (760) 320-0997

4 Million Readers Weekly Nationwide!

Published by: AdVenture Media

valleybits@msn.com

For Advertising Call (760) 320-0997

valleybits@msn.com

Medical Associates

CLIP AND SAVE

NOW THROUGH

JANUARY 25th

2 EGAP RELLIF 91 KEEW - 80Q2 01 YAM - 4 YAM

OFF

YOUR PURCHASE OF $100 OR MORE*

m i s s e s

STNESERP ™TNORFSWEN AIVIRT Exp. 1-31-15

•

p e t i t e s

*Excludes sale items, Slim-sation, Ming Wang, Slimtacular by Draper’s & Damon’s and gift cards. One offer per customer. May not be combined with any other offers or coupons. Valid in stores only. No adjustments on previous purchases. May not be redeemed for cash. Offer expires 1/25/15. D2565

dooW ydnaS & kihclavoK araK yb

cinodras eht htiw 1691 ni tih 1# a dah ohW .1 ?”waL-ni-rehtoM“ eht“ si tahw ,brevorp eht ot gnidroccA .2 ?”noitnevni fo rehtom

Rancho Mirage Rancho Las Palmas 42396 Bob Hope Dr • 760.568.1165

Rancho Mirage Country Club Village 40101 Monterey Ave • 760.674.2400

Tidbits of Coachella Valley

Week of January 18, 2015

Page 5

needed a name for the product. He had always out Frank Wright in 1924, but retained the name ADVERTISING PROOF been fond of Denmark, so he decided a Danish they had given to the company. He weathered name would be best.MON., The name he18 chose means the Great Depression by adding hotFinal dogs and NOV. Changes DUE: 5:00 p. nothing in the Danish language, but Rueben hamburgers to go with the root beer. By the end Please review carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Prices wanted people to look at the name and think, ‘Is of the Depression, he had 200 franchises, and by Contact your Tidbits withhe changes or acorrectio thisrepresentative imported?’ Forimmediately good measure included the time he sold out due to failing health there map 760-320-0997 of Scandinavia on the were about 450. In the 1960s there were more Office: Fax:label. 760-320-1630 than 2,000 stores operating nationwide. • The business grew steadily and in 1983 he sold

PROOF out to Pillsbury for $70 million. Today this • Today the company is the largest vendor of root ADVERTISING luxury ice DUE: cream is enjoyed all over the world. beer in the nation, selling a soft drink that Final has Changes 5:00 p.m.. Please review carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Prices  Ho What is its name? changed little since it was first invented. What’s the name of the company that still uses theContact first your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or corrections. owners’ names? (Answer at end of story) Office: 760-320-0997 Fax: 760-320-1630 Beach House Yogurt *** BZ 4C 26x disc rate Nov. 24, 2013 Vol. 9 - No. 48 FRANCHISE STORIES: QUIZ #2

FRANCHISE STORIES: QUIZ #1

• Roy Allen had a business hobby of buying rundown restaurants, refurbishing them, and selling them at a profit. In 1919 he met a pharmacist who had created a great recipe for a delicious home-brewed root beer. Roy bought the recipe ADVERTISING PROOF and opened a root beerTues., stand in Lodi, California. 12/9/14 ADVERTISING PROOF CLIP AND SAVE • John McCullough served ice cream from his store Final Changes DUE: 5:00 p.m.. • Sales were good, he opened second stand Please review carefully. Double check:so  Phone Number(s)a  Spelling  Prices  Hours 5:00 p.m.. in Illinois in 1927. Making large amounts of ice Final Changes DUE: Tues., 4/1/14 Please review carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Prices  Hours Sacramento and hired Frank tocorrections. help Contactin your Tidbits representative immediately withWright changes or cream involved mixing butterfat with sweeteners him manage it. Frank wasFax: a bright and ambitious Office: 760-320-0997 760-320-1630 Contact your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or corrections. and stabilizers, whipping in air and flavoring, Office: 760-320-0997 Fax: 760-320-1630 employee, and in 1922 he and Roy became then freezing it to 23°F. At this temperature the business partners. Roy bought a carnival wagon ice cream was soft enough to flow through a previously used to sell popcorn, and turned it spigot into tubs. The tubs were then frozen to into a curbside root beer stand. It became so -10°F which made them easy to ship and store. popular that it gave them the idea of opening a • John knew ice cream that came out of the spigot drive-up restaurant. at 23°F tasted better than the stuff sold to the • Their drive-up idea was a hit. Roy Allen bought customer at -10°. Ice cream numbs the taste buds at about 0°F, which interferes with the sense of taste. Answer #1: A&W Answer #2: Dairy Queen. Answer #3: Häagen-Dazs.

You Deserve Best

Clip & Save

the

T reatment

• Full Body Waxing • Spa Manicures & Pedicures

$5 OFF any

Pedicure/Manicure Combo*

2 OFF 3 OFF

of Coachella Valley

***

Final Changes DUE:

The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read

760.320.0997

Final Changes DUE:

Fax: 760.320.1630

For Advertising Call (760) 320-0997

valleybits@msn.com

5:00 p.m..

SKY NAILS & SPA

Gift Certificates 34 351 Date Palm Dr., #3E • Cathedral City Available Please review carefully. Double check: All  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Prices  Hours Rights Reserved

Call today: (760)

•

Fax: 760-320-1630

324-3139

Open 7 days

A New Look for You

The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read

For Advertising Call (760) 320-0997 760.320.0997 Fax: 760.320.1630valleybits@msn.com performed by Jennifer Hearne MD, FREE of Coachella Valley the area’s premier specialist DDS, All The Rights Reserved Neatest Little Paper Ever Read

Published by: AdVenture Media

4 Million Readers Weekly Nationwide!

in Maxillofacial Surgery, & fellowship trained in Facial Cosmetics.

For Advertising Call (760) 320-0997 760.320.0997 Fax: 760.320.1630valleybits@msn.com

Published by: AdVenture Media

Property of AdVenture Media, Inc.

Specialized Fri, June 6, 2014Procedures: 5:00 4 Million Readers Weekly Nationwide!

*Must present ad. Not valid with other discounts, promos or previous purchases. Exp. 12/31/14 1-31-15

p.m..FREE

of Coachella Valley

ADVERTISING PROOF • Facelift • Necklift • EyelidFax: Cor760.320.0997 760.320.1630 FRANCHISE QUIZcheck: #3  Phone Number(s) Final Changes DUE: p.m.. Please reviewSTORIES: carefully. Double  Spelling  Prices 5:00 Hours rection • Botox & Facial Fillers  Spelling Please review carefully. Double check: All  Phone Number(s)  Prices  Hours Rights Reserved • Rhinoplasty, Nose Surgery Reuben Mattus sold lemon-ice from a horseContact your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or corrections. Contact your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or corrections. Office: 760-320-0997 Fax: 760-320-1630 drawn wagon in New York City in the 1920s. • Maxillofacial: Reconstructive Office: 760-320-0997 Fax: 760-320-1630 Dental & Facial Surgery, ExtracHe branched out into selling ice cream just tions, Orthognathic Surgery when modern refrigeration methods made long• Liposuction: Legs, Arms term storage of ice cream at home possible. In or Full Body Emergency ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ©2005

The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read For Advertising Call (760) 320-0997

Published by: AdVenture Media

Contact your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or corrections. Office: 760-320-0997

Property of Surgery Center AdVenture Media, Inc. of Coachella Valley

State-of-the-art facility & friendly staff - for complete patient comfort ADVERTISING PROOF

GREAT $ PROOF$FREE a! Gift IdeADVERTISING Any Waxing* Any New Set* Published by: AdVenture Media

Facial And Cosmetic Enhancement

4 Million Readers Weekly Nationwide!

• He sold his first franchise in 1940. Today there are about 5,700 outlets selling this soft-serve ice cream. What’s the franchise called?

Property of AdVenture Media, Inc. 4 Million Readers Weekly Nationwide!

F.A.C.E.

Property of AdVenture Media, Inc.

• What the world really needed, he decided, was ice cream that could be served at 18°F. He and experimented, finding that less butterfat made Price! a softer ice cream that could be handled very easily at that temperature, while still retaining its shape. By 1938 he had the recipe down pat.

valleybits@msn.com

1959 Reuben decided to found a new ice cream Most insurances accepted Jennifer Hearne Care Available (760) company that would be dedicated to providing MD, DDS Indian Center theWells best Smile possible ice cream made from the highest 1900PROOF ADVERTISING E. Tahquitz Canyon Way, Ste. C-4 • Palm Springs 1/8 pg 4C 13x disc. rate quality ingredients: More air. He Learn more online • www. JenniferHearneMD.com Final butterfat, Changesless DUE: 5:00 p.m..

459-2880

June 15 (through June 29, 2014)

Property of AdVenture Media, Inc. 4 Million Readers Weekly Nationwide!

of Coachella Valley The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read

Please review carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Prices  Hours ADVERTISING PROOF Contact your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or corrections. I don't What are our patients Office: know. 760-320-09975:00 Fax:p.m.. 760-320-1630 Final Changes DUE: Whatever I don't even Please review carefully. Double check: toPhone Number(s) PROOF  Spelling  Prices smiling  Hours ADVERTISING happened about ? think we got a Christmas TUES., 13 or corrections. our sexual Contact Final your Tidbits representative immediately withJAN. changes Changes DUE: 5:00 p.m.. DENTAL SPECIAL card from them ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ©2005

For Advertising Call (760) 320-0997 760.320.0997 Fax: 760.320.1630valleybits@msn.com

Published by: AdVenture Media

Property of AdVenture Media, Inc.

FREE

4 Million Readers Weekly Nationwide!

Office: relations? 760-320-0997 Fax: 760-320-1630 Please review carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s) 760.320.0997 this year.  Spelling  Prices  Hours

of Coachella Valley

The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read

Full set of X-rays Contact your Tidbits representative immediately with changes orcorrections. Office: 760-320-0997

Tarbell Realtors c/o Evelyn Pelico Banner 4C 13x Jan. 18, 2015 Vol. 11 - No. 4

Fax: 760-320-1630

Property of AdVenture Media, Inc. 4 Million Readers Weekly Nationwide!

Property of Coachella Valley

Inc. Fax: 760.320.1630valleybits@msn.com

COMPLETE

S M I L E

74-976 Hwy. 111, Indian Wells, CA 92210 (N.W. corner of Cook & 111)

For Advertising Call (760) 320-0997

4 Million Readers Weekly Nationwide!

Indian Wells Smile Center

FREE

The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read AdVenture Media,

760.320.0997

Published by: AdVenture Media

 Comprehensive exam  Complete teeth cleaning  Laser oral cancer exam  Teeth whitening pen

FREE

Fax: 760.320.1630valleybits@msn.com

For Advertising Call (760) 320-0997

Published by: AdVenture Media

FREE

of Coachella Valley

The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read

760.341.2873

www.DocFeld.com

Property of Media, Inc.

For Advertising Call (760) 320-0997 760.320.0997 Fax: 760.320.1630valleybits@msn.com AdVenture

Published by: AdVenture Media

INDIAN RIDGE

All Rights 524 Reserved Red Arrow

Trails, Palm Desert

4 Million

Stunning Designer remodeled ... elevated Readers Weekly Nationwide! FREE Property of private lot with lakes, waterfall and signature of Coachella Valley AdVenture Media, Inc. The Neatestsuite Little Paper Ever Read Tee frontage... Luxurious master Published by: AdVenture Media For Advertising Call (760) 320-0997 Fax: 760.320.1630valleybits@msn.com and 2 additional en760.320.0997 suite bedrooms and powder room. GORGEOUS!! FREE of Coachella Valley All Rights Reserved ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ©2005

Choosing the Right Realtor is KEY! Go to www.tarbellrealty.com for current listings

OPEN HOUSE SAT. & SUN. 1-4

4 Million Readers Weekly Nationwide!

The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read

For Advertising Call (760) 320-0997 760.320.0997 Fax: 760.320.1630valleybits@msn.com

Evelyn Pelico

760-861-1137 epelico@aol.com Lic. # 01368049

Published by: AdVenture Media

Over 30 years experience doing business in the Coachella Valley

211 E. Palm Canyon Drive, Palm Springs, CA 92264

ADVERTISING PROOF Final Changes DUE: Property of 5:00 p.m..

Page 6

Media, Inc. Please review carefully. Double check: AdVenture Phone Number(s) Spelling Tidbits of Coachella Valley Vol.XI Issue4Prices  Ho

Contact yourAssoc. Tidbits representative RDM Tax Servicesimmediately with changes or corrections. 4 Million Readers Weekly Nationwide!

Write to Cindy at King Features Weekly FREE Service, P.O. of Coachella Valley of her latest book, “When,” for one of my lucky read- Office: 760-320-0997 Fax: or 760-320-1630 BZ BW 13x disc. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475; e-mail her at letters@ ers. Laurie is the author of the Psychic Eye series, cindyelavsky.com. 760.320.0997 Fax: 760.320.1630 Jan. 18, 2015 Vol. 11 - No. 4 as well as the Ghoul Hunter series, and she has All Rights Reserved just written an entirely new book (which I hope be- (c) 2015 King Features Synd., Inc. MON., NOV. 24 comes a series) for Property of her young-adult audiMedia, Inc. CLIP AND SAVE Please review carefully. Double check:AdVenture  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Pric ence. But young adult FREE doesn’t mean it’s a Contact your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or correc l ra e d e •F & 760.320.0997 Fax: 760.320.1630 kiddie book. Office: 760-320-0997 Fax: 760-320-1630 “When” is All Rights Reserved • State told from the viewDon’t get stuck! I know the tax implications point of Maddie, a of the new Obamacare law & regulations. high-school student With 40+ years tax experience, I can help you who, when she looks Property of your 2014 return. minimize your liability & maximize at someone, sees a Pacific Premier Plumbing/Constr. AdVenture Media, Inc. Fair Prices! Robert Melino CFP, RTRP RDM series of digits float1/16 pgCity4C 13x disc.ASSOCIATES -Sun ResidentSENIOR ing just above his or TAX 10% DISCOUNT FREE Nov. 30, 2014 Vol. 10 INCOME -SERVICES No. 49 760.360.1622 of Coachella Valley with this ad. Exp. 3/15/15 her brow, with the 760.320.0997 Fax: 760.320.1630 digits representing All Rights Reserved the date that person Victoria Laurie will die. She and her ADVERTISING PROOF mom, struggling to make ends meet, use her tal- Final Changes 12/1/14 AND CONSTRUCTION DUE: Mon.,SERVICE 5:00 p.m.. ent to make extra money. Things get scary when a Please review carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Prices  Hours ● Kitchen & Bath Remodels woman comes to ask about her sick daughter. While Contact your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or corrections. Maddie has good news about her daughter -- she’ll ● Professional Fax: 760-320-1630 Office: 760-320-0997 20% get better and live a long life -- the woman’s middle Service & Repair SENIOR son is a another story. His death date is within days. DISCOUNT ● Design Service He soon goes missing, and the FBI thinks Maddie is on service available calls involved. ● References To enter to win an autographed copy of this Please review carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Price book -- which hits stores on Jan. 13 -- just answer this Fred Babineau question: If Maddie could tell you your death date, Contact your Tidbits representative immediately with changes Providing Service or correct would you want to know? There are three ways to since 1978 Office: 760-320-0997 Fax: 760-320-1630 enter (and you can do all three): Send a letter to Lic. # B 9355728 C-36 Cindy Elavsky, KFWS, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL FredBabineau123@gmail.com 32853-6475; email letters@cindyelavsky.com; follow me on Twitter (twitter.com/Celebrity_Extra) and tweet your reply. Entries must be received or postProperty of marked by Feb. 28. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ©2005

The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read For Advertising Call (760) 320-0997

Published by: AdVenture Media

valleybits@msn.com

ADVERTISING PROOF Final Changes DUE: 5:00 4 Million Readers Weekly Nationwide!

MADE EASY.

of Coachella Valley

The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read For Advertising Call (760) 320-0997

Published by: AdVenture Media

Q: Can you tell me when “Parks and Recreation” will be back? I thought it had one more season. -- Daniel G., via email

“Parks and Rec” will be back for a 13-episode seventh (and final) season on Tuesday, Jan. 13, at 8 p.m. ET. The season begins in the year 2017, with the town of Pawnee not quite the same as when we left it in 2014. Chris Pratt’s fun-loving, dim-witted character of Andy stars in a Johnny Karate TV show; Leslie and Ben have toddler triplets; and Tom is a mogul of some sort. Jon Hamm, Rashida Jones, Rob Lowe, Megan Mullally and Natalie Morales will all pop up during the show’s final season. ***

Q: I keep hearing great things about

the FX series “Fargo,” but I don’t have cable. Is it out on DVD, or is there another way I can watch it? -- Frannie D., Springfield, Illinois

Season one of this wonderful FX drama/suspense series -- starring Billy Bob Thornton, Colin Hanks, Allison Tolman and Martin Freeman -- is now available on DVD. And Hulu recently announced that it has acquired the streaming rights for the series. No exact date has been announced, but season two will premiere sometime this fall on FX. ***

I’ve gotta have my “Justified”! -- Freddie F., via email

4 Million Readers Weekly Nationwide!

ADVERTISING PROOF Final Changes DUE: 5:00 p

760-250-8030

Live Healthier: Get Wealthier! AdVenture Media, Inc.

BEAT 4 Million Readers Weekly Nationwide!

TRIVIA AIVIRT NEWSFRONT SREWThis SNwas AT NANSWERS ORFSWEN A: just another horrible Holly-

wood rumor, which as a rule I stay away from, but this rumor is one that needs to be cleared up. The answer is a resounding no, with Morgan releasing this statement: “The recent reports of any pending marriage or romantic relationship of me to anyone are defamatory fabrications from the tabloid media designed to sell papers.” *** READERS: It’s time for a CONTEST. Supernatural-mystery writer Victoria Laurie -- who just so happens to be my favorite author of this particular genre -- has been kind enough to autograph a copy

1. Ernie eK-Doe oD-K einrE .1 2. necessity ytissecen .2 3. Loretta atteroL .3 4. Danny otiVDeVito eD ynnaD .4 5. Candy renthLightner giL ydnaC .5

EALWAYS ERF SYAFREE WLA ALWAYS FUN N UF SYAW LA

FREE

of Coachella Valley

E and or THE B U LG760.320.0997

The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read

Fax: 760.320.1630

For Advertising Call (760) 320-0997

Published by: AdVenture Media

valleybits@msn.com

“I went from a All Rights Reserved BUILD YOUR OWN sizeof13 to 0 and Property HEALTHY GLOBAL AdVenture have Media, maintained Inc. + years!” for 30 BUSINESS! - Di Zeck 4 Million Readers Weekly Nationwide!

PROOF Learn ADVERTISING from the Expert! of Coachella Valley

The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read

For Advertising Call (760) 320-0997 760.320.0997 Fax: 760.320.1630valleybits@msn.com

Published by: AdVenture Media

Final Changes DUE:

5:00 p.m..

I’m Dianne Zeck - a Certified Life Coach, with a Master’s Contact your representative immediately with changes corrections. Degree inTidbits Energy Medicine. Let me teach oryou to improve Office: 760-320-0997 Fax: 760-320-1630 your health & grow your wealth! I’ve done it -- and so can you!

Can you tell me if the following shows will be returning this season: “Trophy Wife,” “Dads” and “Raising Hope”? -- Rachel R., via Facebook

valleybits@msn.com

Pacific Premier Plumbing

I read some time ago that Morgan Freeman had divorced his wife in order to marr y his step-granddaughter. Is this true? -- Pauline L., via email

For Advertising Call (760) 320-0997

Published by: AdVenture Media

You’ll have it, Freddie, in short order. The hit FX Western series will be back for its sixth and final season on Jan. 20 at 10 p.m., with Sam Elliott and Garret Dillahunt joining the cast. Get ready for that much-anticipated Raylan/Boyd final showdown! * * *

have been canceled. However, you can catch “Raising Hope” star Garret Dillahunt on Amazon’s pilot “Hand of God” with Ron Perlman and Dana Delany, if that’s any consolation. * * *

The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read

A: I am sorry to report that all three shows

valleybits@msn.com

Please review carefully. Double check: All  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Prices  Hours Rights Reserved

Call Di for your

FREE consultation (760) 636-5246

West Coast Artists presents...

2 EGAP RELLIF 91 KEEW - 80Q2 01 YAM - 4 YAM

Desert Art Festival Property of AdVenture Media, Inc.

4 Million Readers Weekly Nationwide!

of Coachella Valley

The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read

For Advertising Call (760) 320-0997 760.320.0997 Fax: 760.320.1630valleybits@msn.com

Published by: AdVenture Media

A Fine Art Festival

STNESERP ™TNORFSWEN AIVIRT dooW ydnaS & kihclavoK araK yb

Palm Springs Saturday & Sunday January 17-18 10 AM - 4PM

cinodras eht htiw 1691 ni tih 1# a dah ohW .1 ?”waL-ni-rehtoM“ ht“ si tahw ,brevorp eht ot gnidroccA .2 FreeeAdmission! ?”noitnevni fo rehtom West Coast Artists Frances -naStevens cirfA fo emPark an tsrif laer eht saw tahW .3 westcoastartists.com 538 N. Palm Canyon Drive (at Alejo) 818.813.4478 ?yelbaM smoMinenPalm neidemSprings oc naciremA Painting by Greg Chapman ammoM worhT ot detnaw rotca mlif tahW .4 ?7891 ni niarT eht morf

Week of January 18, 2015

Everyday CHEAPSKATE

by Mary Hunt

Tidbits of Coachella Valley

Page 7

rettes -- into your savings container or account. You could always do your own manicures, swear off the junk food or brew your own coffee for a year. As for that smoking habit, just imagine all the dough for your stash if you give that up. 8. Trick yourself. Whenever you write a check, ADVERTISING record the amount rounded up toPROOF the next dollar. Ad Proof: Then deduct it from the balance. At the end of5:00 the p.m.. Final Changes DUE:- Flags “A” Flying John Cuddihy month, reconcile and stash the “oops!” overage. Please review carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Prices  Hours

8 Ways to Grow a Cash Stash

by Freddy Groves

Operation Gratitude Its Reach

Biz Card, BW, 13x rate Contact your Tidbits representative immediately withYou changes or corrections. Expands First run date: Would you like to June send a 22, tip to2014 Mary? can email her at(to mary@everydaycheapskate.com, or write to Everyday Office: 760-320-0997 Fax: 760-320-1630 alternate with original ad) Cheapskate, P.O. Box 2099, Cypress, CA 90630. Include your first and last name MaryWed., Hunt is the founder Corrections due and by:state. 12 pm, 6/18/14 of www.DebtProofLiving.com and author of 24 books, including her 2013 release “The Smart Woman’s Guide to Planning for Retirement.” To find out more about Mary and read her past columns, please visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com.

Operation Gratitude has branched out. Since 2003, it has sent more than 1.1 million care packages Saving money is a curious term with two to military personnel overseas in harm’s way. Now, in meanings: addition, OpGrat is sending care packages to recruits 1) To spend less, as in® “I buy things on coming out of boot camp. sale to save money,” and You remember boot camp ... and what it was like to finally be finished. So far, the non-profit orga 2) To physically place money where it is MON., OCT 21 by Mary Hunt COPYRIGHT 2015 CREATORS.COM nization has sent nearly 17,000 packages to graduates safe from being spent. Please review carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Prices  Hours of Navy and Marine Corps boot camps, and it will OK, that’s fine. But here’s the problem. It’s bring the Air Force and Army into the fold in 2015. easy to trick yourself into thinking thatContact 1 and 2your are TidbitsFLAGS & FLAGPOLE representative immediately with changes or corrections. SALES Each box contains quality gifts and goodies, the same. They are not, unless of course you stop Office: 760-320-0997 Fax: 760-320-1630 including snacks, hygiene products, drink mixes, by the bank to deposit into your savings the difbooks, CDs, DVDs and players, a “Loved One” meference between what you would have spent had dallion, survival bracelet, handmade scarves, hats ... Flags of All Sizes the item not been on sale. That’s one clever way and the much-appreciated cards and letters from chilUSA, States, Foreign, Military & Religious to boost your cash stash this year. Here are eight dren and adults all across the U.S. Flagpoles: Residential / Commercial more: The goal to send packages to those coming • DesertCallAdvanced Polishing 1. Tax yourself. This year assess yourself a me today! John Cuddihy Delivery out of boot camp is a worthy one, as it shows our ap• 1/16Bepage, 4C, 6x disc. specific “tax” each time you make an ATM withst Available (760) 343-1175 es preciation to each of them and lets them know they’re ic Pr drawal. It might be $5 or $10 -- you decide. What- • Oct. 27, 2013 (760) 343-1137 - Fax not alone. ever the amount, make sure you become a tough We’re Near! I-10 & Monterey in Thousand Palms. I know the holidays have had many of us tax collector. No slacking, no IOU’s. spread a little thin, but I’m asking you to open your 2. Impose a moratorium. Select a specific deADVERTISING PROOF wallets and send some money to Operation Gratinomination of currency, like the $1 or $5 bill that Property of tude, which gets no handouts from the government, Final Changes DUE: 5:00 p.m.. you will not spend this year, but save instead. AdVenture Media, Inc. even the Post Office. Please review carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Prices not Hours Forbid yourself and get very strict. Why not go with It costs $15 to send each package. Volunteers YO UR RV or corrections. the $5? Your stash will grow so much faster if you Contact your Tidbits representative immediately with changes WILL LOOK FREE recently got an emergency request for 4,000 packBR of Coachella V alley AN D Office: 760-320-0997 Fax: 760-320-1630 absolutely refuse to spend any “Abe Lincolns” this NEW! The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read ages for the Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Is760.320.0997 ADVERTISING Fax: 760.320.1630 year. PROOF land graduating classes. Do the math: That’s a lot of We will make it lookAll Rights Reserved 3. Hoard the coupon savings. Starting today, Tues., 12/2/14 Final Changes DUE: 5:00 money for postage alone, p.m.. and the annual goal is to better than it did new! here’s the plan: When you grocery shop, ask the Please review carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Prices  Hours send out 100,000 packages. ● New Advanced Polishing Technique clerk to total your order, and then pay for it. Then RestoresContact and Protects your investment your Tidbits representative immediately withFor changes corrections. more or information or to make a donation hand her the coupons and watch your total plum● Ultra High Polishing and Detailing Protects Office: 760-320-0997 Fax: 760-320-1630 online, go to www.operationgratitude.com, or call against results you must see to believe! met. Since you’ve already paid, the clerk should U.V. ● Done on-site at your location Damage the InfoLine at 1-800-651-8031. Checks can go to Ophand back the cash equal to your coupon savings. ● Up to One Year Warranty eration Gratitude, P.O. Box 260257, Encino, CA 91426If available, open a savings account at the bank 0257. For merchandise donations, carefully read the branch located in the supermarket. It’s easy to Miracle-Ear • Charles Erickson online wish list, as mailing addresses are different. 21st CenturyPerfomance Polishing - for the desert climate! stop on your way out to make a savings deposit -Property of 1/6th page [vertical], 4c, 13x AFFoRdAblE (760) 808-2823 FREE AdVenture Media, Inc. even if it’s small. It all adds up. ESTIMATES! PRIcES! Authorized Independent Freddy Groves- regrets that #10 he cannot personally answer Dec.Dealer 7, 2014 - Mar. 1, 2015 • Vol. X: #50 Vol. XI: 4. Rack up rebates. They’re coming back in a reader questions, but will incorporate them into his column whenever possible. Send email to columnreply2@gmail.com. big way, as retailers want to make their products FREE CLIP AND SAVE of Coachella Valley appear cheaper without actually reducing the The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read price. They offer a rebate, knowing full well only a 760.320.0997 Fax: 760.320.1630 small percentage of consumers who buy the item Miracle-Ear is America’s All Rights Reserved will ever carry through. No matter how small the rebate or complicated the process, promise you will not be among the lazy bunch in 2015. Apply Property of AdVenture Media, Inc. for, follow up and then stash those rebates as they arrive! FREE of the Coachella Valley miracle-ear 5. Drink water. Pay yourself a bonus -- like a 760.320.0997 Fax: 760.320.1630 dollar or two -- each time you eat out and opt for advantage All Rights Reserved water instead of a pricey beverage. Don’t be a ADVERTISING PROOF ✔ Helping people hear better for 65 years remote with slacker in your obligation to pay up. And rememFinal Changes DUE: Property of 5:00 mini p.m.. AdVenture Media,  Inc. Please review carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s) Spelling  Prices  Hours ✔ Over 1,200 locations nationwide ber, no IOU’s allowed. purchase! Contact your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or corrections. ✔ Hearing tests Office: are always free Fax: 760-320-1630 6. Make a switch. For the next 12 months, 760-320-0997 FREE of charge* of Coachella Valley opt to exercise outdoors instead of paying a gym 760.320.0997 Fax: 760.320.1630 ✔ Personalized hearing solutions fee. Or determine you’ll ride the subway instead ** Offer valid with purchase of ME-1, ME-2 or ME-3 Wireless Hearing solution ✔ 3-year limited warranty All Rights Reserved of jumping into a cab. Identify a name brand you (pair). No other offer or discounts apply. Offer cannot be combined and does not apply to prior sales. See participating Miracle-Ear store for details. Offer ✔ fREE lifetime aftercare will leave on the shelf this year in favor of its store 1-31-15 expires 12/31/14. brand equivalent. 7. Give it up. Pick one thing that you will sacMIRAClE-EAR CENTER Of pAlM DESERT rifice this year -- just cut it out. Stash the amount 621-4947 72-880 Hwy 111 • Palm Desert, CA 92260 • (760) xxx-xxx-xxxx you would have spent on whatever it is -- regular *Hearing evaluation is always free.www.miracle-ear-palmdesert.com Audiometric test to determine proper amplification needs only. This is not a medical exam. **Not valid on Audiotone Pro. ©2014 Miracle-Ear, Inc. 15847ROPA manicures, French fries, gourmet coffee, ciga* Hearing evaluation is always free. Audiometric test to determine proper amplification needs only. **Not valid on Audiotone Pro.

Everyday CHEAPSKATE

ADVERTISING PROOF Final Changes DUE: 5:00 p.m..

Never Wax Again! 4 Million Readers Weekly Nationwide!

For Advertising Call (760) 320-0997

Published by: AdVenture Media

valleybits@msn.com

4 Million Readers Weekly Nationwide!

Published by: AdVenture Media

For Advertising Call (760) 320-0997

valleybits@msn.com

MOST RECOGNIZED HEARING AID BRAND

4 Million Readers Weekly Nationwide!

free

The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read

Published by: AdVenture Media

For Advertising Call (760) 320-0997

valleybits@msn.com

4 Million Readers Weekly Nationwide!

The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read For Advertising Call (760) 320-0997

Published by: AdVenture Media

valleybits@msn.com

Property of AdVenture Media, Inc. 4 Million Readers Weekly Nationwide!

HEATERS STARTING AT $1,599.99 INCLUDING INSTALLATION*

of Coachella Valley

The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read

For Advertising Call (760) 320-0997 760.320.0997 Fax: 760.320.1630valleybits@msn.com

Published by: AdVenture Media

Your trusted source for pool and outdoor living environments for nearly 30 years.

Get ready for the winter with a free heater inspection. Enjoy your pool all year long with an energy efficient heater! Orange County 714.630.7724

Coachella Valley 760.340.9000

Toll Free 888.837.3772

teserrapools.com lic#656128 *Discounts and Specials valid through 11/18/2014. 1-25-15. Includes a 3 year warranty.

Shadow Hills Dental Care Property of AdVenture Media, Inc. 1/8 pg. 4C 13x - Prem. Pos. Puzz. Tidbits of Coachella Valley April 27, 2014 Vol. 10 - No. 18 FREE

Page 8

4 Million Readers Weekly Nationwide!

of Coachella Valley

Vol. XI

Issue 4

The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read

For Advertising Call (760) 320-0997 760.320.0997 Fax: 760.320.1630valleybits@msn.com

Published by: AdVenture Media

TEETH IN A DAY Imagine - strong, secure and stable teeth NOW, in one visit while you sleep Come in and receive a Complimentary Dental Implant Consultation

“It’s time to regain ADVERTISING PROOF You Will: the confidence your natural teeth once with a Shadow Final● Meet Changes DUE:Hills Doctor to 5:00 provided. A truly lifep.m..

discuss Double your dental experience!” Please review carefully. check:condition  Phoneand Number(s) altering  Spelling  Prices  Hours have your questions answered

Contact your Tidbitsarepresentative immediately ● Receive free 3D CT Scan Image ofwith changes or corrections. Office: Fax: 760-320-1630 your teeth 760-320-0997 ● Leave with an understanding of your treatment needs,costs and next steps

● Be able to take a “bite” out of life! Property of AdVenture Media, Inc.

Teeth in a day Implants provide improved stability and comfort FREEDr. J. Aghaloo, with functionalityof Coachella close Vto that alley The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read of natural healthy teeth DDS, “Dr. J” 760.320.0997 Fax: 760.320.1630 4 Million Readers Weekly Nationwide!

For Advertising Call (760) 320-0997

Published by: AdVenture Media

valleybits@msn.com

39-620 Washington St. Ste. C Palm Desert, CA 92211 (NE corner of Washington & Varner Rd.)

MENT TODAY:

WALK-INS WELCOME

(Solution on page 16)

ADVERTISING PROOF Final Changes DUE: Tues., 12/3/13 5:00 p.m.. 760.343.7737

CALL FOR YOUR APPOINTMENT TODAY:

NOW OPEN 2 SATURDAYS PER MONTH. Call for Schedule.

Visit us at: www.shadowhillsdentalcare.com Please review carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Prices  Hours

Contact your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or corrections.

by Walt Disney Fax: 760-320-1630

Donald Duck

Office: 760-320-0997

ADVERTISING PROOF Final Changes DUE: 5:00 p.m.. Please review carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Prices  Hours

Crossword Answers on page 16

Contact your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or corrections.

Find that

AMAZING

Office: 760-320-0997

here!

*Fill in the blank

Fax: 760-320-1630

NEST HEADS Hidden pre-owned treasures abound By John Allen at New Life Resale Boutiques! Top quality items arrive daily! So, come often to find your amazing ____! Huge ! n Clothing • Accessories • Home Decor Selectio Dishes • Silverware • Furniture • Art & More! Shop • Donate • Volunteer WEDNESDAY

At New Life Resale Boutiques, we discount the prices on select items and departments every day! Come see what you can SAVE today!

Clothing • Accessories • Home Decor Huge Selection! Dishes • Silverware • Furniture • Art & More! Shop • Donate • Volunteer

NEW LIFE Resale Boutique

NEW LIFE

Benefiting Coachella Valley Rescue Mission

Resale Boutique

CaLL: (760) 347-3512 xt.301

2 Locations: 77622 Country Club Dr

SALE Every Day! SO YOU SAVE EVEN MORE!

SENIOR DISCOUNT DAY:

A New

Benefiting Coachella Valley Rescue Mission

1398 6th St.

2 Locations: 77622 Country Club Dr Palm Desert

1398 6th St.

Property of CaLL: (760) 347-3512 xt.301 Coachella AdVenture Media, Inc. Hours: M-F 9-7 • Sa 9-4 • Su Closed

Palm Desert Coachella Hours: M-F 9-7 • Sa 9-4 • Su Closed

4 Million Readers Weekly Nationwide!

SENIOR DISCOUNT DAY:

WEDNESDAY

FREE Tidbits® of Coachella Valley

of Coachella Valley

Published and distributed weekly by For Advertising Call (760) 320-0997 760.320.0997 Fax: 760.320.1630valleybits@msn.com AdVenture Media, Inc. P.O. Box 2207 Palm Springs, CA 92263-2207 All Rights Reserved Phone: 760-320-0997 Fax: 760-320-1630 Email: valleybits@msn.com All rights reserved. The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read

Published by: AdVenture Media

Publisher: Erik D. Long eDitor: David L. Long

Property of AdVenture Media, Inc. 4 Million Readers Weekly Nationwide!

Distribution Managers:

FREE

of Coachella Valley

Manuel Aguayo, Christine Aguayo John Winters, Donna Winters

The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read

760.320.0997 760.320.1630 Out on a Limb by Gar y KoperFax: vas Published by: AdVenture Media

For Advertising Call (760) 320-0997

For advertising information call 760-320-0997

valleybits@msn.com

Member:

“In business as in life, we practice the Golden Rule” News content in the Tidbit s® Paper is provided by both Tidbits Media, Inc. and other news sources con sidered to be reliable, but the accuracy of all information published cannot be guaranteed. Tidbits® of Coachella Valley does not accept political advertising or news matter of any nature submitted for publication. Publisher reserves the right to refuse advertising from any business, individual or group for any reason deemed inappropriate or not in the Publisher’s best interest. Published news matter and advertising content does not necessarily reflect the views of the Publisher or of AdVenture Media, Inc. Tidbits® of Coachella Valley is not an adjudicated publication and therefore cannot accept official legal notices for publication. All copy, photos and graphic illustrations submitted for advertising publication are subject to publisher’s prior approval. We do not offer mail subscription services. So there.

ADVERTISING PROOF Final Changes DUE: MON., NOV. 17 5:00 p.m.. Please review carefully. Double check: of Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Prices  Hours Tidbits Coachella Valley

Week of January 18, 2015

ADVERTISING PROOF Office: 760-320-0997 WEEK in Fax: 760-320-1630 Final ChangesNEXT DUE: 5:00 p.m..

Page 9

Contact your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or corrections. Each Wuzzle is a word riddle which creates a disquised word, phrase, name, place, saying, etc. For example, NOON GOOD = GOOD AFTERNOON

3 WUZZLES BOOKLETS Please review

TIDBITS GOES TO THE

carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Prices  Hours

“The Best of Wuzzles” ($4.00), “More of the Best of Wuzzles” ($4.50), and “Wuzzles for Kids” ($4.25) are available postpaid, from Wuzzles, Box 1141, Cedar Rapids, IA 52406

Casey’s

Contact your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or corrections.

Office: 760-320-0997

Fax: 760-320-1630

Air Help - Herbert Samayoa BZ BW 26x ADVERTISING PROOF Nov. 23, 2014 Vol. 10 - No. 48 Final Changes DUE: TUES., DEC. 9 5:00

SUPER BOWL

Please review carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)

AIR HELP

3. The weekly “Brain Breaker”

p.m.. C C ats ats,, D Dogs ogs and and O Other ther PPeople eople  Spelling  Prices  Hours

Contact your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or corrections. RESIDENTIAL -- COMMERCIAL Office: 760-320-0997 Fax: 760-320-1630 NOW IS THE TIME TO REPLACE YOUR OLD HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING UNIT

Herbert Samayoa

● Service ● Repair ● Installation Restaurants: Walk-in Coolers, Ed’s Coins Freezers, Ice Machines

Corner

Contractor Lic # 678555

EXPERT PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

By Matthew By Matthew Margolis Margolis

One Wrong Doesn’t Make a Right, Either

Property of se habla Español 1/16 pg 1C Repeat13x customers are my best advertising! AdVenture Media, Inc. OR Dec. 14,760-671-5696 2014 Vol. 10 - No. 51 909-252-1852 Cooling Valley homes and businesses since 1983

It is a well-known mathematical fact that two wrongs don’t equal a right. Lesser known is the surprising notion that one doesn’t, either. The following FREE of Coachella Valley letter from a reader culminates with the explosive as760.320.0997 Fax: 760.320.1630 sertion of a single disturbing wrong: “I just got this dog from the pound. She eats All Rights Reserved Property of well and sleeps with me, and she’s very intelligent. AdVenture Media, Inc. But she keeps leaving me little poops and puddles in the house. I leave the door open and she still poops Bring your unwanted We Pay Top Cash for precious metal items FREE in the house, right by an open door. She is 4 years old of Coachella Valley to the local dealer ● Old Jewelry The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read or so, and the pound has no history on her. I have not you can trust. ● Coins Created by Tom Underwood 760.320.0997Property Fax: of 760.320.1630 Now over 10 years ©North North American Syndicate 2015 2012 www.wuzzleking.com America Syndicate, 2010 beaten her yet, but I am about to.” ● Watches AdVenture Media, Inc. in business serving ● Diamonds All Rights Reserved the Coachella Valley. Brute force is never an effective teaching (Wuzzles answers on page 16) ● Dental Gold tool. Most people, if told their child’s eye had been ● Platinum Top prices FREE paid! blackened not by a bully but by his English teacher ● Sterling Silver of Coachella Valley TWO VALLEY LOCATIONS: The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read because of his inability to spell, would run to the 73121 Country Club Drive 72624 El Paseo, Palm Desert 760.320.0997 Fax: 760.320.1630 760-346-7600 760-773-2417 nearest happy hour full of ACLU lawyers and scream Please review carefully. Double check: All Rights Phone Number(s)  OPE Spelling  “civil Pricesrights  Hours Reserved N: violation!” And the teacher’s defense Mon. - Fri. 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. would be embarrassingly lackluster: “No, I never Contact your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or corrections. taught him how to spell, but I left the dictionary right Office: 760-320-0997 Fax: 760-320-1630 there on his desk.” Dogs are not born housebroken. It is not a matter of better breeding, bad genes or big bucks. To date, with all that modern technology affords we humans and our canine counterparts, no breeder Property of has been able to deliver into the world an inherently AdVenture Media, Inc. potty-trained dog. Or child. If you want your dog to perform his bodily FREE of Coachella Valley functions out of doors, you have to let him know that. 760.320.0997 Fax: 760.320.1630 This is done through training. Training is essentially the creation of a shared, albeit limited, language beAll Rights Reserved tween man and beast. The good news is that housebreaking is easy to achieve and takes less than a week to accomplish. The bad news is that a lot of people would prefer not to make even that minimal effort. Unfortunately, the Tidbits® Word Search headache that results packs enough of a wallop to lead a person down the wrong path -- toward abuse, “Flavor Favorites” squalor and abandonment. The basics of housebreaking boil down to M A E R C D N A S E I K O O C T M the regulation of three components: food, water and I L G G P T N I M R E P P E P M P T L T D P C O O K I E D O U G H E walks. (Mega Maze solution page 14) T M K W N A T I L O P A E N Q N T If you and your pooch are steadfast in your I M J X N A C E P R E T T U B T A adherence to what I call the Feed-Water-Walk regiU O C C S T R A W B E R R Y N J L men, he’ll catch on remarkably fast: He eats and 4 Million Readers Weekly Nationwide!

The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read

Published by: AdVenture Media

For Advertising Call (760) 320-0997

valleybits@msn.com

BUYING & SELLING

Gold and Silver 4 Million Readers Weekly Nationwide!

Published by: AdVenture Media

For Advertising Call (760) 320-0997

valleybits@msn.com

ADVERTISING PROOF Final Changes DUE: 5:00 p.m.. 4 Million Readers Weekly Nationwide!

Published by: AdVenture Media

For Advertising Call (760) 320-0997

valleybits@msn.com

4 Million Readers Weekly Nationwide!

The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read

Published by: AdVenture Media

V H

K R

P M H

Q K

E M K

M R

S Q

V Z

M K K

G Q H

A W L

O Z

X G C

G M F

B S

M L

B W N W A M T

M D

V R

V M P C

Q N

M L

A R

A M E

A G R

www.WordSearchMaker.com



� BUTTER PECAN BUTTERPECAN � CARAMEL CARAMEL � CHERRY CHERRY � CHOCOLATE CHOCOLATE � COOKIE DOUGH COOKIEDOUGH � MOCHA COOKIESANDCREAM � NEAPOLITAN MOCHA � PEACH NEAPOLITAN

B U

Q W Z

X Q

� COOKIES PEACH AND CREAM � PEPPERMINT PEPPERMINT � PISTACHIO PISTACHIO � RASPBERRY RASPBERRY � SPUMONI SPUMONI � STRAWBERRY STRAWBERRY � TUTTI-FRUTTI TUTTIFRUITTI � VANILLA VANILLA

(Word Search solution page 16)

CASEY’S CORNER: Turn to page 10



valleybits@msn.com

M C

M H

For Advertising Call (760) 320-0997

(CryptoQuip solution on page 14

 



Page 10

Tidbits of Coachella Valley

-- If you stumble upon an accident, clean it up and forget about it. Accidents should be infrequent if you are upholding your end of the deal. Consistent repetition is the key to successful training, and housebreaking is no exception. Beating a dog, on the other hand, will get you nowhere -- except the courthouse or the clink. For detailed information on the Feed-WaterTUES., NOV. 11 training Walk housebreaking regimen and additional techniques, check out “Good Dog, Bad Dog,” “When Good Dogs Do Bad Things” and “I Just Got a Puppy. What Do I Do?” You’ll find these books and more in your local bookstore, public library or at www.unclematty.com. Woof!

CASEY’S CORNER (from page 9)

Yoga for Your Heart It’s been known for a long time that yoga improves overall health, but a recent study points to evidence that yoga also helps heart health. Researchers at Harvard University did a review of the literature, meaning they went back through past studies to see if there were any patterns. They screened more than 1,400 studies and winnowed them down to 32. These were examined further to answer the questions: Does yoga help heart health? Is it as good as walking for exercise? The answers: yes and maybe, although more trials need to be run. There were improvements in cholesterol, weight and blood pressure, all indicators for cardiovascular risk. One complication in the research is that there are different types of yoga, each with its own focus or purpose. The one thing any yoga can do is calm the nervous system and reduce stress, and there is no question that this benefit contributes to heart health. The American Heart Association likes yoga as a means of relaxation and flexibility, increasing muscle tone and circulation, and agrees it could help prevent or improve heart disease. (It cautions, however, that it shouldn’t be counted in the 150 minutes of weekly aerobic activity it recommends.) Yoga classes can be expensive. Your best bet is to check the local senior center, and if it doesn’t have any classes, encourage the center to start some: maybe one focusing on flexibility and strength, and another on stretching and relaxation, and designed for seniors. Check with a cardiac rehab center for suggestions on yoga classes. Any yoga class you take should be designed for beginners. Ask your doctor before you start yoga, or any other program, to make sure it’s right for you, especially if you have cardiovascular risk factors.

Vol. XI Issue 4

drinks at the same times every day, and he relieves himself outside immediately after. Your role? You provide the food and water at the same times every day, and you take him outside immediately after -- simply leaving the door open is not good enough. To help matters along: -- Lay down no paper or puppy pads on the floor in any part of your house, as this will only confuse your pup. -- Confine the dog to one area of the house when you are not home. -- Allow no buffet-style eating or drinking until the dog is successfully housebroken. Should an accident occur along the way, proceed in one of two ways: -- If you catch your pup in the act, interrupt him with a verbal correction, take him outside immediately and praise him when you get there. Then go inside and clean the soiled floor with an odor neutralizer.

Dog trainer Matthew “Uncle Matty” Margolis is coauthor of 18 books about dogs, a behaviorist, a popular radio and television guest, and host of the PBS series “WOOF! It’s a Dog’s Life!” Read all of Uncle Matty’s columns at the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com, Kent Marshall Air Cond. / Htg. and visit him at www. unclematty.com. Send your questions to dearuncle.gazette@ BZ BW 26x or disc. rate to Uncle Matty at P.O. Box 3300, unclematty.com by mail Nov. 16,Springs, 2014 (20x) thru Mar. 29, 2015 Diamond CA 95619.

ADVERTISING PROOF WED., AUG 27 Final Changes DUE: 5:00 p.m

KENT’S HEATING Please & review carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Prices  Professional, Honest & AIR CONDITIONING Contact your Service or correction ADVERTISING PROOF Tidbits representative immediatelyReliable with changes for 23 Years. Office: 760-320-0997 760-320-1630 5:00 p.m Final Changes DUE: & AIRFax: HEATING CONDITIONING

Matilda Charles regrets that she cannot personally answer reader questions, but will incorporate them into her column whenever possible. Send email to columnreply2@gmail.com.

Please review carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Prices 

24/7 service on all makes and models

Contact your Tidbits representative with changes ● Furnaces ●immediately Central Air Conditioning Units or correction ● Window Units ● Swamp Coolers ● Water Heaters Office: 760-320-0997 Fax: 760-320-1630 Catherine Marcy - Real Estate ● Refrigerators Freezers Providing Honest, Reliable●Service for 21 Years 1/16 pg 4C - OR Aug. 31, 2014 Vol. 10 - No.36 Lic. No. 965831

760-296-4717

DON’T WAIT! The Valley Market is

HOT!

ADVERTISING PROOF DEC. 16 Final Changes DUE: TUES., Let me list and sell your 5:00 p.m..

home for TOP DOLLAR! Please review carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Prices  Hours Buying or Selling, I know the

Contact your Tidbits representative immediately with or corrections. valley market andchanges how to gain the Fax: best advantage for YOU! 760-320-1630

Office: 760-320-0997

Call me for local knowledge and valuable experience YOU CAN TRUST!

Catherine Marcy BRE Lic. #01308234

Perez Road Professional Association 1/4 pg. 4C Assoc. disc. rate Dec. 21, 2014 Vol. 10 - No. 52

Property of AdVenture Media, Inc.

Serving the Coachella Valley

760.272.0753

Or visit me at: www.CatherineMarcy.com

4 Million Readers Weekly Nationwide!

FREE Property of AdVenture Media, Inc.

Discover Perez Road of Coachella Valley

The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read

For Advertising Call (760) 320-0997 760.320.0997 Fax: 760.320.1630valleybits@msn.com

Published by: AdVenture Media

Readers Weekly Nationwide!

FREE

of Coachella Valley

Property The Neatest Little Paperof Ever Read

For Advertising Call (760) 320-0997 valleybits@msn.com 760.320.0997 Fax: 760.320.1630 AdVenture Media, Inc.

Published by: AdVenture Media

4 Million Readers Weekly Nationwide!

��

760-393-9331

by Linda Thistle

The idea of Go Figure! is to arrive at the ﬁgures given at the bottom and right-hand columns of the diagram by following the arithmetic signs in the order they are given (that is, from left to right and top to bottom). Use only the numbers below the diagram to complete its blank squares and use each of the nine numbers only once.

Perez Road Business District Map

of Coachella Valley

The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read

For Advertising Call (760) 320-0997 760.320.0997 Fax: 760.320.1630valleybits@msn.com

Published by: AdVenture Media

Every service and business category under the sun!

If you need it, you’ll find it on PEREZ ROAD!

OVER 200 SHOPS and SERVICES!

Featuring these business services - and more!

Cath. Canyon

●Gifts ●Florist ●Art Galleries Park at the door! ●Furniture ●Appliances ●Interior Decorating ●Kitchen Cabinets ●Carpeting & Flooring Per ez ●Auto Repair ●Barbers Ro Per ad ez ●Collision Repair Ro ad ●Upholstery ●Restaurant ▲ ●Accounting E. P alm ●Property Please review carefully. Double check:  Phone  Spelling  Prices Management  Hours CaNumber(s) nyo n Contact your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or corrections. Like Date Palm Dr.

ADVERTISING PROOF Final Changes DUE: 5:00 p.m.. N

(Answers on page 16)

Visit us at:

us on

PerezRoad.com Office: 760-320-0997

Fax: 760-320-1630

Property of AdVenture Media, Inc.

Week of January 18, 2015

Tidbits of Coachella Valley

Page 11

Ad Proof: Bram’s And so we can end up with situations described today’s question. have a rich real es1/12th in page, B&W, 26x We rate ($94.00/wk) tate agent from southern California who was able to Jan. 11 - May 24, 2015 claim “dependent” wife’s benefits on her husband’s (every other record. week)And more egregious than Social Security that, we have andue evenby: richer lawyer who1/14/15 will now be Corrections 4pm, Wed.

would have to prove that he or she was dependent on the other spouse’s income. But in order to keep administrative costs down, and prevent the government from having to dig too deeply into the financial affairs of married couples applying for Social Security benefits, Congress decided that dependency would simply be assumed if the dependent spouse’s able to claim “dependent” husband’s benefits on an own Social Security check was less than half of the ex-wife’s account -- a woman he hasn’t been married to for more than a quarter century! primary wage-earning spouse’s retirement benefit. This loophole simply must be closed! Here is a typical example of how that assumed dependency is implemented: If you have a Social Security question, Tom Mar Fred retired with a Social Security benefit of $1,800 per month. His wife, Wilma, also retired. genau has the answer. Contact him at thomas.margenau@comBut because she spent many years out of the paid cast.net. To find out more about Tom Margenau and to read past columns and see features from other Creators Syndicate labor force raising their family, she ended up with a smaller monthly Social Security check of $600. Because Wilma’s Social Security was less than half ADVERTISING PROOF of Fred’s benefit, her financial dependency was just Final Changes DUE: 5:00 p.m.. assumed, so she qualified for a wife’s supplemental Please review carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Prices  Hou benefit from Fred’s account. She got an extra $300 in wife’s benefits added to her own $600 retirement Contact your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or corrections. check, giving her a total of $900 -- or one half of Office: 760-320-0997 Fax: 760-320-1630 Fred’s $1,800 benefit. (Before I go on, I must make the point that in order to keep my math simple in the above example, I just assumed both Fred and Wilma waited until age 66 to claim benefits. Every single time I use an example like this, I get emails, mostly from -TOP -TOP PRICES PRICES PAIDPAIDwomen, who say, “I don’t get half of my husband’s Social Security. Am I getting paid incorrectly?” AfYOUR OLD POCKET & WRIST ter some back and forth emails, I always learn that the emailer took benefits before age 66, resulting in a reduced payment amount. For example, a woman Running who took benefits at 62 would only be due about oneor NOT! third of her husband’s Social Security.) OK, back to the main point of this column. Spousal benefits are supposed to be paid to wives E. Alejo Rd. Over 40 years in Business or husbands who are DEPENDENT on the higherearning spouse. The assumed dependency rules  ▲ (760) N BRAM’S explained in the Fred and Wilma example worked N 461 N. Palm Canyon Drive • Palm Springs just fine until the 1990s, when Congress passed the Hours: Mon & Tues by appt. • Wed- Sat. 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. • Sun closed Senior Citizens Right to Work Act. This is the law that allowed folks over age 66 who were still working Property of to claim their Social Security. (Prior to that change AdVenture Media, Inc. in the law, folks who were still working had to wait until age 70 to claim Social Security.) And the new Keynote Speaker: FREE of Coachella Valley law also allowed folks to forego their Social Security 760.320.0997 Fax: 760.320.1630 KAE HAMMOND benefits at 66 and earn a bonus equal to two-thirds President of Dementia Help Center All Rights Reserved of one percent for each month they delayed starting their Social Security -- up to age 70. That comes out to a 32 percent bonus added to their benefits at 70. But the new law ended up with a huge loophole. Because people could forego their own benefits at 66, they obviously were getting nothing on their own account, and thus using the 1939 rules, they could simply be deemed dependent on the other spouse’s Social Security.

YOUR

SOCIAL SECURITY by Tom Margenau

This Loophole Should Be Closed Q:

I am a lawyer who is still working. I currently make about $250,000 per year. My income has always been high, so I will get the maximum Social Security benefit when I turn 66 in a few months. I was married to my first wife for 15 years, but we divorced way back in 1989. I remarried, but that marriage only lasted five years and also ended in divorce. So I am currently unmarried. My first wife remarried a long time ago and has been married to her second husband ever since. She just turned 70. She is a rather successful real estate agent in southern California and makes a six-figure income. After all these years, we are still friendly and talk occasionally. She told me that at age 66, she filed for wife’s benefits on her husband’s Social Security record. Then last month when she turned 70, she filed for her own retirement benefits and got the bonus everyone talks about. I went to a Social Security maximizing seminar and was told that I can claim divorced husband’s benefits on my ex-wife’s record and delay my benefits until 70 and also get the bonus. Frankly, this almost seems too good to be true. Can I do this?

BUYING BRAM’S

N. Palm Canyon

416-2667

Yes you can. But if you ask me, it should be too good to be true! In my opinion, your situation is a classic example of what is wrong with the Social Security maximizing rules that allow folks like you and your ex-wife to jump through loopholes in the law that should have been closed a long time ago. Before I continue my rant, let me explain to some of my possibly confused readers what it is going on in your case. Both you and your ex-wife are taking advantage of an unintended but totally legal rule that allows people who are at least 66 years old to forego their own retirement benefits and instead collect Social Security spousal benefits from a husband’s or wife’s (or ex-husband’s or ex-wife’s) Social Security record. Those people can thus delay taking their own Social Security benefits until age 70 and therefore get a delayed retirement bonus of 32 perADVERTISING PROOF cent added to their monthly Social Security retireFinal Changes DUE: Tues., 12/2/14 5:00 p.m.. ment checks. Please review carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Prices  Hours As I’ve written many times in past columns, Contact your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or corrections. what I don’t like about this rule isOffice: that it760-320-0997 goes against Fax: 1/18760-320-1630 Thesaurus Day some of the basic tenets of Social Security. When 1/19 Martin Luther King Day Congress set up spousal benefits in 1939, they said 1/20 National Popcorn Day those benefits should be paid to a husband or wife 1/21 National Hugging Day who is financially dependent on the primary wage1/22 Answer Your Cat’s Questions Day earning spouse. They even established a method for Champion Tires establishing dependency. In other words, a spouse 1/23 National Pie Day 1/8 page, 13x disc., 1-color rate 1/24 National Compliment Day

4 Million Readers Weekly Nationwide!

The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read

Published by: AdVenture Media

WORKSHOP This Month’s Topic:

DEMENTIA & ALZHEIMER’S Kae Hammond is author of the highly acclaimed book, Pathways: A Guidebook for Dementia & Alzheimer’s Family Caregivers, & host of The Kae Hammond Radio Show “Care for The Family Caregiver” on KJJZ-FM. A certified National Alzheimer’s Association Facilitator & Ambassador, Kae provides private Coaching for family caregivers. Dementia Help Center is the preeminent senior placement service in the Coachella Valley.

CLIP AND SAVE

TRUST && AUTO HONESTY & AUTO AUTOSERVICE SERVICE HONESTY SERVICE

Finall ADVERTISING PROOF These wo y! Final Changes DUE: 5:00 p.m.. rds fit Please review carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Prices$ 25Hours togethe onth or 24 MSUPPORT FREE YOUR COMMUNITY, SHOP LOCALLY r!! Value 24,000 Mile Contact your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or corrections. Tire Rotation ited

SMOG $10 FREE V $30 CHECK O F F Integrity HonestyCustomer ServiceExcellence Oil Change alue Office: 760-320-0997 GET IT DONE RIGHT!

Smog Test?

Fax: 18760-320-1630 Point Vehicle

Complete AutoService  General Auto Repair Diagnostic  Alignment With coupon only. Expires 9/30/13 Timing Belt  Shocks/Struts  Tune-Up  Lube Property of Se Habla 34870 Date Palm Dr. $70 ALIGNMENT AdVenture Media, Inc.  AC/Heat Full Service  Brakes  Front End Espanol Value $44.99 Cathedral City, CA Most cars and trucks

COUNLYT IS DAU TO PA RT S ON -15 14 2-8 31/ Exp. .12/ Exp

Now TWO Cathedral City Locations! 760-328-5622 With coupon only. Expires 9/30/13 FREE 4 Million Readers Weekly Nationwide!

FREE DIAGNOSTIC

68-400TheRamon Rd. Neatest Little Paper Ever Read

Published by: AdVenture Media

of Coachella Valley

For Advertising Call (760) 320-0997

valleybits@msn.com

LLUUEE

Most cars and trucks.With coupon only.Expires 9/30/13with coupon only. Expires 2-8-15 12/31/14 FINANCING AVAILABLE: 6 MONTHS - NO CREDIT CHECK CG-10564315

A complimentary lunch will be served! Please RSVP to (760) 770-7737 by Friday, Jan 16th to reserve your spot! can w you Ask ho ission Hills M e mak cho Mirage at Ran home! your

Minimum purchase required.Exp. 2-8-15 12/31/14

FINANCING AVAILABLE 760.320.0997 - 6 MONTHS Fax: 760.320.1630 $$ 60 BRAKE SERVICE $1ALIGNMENT 760.328.5622 760.202.4622 NO INTEREST NO CREDIT CHECK V a l u $114.99 95 e All Rights Reserved www.Champion-AutoService.com 95 V VAA $ Includes pads and resurface of rotors or drums

34-870 Date Palm Dr.

11:30 am - 1:00 pm

Inspection

2-8-15 • Ramon Rd store only. With coupon only. Exp. 12/31/14

%IZEN 0 1 IT C R SENIO

Wednesday • Jan 21st, 2015

With coupon only. Expires 9/30/13

With purchase of 4 new tires and alignment

Let Us  HELP! We Perform Full Auto Repairs

valleybits@msn.com

SENIOR MATTERS

Dec. 7, 2014 • Volume X: Issue #50

Lim Nationwide ranty!pass WarCan’t

For Advertising Call (760) 320-0997

MISSION HILLS AT RANCHO MIRAGE

(760) 770-7737

34560 Bob Hope Drive • Rancho Mirage, CA 92270 www.missionhillsseniorliving.com • Lic #336424267

Most cars & trucks. With coupon only. Exp. 5/31/13

Page 12

Tidbits of Coachella Valley

M.D.

Many Things Can Cause Restless Leg Syndrome DEAR DR. ROACH: Don’t forget that although there are many medical causes of restless leg syndrome, varicose veins also can be a source of symptoms, and we have cured many people of symptoms with minimally invasive varicose vein treatments. We always recommend that if you have

visible varicosities or strong family history of varicose veins, you should get an ultrasound to determine if you have venous insufficiency. The treatments have essentially no down time and can mean one less medication for many people. In addition, just because you can’t see visible varicosities does not mean you do not have venous insufficiency. We have patients with beautiful legs whose ultrasound reveals large veins under the surface. -- Melissa A. Sandman, M.D. ANSWER: Thank you for writing. Many people also have written about other causes and treatments for restless leg syndrome, so I wanted to talk a bit more about this important subject. In addition to the iron deficiency I mentioned and the varicose veins Dr. Sandman writes about, there are several other important causes, including kidney disease, usually when dialysis has started. Diabetics have a higher risk for RLS,

A HEARING AID THAT

CAN DO ALL THIS?

Lyric, the world’s first and only 100% invisible, 24/7 wearable, shower-proof, for-months-at-a-time* hearing device can. FINALLY, EFFORTLESS HEARING

Lyric is the world’s first invisible extendedwear hearing device. There are no batteries to change, no daily maintenance is needed and no daily insertion and removal is required.

Vol. XI Issue 4

which sometimes can be mistaken for diabetic neuropathy. Multiple sclerosis and Parkinson’s disease both are associated with RLS, and Parkinson’s is important because when medicines such as levodopa/carbidopa (Sinemet) wear off, it can mimic RLS symptoms. When dopa drugs are used longterm for RLS, symptoms can get worse, a condition called augmentation. Pregnant women are more likely to have RLS. Many drugs, especially antidepressants, can cause RLS. I had a reader tell me that hers was due to Benadryl she was taking for sleep. Magnesium deficiency is common in RLS, and several readers told me magnesium supplements stopped their symptoms. The booklet on restless leg syndrome provides much more information on this common sleep disorder, and also offers advice on nighttime cramps. Readers can obtain a copy by writing: Dr. Roach -- No. 306W, Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475. Enclose a check or money order (no cash) for $4.75 U.S./$6 Can. with the recipient’s printed name and address. Please allow four weeks for delivery. *** DEAR DR. ROACH: I am 92 and have spinal stenosis in my lower back and neck. The neck stenosis is causing a balance problem. Who would treat and/or operate on this -- orthopedist or neurologist? -- J.W. ANSWER: I would be very slow to recommend surgery on the neck at age 92. I would try other treatments, including medication, physical therapy and possibly injection, before considering surgery. Balance problems may benefit from problem-specific exercises. A neurologist may be very helpful in evaluating whether the symptoms are indeed coming from the spinal stenosis, because balance problems can have many different causes. If symptoms were intolerable despite everything that could be done short of surgery, I would find the most experienced surgeon around, which could be either a neurosurgeon or an orthopedic surgeon. *** Dr. Roach regrets that he is unable to answer individual letters, but will incorporate them in the column whenever possible. Readers may email questions to ToYourGoodHealth@med.cornell.edu. To view and order health pamphlets, visit www.rbmamall.com, or write to P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475.

CLEAR, NATURAL SOUND QUALITY

Lyric’s unique design and placement works with your ear’s anatomy to deliver exceptional sound quality in quiet and noisy environments.

EVEN SHOWERPROOF **

Unlike many hearing aids, Lyric can be used during almost all your daily activities, such as exercising, showering, talking on the phone and sleeping.

Bring someone whose voice is familiar to you!

You Are Cordially Invited...

1. The book of Isaiah is in the a) Old Testament b) New Testament c) Neither

3-Days Only: January 20th - 22nd, 2015

2. From Genesis 3, who made clothes for Adam and Eve out of animal skins? a) Adam b) Eve c) The Lord d) Not specified

...for a Complimentary Lyric® Consultation and Hearing Screening.

3. What did Jesus say His followers would never walk in? a) Darkness b) Shame c) Fear d) Solitude 4. Lamentations 3 speaks of the wormwood and the “what”? a) Serpent b) Gall c) Fig d) Fence 353 S Palm Canyon Drive, Suite A | Palm Springs, CA 92262

Call to make an appointment today!

Certified Lyric Hearing Professional

760-904-0350 www.pshac.com

As featured on: *Individual replacement needs may vary. Duration of device battery life varies by patient and is subject to individual ear conditions. **Lyric is water resistant, not waterproof. †Professional fees may apply. Annual subscription begins the first day of trial. Talk to your Lyric provider for more information. Lyric is not appropriate for all patients. See your Lyric hearing professional to determine if Lyric is right for you. ©2014 Phonak, LLC. All Rights Reserved. MS032358C NEW901

www.lyrichearing.com

5. Who had a vision of a lion that had eagle’s wings? a) John b) Isaiah c) Daniel d) Ezekiel 6. From 2 Samuel 20, who killed Amasa? a) Joab b) Sheba c) Abishai d) Bichri (Answers on page 16) Wilson Casey’s 2015teasers Daily Box make For more log Calendars on to excellent holiday gifts. Order Bible Trivia Challenge www.TriviaGuy.com at Amazon.com

Tidbits of Coachella Valley

Week of January 18, 2015

most heart attacks occur generally between 6 a.m. and noon. Having an attack during the night, when your heart should be most at rest, means that something unusual happened. He believes that apnea is to blame in these cases. Some doctors recommend that if you take an aspirin or a baby aspirin once a day, take it at night. The reason is that aspirin has a 24-hour “half-life.” Therefore, if most heart attacks happen in the wee hours of the morning, the beneficial blood-thinning effects of the aspirin would be at its strongest in your system during that period. As each of us differ in our gene history, our health habits, attitudes and other factors, it is always wise to consult with your doctor before taking it upon yourself to make any health changes.

Dear Doug  

Creators News Syndicate

Water Smarts? Q:

Page 13

● On Jan. 23, 1775, London merchants petition Parliament for relief from the financial hardship put upon them by the curtailment of trade with the North American colonies. Most critical to the merchants’ concerns were the 2 million pounds sterling in outstanding debts owed to them.

What advice would you have for a couple of aging seniors who want to stay healthy and add as many years to our lives as possible? My wife and I are now in our 80s and tr y to stay up on health tips that actually work. We’ve read a lot of articles and seen lots of commer- ● On Jan. 19, 1915, during World War Doug Mayberry makes the most of life in a Southern cials making these claims, but I’m wondering California Retirement community. TUES., I, Britain suffers its first casualties from Contact him at deardoug@ MAR. 15 if you have any suggestions for some you might msn.com. To find out more about Doug Mayberry and read an air attack when two German zeppePlease review Double Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Prices  Hours features by other check: Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists recommend as really being effective. We’re par- carefully. lins drop bombs on Great Yarmouth and visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com. ticularly interested in heart health. King’s Lynn on the eastern coast of EngContact your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or corrections. land. There are a lot of diets, ointments, pills Office: 760-320-0997 Fax: 760-320-1630 and products of every kind out there making all ● On Jan. 20, 1937, President Franklin D. kinds of bold claims for helping seniors add years Roosevelt is inaugurated for the second to their lives, but far be it from me to make any en- Clock Repair Bob’s Q: Where do they teach you how to time as president. The Constitution had serve ice cream? dorsements for them. BZ 4C 26x originally set March 4 as the presidential One reader sent me a list of water-drinking In sundae school! Mar. 20, 2011 Vol. 7 - A: No. 12 inauguration date to allow the winner time recommendations which I found interesting and to travel to the nation’s capital. pass along for your information. Included on the list were these tips: ● On Jan. 25, 1949, the Academy of Tele “Drinking water at a certain time maximizes vision Arts & Sciences holds its first annuHoward Miller • Ridgeway • Sligh • Antique its effectiveness on your body. Drinking two glasses al awards ceremony in Los Angeles. The We also Service, Repair and New of water after waking up helps activate internal ornow-famous award statuette “Emmy” was ADVERTISING PROOF repair Wall, Mantel, gans. One glass of water 30 minutes before a meal TUES., JUNE12Movements from Germany a feminized version of “immy,” the shortFinal Changes DUE: 5:00 p.m.. Ship’s and helps digestion.Please One review glass of water before taking a 32 years Cuckoo hand term for the image orthicon tube that carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Prices  Hours Clocks experience BoB’s CloCk shop bath helps lower blood pressure. One glass of water was used in TV cameras until the 1960s. Contact your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or corrections. Carlsbad / San Diego / Desert Communities before going to bed helps avoid stroke or heart atOffice: 760-320-0997 Fax: 760-320-1630 Email: valleybits@msn.com Servicing Coachella Valley on Fri., Sat. or Mondays tack.” ● On Jan. 24, 1956, Look magazine Call for In-Home service appointment Nordstrom, DoctorSteele, Virend Somers, a Mayo Clinic carpublishes the confessions of J.W. Milam Nicolette & Blythe 760-729-5121 -or- 1-800-734-5121 diologist, found in a heart study he conducted that ADVERTISING PROOF and Roy Bryant, two white men from MisFinal Changes DUE: 5:00 p.m.. June 17, 2012 Vol. 8 - No. 25 / 1/3 pg. 4C 26x sissippi who were acquitted in the 1955 kidnapping and murder of black teenager Emmett Till. In August 1955, on a visit to relatives, the 14-year-old Till had allegedly whistled at a white woman who ran a store.

ADVERTISING PROOF Final Changes DUE: 5:00 p.m..

Grandfather CloCk repair

Please review carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Prices  Hours Contact your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or corrections. Office: 760-320-0997

If you need an attorney as a result of a serious there certain If need attorney as of youpersonal needan aninjury, attorney aresult result IfIfyou you need an attorney asasa aare result ofofa aa things you should consider. serious personal injury, there are certain serious seriouspersonal personalinjury, injury,there thereare arecertain certain things you should consider. things you should ETHICAL CONDUCT If you need anconsider. attorney as as a result of of aa things you should consider. If you need an attorney a result ETHICAL CONDUCT serious personal injury, there areare certain serious personal injury, there certain ETHICAL CONDUCT We feel it isETHICAL inappropriate for a lawyer or CONDUCT thingsthings you should consider. you should consider.

Fax: 760-320-1630

Property of AdVenture Media, Inc. Property of AdVenture Media, Inc.

4 Million Readers Weekly Nationwide!

of Coachella Valley

The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read

For Advertising Call (760) 320-0997 760.320.0997 Fax: 760.320.1630valleybits@msn.com

Published by: AdVenture Media

4 Million Readers Weekly Nationwide!

of Coachella Valley

The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read

We lawyer representative to contact you for as of or an We feel feel it it is is inappropriate inappropriate fora a aresult lawyer or CONDUCT ETHICAL CONDUCT representative contact you as a of accident. fact, unsolicited personal contact representative to contact you asfor a result result of an anor We feelInitETHICAL isto inappropriate a lawyer accident. In fact, unsolicited personal contact is prohibited byit the State Bar. The decision to accident. fact, unsolicited personal We feel it is inappropriate for aresult lawyer or WeIn feel inappropriate acontact lawyer or representative tois contact you as afor ofto an Property of is prohibited by the Bar. The decision contact an attorney isState yours and yours isrepresentative prohibited by to the State Bar. The decision to contact you as aas result of an representative to contact you a alone. result of an Media, Inc. AdVenture accident. In fact, fact, unsolicited personal contact contact an is and yours alone. contact an attorney attorney is yours yours and yours alone. accident. In unsolicited personal contact accident. In fact, unsolicited personal contact

is prohibited prohibited by the the State Bar.Bar. TheThe decision toto is by Bar. The decision to is prohibited by State the State decision NO FEE UNLESS RECOVERY contact an attorney is and yours alone. contact an attorney is yours yours alone. of Coachella Valley contact an attorney is yours yours andand yours alone. NO FEE UNLESS RECOVERY 4 Million Readers Weekly Nationwide!

For Advertising Call (760) 320-0997 760.320.0997 Fax: 760.320.1630valleybits@msn.com

Published by: AdVenture Media

FREE

NO that FEEyou UNLESS This means pay no RECOVERY attorney’s fees unless 760.320.0997 Fax: 760.320.1630 This means that you pay fees This means that you pay no no attorney’s attorney’s fees unless unless valleybits@msn.com your lawyer either negotiates a settlement with NO FEE UNLESS RECOVERY NO FEE UNLESS RECOVERY your lawyer either negotiates a settlement with Discover why other other attorneys attorneys your approval lawyer either negotiates a settlement with your or UNLESS wins a judgement in court. All Rights Reserved Discover why NOmeans FEE RECOVERY Discover why other attorneys your or wins a judgement in court. Thisapproval means that pay attorney’s fees unless This that you pay no attorney’s fees unless your approval oryou wins ano judgement in court. throughout California refer their This method of compensation makes legal throughout California refer refer their their yourmethod lawyer either negotiates a settlement with This of compensation makes legal your lawyer either negotiates a settlement with throughout California This method of you compensation makes legal injury cases to us. This means that pay no attorney’s fees unless representation available to many who otherwise Discover why other attorneys Discover why other attorneys injury cases to us. your approval or wins judgement in in court. your approval or to wins a judgement court. representation available who otherwise injury cases to us. representation available toamany many otherwise could afford it. It means that if your your California refertheir their yournot lawyer either negotiates a who settlement with throughout California refer This method of compensation makes legal This method ofalso compensation makes legalthroughout could not afford it. It also means that if ADVERTISING PROOF could not afford it. It also means that if your other attorneys cases to us. case has merit, you can be well represented by injury injury cases to representation available to many who otherwise PERSONAL INJURY AND WRONGFUL DEATH CLAIMS representation available to many who otherwise your approval or wins a judgement in court. case has merit, you can be well represented by PERSONAL INJURY5:00 AND WRONGFUL WRONGFUL DEATH CLAIMS CLAIMS hased merit, you can be wellChanges represented by PERSONAL INJURY AND DEATH Final DUE: p.m.. aacase qualifi attorney. could not afford it. Itit. also means that if your could not of afford It also means that if yourthroughout California refer their qualifi ed attorney. •Automobile Automobile Accidents Thishas method compensation makes legal a case qualifi edmerit, attorney. • Accidents Please review carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Prices  Hours • Automobile Accidents you can represented byby PERSONAL case has merit, you be canwell be well represented INJURY AND WRONGFUL DEATH CLAIMS PERSONAL INJURYto ANDus. WRONGFUL •cases Pedestrian •Slip Slipand andDEATH Fall CLAIMS Pedestrian and Fall to many who otherwise injury arepresentation qualifi ed attorney. a qualifi edavailable attorney. ••changes Pedestrian •• Slip Fall • Automobile Accidents • Automobile Accidents Contact your Tidbits representative immediately with or corrections. Motorcycleand andBicycle BicycleAccidents Accidents LOOK ••• Motorcycle and Bicycle Accidents LOOK BEYOND could not BEYOND afford it. Office: ItADVERTISING also means thatFax: if 760-320-1630 your Motorcycle LOOK BEYOND ADVERTISING • •Pedestrian • Slip Slipand and Fall Pedestrian Fall 760-320-0997 Email: valleybits@msn.com • Birth & Brain Injury • Dog Bites • Birth & Brain Injury • Dog Bites Ask friends or attorneys you know references Ask friends or attorneys for references ••Birth & Brain Injury • Dog Bites case has merit, you can beknow well represented Motorcycle and Bicycle Accidents LOOK BEYOND ADVERTISING Ask friends or attorneys you for referencesby • Motorcycle and Bicycle Accidents LOOK BEYOND ADVERTISING PERSONAL INJURY AND WRONGFUL DEATH CLAIMS •Asbestos Related Lung Cancer •Asbestos Related Lung Cancer of personal injury lawyers, or check the of personal injury lawyers, with the •Asbestos Related Lung Cancer • Birth DogBites Bites ofAsk personal injury check with the • Birth&&Brain Brain Injury Injury ••Dog friends or attorneys youor know for for references a qualifi attorney. Asked friends orlawyers, attorneys you know references •Medical and Hospital Malpractice •Medical and Hospital Malpractice California Bar Association. It’s the to California Bar Association. bestwith way to • Automobile •Medical and Related Hospital Malpractice •Asbestos Lung Cancer California Barinjury Association. It’s way to •Asbestos Related Accidents Lung Cancer of personal lawyers, orthe check the of personal injury lawyers, or best check with the Construction Accidents Construction Accidents nd an ethical, competent with the trial fifi competent attorney trial ••••Construction Accidents •Medical and Malpractice find ndan anethical, ethical, competent attorney with the trial •Medical and Hospital Hospital Malpractice Pedestrian • Slip and Fall California Bar Association. It’s It’s the best way to to California Bar Association. the best way Product Liability experience it takes to case to a fair •Product ProductLiability experience it to bring your fair • •Construction Accidents ••Construction experience it takes takes to bring your case tothe a the fair find an ethical, competent attorney with trial Accidents find an ethical, competent attorney with trial • Motorcycle and Liability Bicycle Accidents LOOK BEYOND ADVERTISING conclusion. Beware of and claims Construction Defect cases conclusion. Beware claims Construction Defectcases cases ••Product Liability experience it takes tothe bring your case to a fair conclusion. Beware of the promises and claims Product Defect Liability experience it of takes topromises bring your case to a fair •••Construction some attorneys make • Birth & Brain Injury • Dog Bites some attorneys make in their ads. conclusion. Beware of claims • •Construction Defectcases cases Ask friends or attorneys you know forand references conclusion. Beware of promises the promises and claims Construction Defect some attorneys make inthe their ads. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ©2005

The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read

Published by: AdVenture Media

For Advertising Call (760) 320-0997

valleybits@msn.com

Discover why

some attorneys make in their ads. some attorneys make in their ads. of personal injury lawyers, or check

•Asbestos Related Lung Cancer •Medical and Hospital Malpractice • Construction Accidents • Product Liability • Construction Defect cases

Noted for California Continuing Education ofofthe the Noted lecturers lecturers for for California CaliforniaContinuing ContinuingEducation Educationof the Noted lecturers Bar; Recipients CAALA Trial Lawyers ofofthe the Year Award; Bar; Recipients CAALA TrialLawyers Lawyers the YearAward; Award; Bar; Recipients CAALA Trial of Year Noted lecturers for California Continuing Education of the Noted lecturers for California Continuing Education of the American Board of Trial Advocates; Members: State Bar American Board of of TrialAdvocates; Advocates; Members: State Bar American Board Trial Members: State Bar Bar; Recipients CAALA Trial Lawyers theYear Year Award; Bar; Recipients CAALA Trial Lawyers ofofthe Award; of CA; American Bar Association; Northern, LA County, ofAmerican CA; American Bar Association; Northern, LA County, Board of Advocates; Members: State Bar of CA; American Bar Association; Northern, LA County, American Board of Trial Trial Advocates; Members: State Bar Desert Bar Association: Consumer Attorneys Association of of CA; American Bar Northern,Association LACounty, County, Desert Bar Association: Consumer Desert Bar Association: ConsumerAttorneys Attorneys Association CA; American Bar Association; Association; Northern, LA of LA (President Elect 1998 1998 - President President 1999-2000); Desert Bar Consumer Attorneys Association Desert BarAssociation: Association: Consumer Attorneys Association OUR FIRM LIMITS ITS PRACTICE TO of LA (President Elect 1999-2000); of LA (President Elect 1998 President 1999-2000); OurOUR attorneys DO NOT charge for a consultation. Our attorneys DO NOT charge for a consultation. OURFIRM FIRMLIMITS LIMITS ITS ITS PRACTICE PRACTICE TO Consumer Attorneys of CA; Association of Trial Lawyers of of of LALA(President Elect President 1999-2000); (President Elect 1998 -- President 1999-2000); Consumer Attorneys of CA; Association ofofTrial Lawyers of Consumer Attorneys of CA;1998 Association Trial Lawyers of PERSONAL INJURY MATTERS. WE HAVE THE OUR FIRM LIMITS ITS PRACTICE TO OUR FIRM LIMITS ITS PRACTICE TO America; National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys; Panel PERSONAL INJURY MATTERS. THE Consumer Attorneys of Association TrialLawyers Lawyers PERSONAL INJURY MATTERS. WE HAVE Consumer Attorneys of CA; CA;of Association ofof Trial of of America; National Academy Elder Law Attorneys; Panel America; National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys; Panel PERSONAL INJURY MATTERS. WE HAVE THE EXPERIENCE AND DEDICATION IT TAKES TO PERSONAL INJURY MATTERS. WE HAVE THE of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Assoc. America; National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys; Panel America; National Academy Elder Law Attorneys; Panel EXPERIENCEAND ANDDEDICATION DEDICATION IT TAKES TO of Arbitrators, American EXPERIENCE AmericanArbitration ArbitrationAssoc. Assoc. EXPERIENCE ANDAND DEDICATION IT TAKES TOTOofofArbitrators, REPRESENT YOU. EXPERIENCE DEDICATION IT TAKES Arbitrators, Assoc. of Arbitrators,American American Arbitration Arbitration Assoc. REPRESENT YOU.

with the

FREE CONSULTATION FREE FREE CONSULTATION California BarCONSULTATION Association. It’s the best way to FREE CONSULTATION FREE CONSULTATION find an ethical, attorney with the trial Our attorneys DO NOT charge for a consultation. Our attorneys DOcompetent NOT charge charge for a Our attorneys DO NOT for consultation.

experience it takes to bring your case to a fair conclusion. Beware of the promises and claims some attorneys make in their REPRESENT YOU.ads.

REPRESENT YOU. REPRESENT YOU. Hot Home and Hospital Consultation • 24-Hour Line Home and Hospital Consultation 24-Hour Hot Firm holds the highest Legal Ability and General Recommendation Home and Hospital Consultation •• 24-Hour Hot Line Noted lecturers forLegal California Continuing Education of the Home and Hospital Consultation • 24-Hour HotLine Line The Firm holds the highest Ability and General Recommendation Home and Hospital Consultation • 24-Hour Hot LineThe Southern California Offi ces The holds the highest Legal and Recommendation TheFirm Firm holds the highest Legal Ability andGeneral GeneralRecommendation Ratings AV (Very High to Preeminent) Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory The Firm holds the highest LegalAbility Ability and General Southern California Offi ces Southern California Offi ces Ratings AV (Very High to Preeminent) Martindale-Hubbell Directory Bar; Recipients CAALA Trial Lawyers of Recommendation theLaw Year Award; Southern California Offi ces Southern California Offices Ratings AV (Very High tototo Preeminent) Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory Palm Desert, Orange, Los Angeles & Escondido Ratings AV (Very High Preeminent) Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory Ratings AV (Very High Preeminent) Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory Palm Desert, Orange, Los Angeles & Escondido FREE CONSULTATION Palm Desert, Los Angeles & Escondido Palm Desert, Orange, Los Angeles & Escondido American Board of Trial Advocates; Members: State Bar PalmOrange, Desert, Orange, Los Angeles & Escondido www.nordstrom-law.com

www.nordstrom-law.com of CA; American Bar Association; Northern, LA County, www.nordstrom-law.com www.nordstrom-law.com www.nordstrom-law.com Desert Bar Association: Consumer Attorneys Association Our attorneys DO NOT charge for a consultation. of LA (President Elect 1998 - President 1999-2000); OUR FIRM72-960 LIMITS ITS PRACTICE TODr., Palm Fred Waring Desert, CA 92260 Consumer AttorneysCA of CA; Association of Trial Lawyers of 72-960 Fred Waring Dr., Palm Desert, 72-960 Fred Waring Dr., Palm Desert, CA 92260 72-960 Fred Waring Dr., Palm Desert, CA92260 92260 PERSONAL INJURY MATTERS. WE HAVE THE 72-960 Fred Waring Dr., Palm Desert, CA 92260 America; National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys; Panel EXPERIENCE AND DEDICATION IT TAKES TOProperty of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Assoc. of AdVenture Media, Inc. REPRESENT YOU. Home and Hospital Consultation • 24-Hour Hot Line The Firm holds the highest Legal Ability and General Recommendation

(760) 837-1884 (760) 837-1884 830-7746 (760) 837-1884•••(800) •(800) (800)830-7746 830-7746 (760) 837-1884 (800) 830-7746

S10481629 S10481629 S10481629 S10481629

S10481629

4 Million Readers Weekly

● On Jan. 21, 1977, President Jimmy Carter grants an unconditional pardon to hundreds of thousands of men who evaded the draft during the Vietnam War. Some 100,000 young Americans went abroad, with 90 percent going to Canada. The Canadian government had instructed border guards not to ask too many questions. ● On Jan. 22, 1981, the final portrait of John Lennon and wife, Yoko, appears on the cover of Rolling Stone. The photo, taken 12 hours before Lennon was assassinated, shows a naked Lennon curled up in a fetal embrace with a fully clothed Yoko. Photographer Annie 30Liebowitz had been 1 told by a Rolling Stone editor, “Please get me some pictures without [Yoko].” (c) 2015 King Features Synd., Inc.

Page 14

by Anne McCollam

Figural Napkin Rings Were a Victorian Innovation Q:

Enclosed is a photo of a silver napkin ring that I bought while traveling through West Virginia. The hen is attached to the side of the ring. Marked on the bottom are the words “Rogers and BNQ Triple Plated 267” -- along with a clutched fist with 10 lightning bolts shooting out of the fist. Any information or value would be appreciated.

Tidbits of Coachella Valley

from 1860 to 1976. In the late 1800s and early 1900s, there was a plethora of silver manufacturers with the name Rogers. Some were family related, and some were not. Records show the companies were founded, and then later some merged with others, and eventually some changed connections. The mark you described was used during the late 1800s. Napkin rings often with attached figures of animals were very popular in the Victorian Era. In the pre-automatic washing machines, it was practical for each person to reuse his or her napkin. Each napkin was tucked in an individual’s napkin ring after a meal was served to be used another day. Your figural napkin ring would probably be worth $125 to $225.

Vol. XI Issue 4

Your set was made first made in 1880. A family heirloom majolica set similar to yours would have an insurance value of $400 to $500.

Griffen, Smith and Hill made majolica in the late 1800s.

Address your questions to Anne McCollam, P. O. Box 247, Notre Dame, IN 46556. Items of a general interest will be answered in this column. To find out more about Anne McCollam and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www. creators.com

Enclosed is the mark that is on the bottom of a matching sugar bowl and cream pitcher. Each piece is shaped like a head of cauliflower with pink interiors, and both are in perfect condition. It originally belonged to my great-great-grandmother. She was married in 1888, and we think it was a wedding gift. It has been in the family ever since. I plan to pass it along to my daughter and would like more information about the set. Anything you can tell me about its maker and value will be appreciated.

Your set is an example of Majolica. It was made by Griffen, Smith and Hill who were located in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, from 1879 to 1889. Majolica is a term for lead-glazed earthenware that was decorated in bright colors. Victorians found majolica ware extremely appealing. Pieces were inspired by shapes in nature and also the sea. Majolica ware was made by companies in both the United States and Europe. Along with sugar bowls and cream pitchers, there were coffee, tea and dinner sets made in the “Cauliflower” pattern.

FLU SHOTS FLU SHOTS

Roger and Brothers Silver Manufacturing Company was located in Waterbury, Connecticut.

Take another look at the mark on your silver plated napkin ring. The letters “BNQ” are acKWXY - Trade tually Rogers and Brothers Manufacturing 1/8 pg.“BRO.” vertical Company was 3.33” x 6.0” located in Waterbury, Connecticut,

NOW AVAILABLE** *

NOW AVAILABLE NOW AVAILABLE Our expertly trained pharmacists can also provide expanded

adult immunization services—including the CDC-recommended

Our expertly trained pharmacists can also provide expanded vaccinations for pneumonia, shingles and whopping cough— Our expertly trained pharmacists can also provide expanded

adult immunization services—including CDC-recommended at every location anytime the pharmacy the is open! adult immunization services—including the CDC-recommended

vaccinations for pneumonia, shingles and whopping cough— vaccinations for pneumonia, shingles and whopping cough—

MOST INSURANCE ACCEPTED. at at every every location location anytime anytime the the pharmacy pharmacy is is open! open!

COPAY FOR MEDICARE PART B MEMBERS.

†

MOST INSURANCE ACCEPTED. $0 COPAY FOR MEDICARE Get 500 points PART B MEMBERS.

†

with every immunization when you present your Balance® Rewards card.‡

Listen to today’s Beautiful Music on the radio at KWXY 107.3 FM, or online at

www.KWXY.com

500 points Walk Get in anytime appointment necessary! Get 500—no points

with every immunization when you present your Balance® Rewards card.‡

* Vaccine subject to availability. Not all vaccines available in all locations. State, age and health-related restrictions may apply. See Walgreens pharmacist for details. † Medicare Part B covers flu vaccine. ‡ Offer not valid in AR, NJ, NY. Due to state and federal laws, points cannot be earned or redeemed on some items, and points will not be earned in a transaction where Redemption Dollars are used. For terms and conditions, visit Walgreens.com/Balance.

Walk in anytime—no appointment necessary!

ADVERTISING PROOF Walk in anytime—no appointment necessary! The Sound of * Vaccine subject to availability. Not all vaccines available in all locations. State, age nal Changes DUE: 5:00 p.m.. and health-related restrictions may apply. See Walgreens pharmacist for details. the Desert

† Medicare Part B covers flu vaccine. ew carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Prices subject Hoursto availability. Not all vaccines available in all locations. State, age * Vaccine ‡

Since 1964

Offer not valid in AR, NJ, NY. Due to state and federal laws, points cannot be earned

and health-related restrictions maypoints apply.will See Walgreens for details. or redeemed on some items, and not be earnedpharmacist in a transaction where

† Medicare Part B covers flu vaccine. ct your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or corrections. Redemption Dollars are used. For terms and conditions, visit Walgreens.com/Balance.

Office: 760-320-0997

Fax: 760-320-1630

‡ Offer

not valid in AR, NJ, NY. Due to state and federal laws, points cannot be earned or redeemed on some items, and points will not be earned in a transaction where Redemption Dollars are used. For terms and conditions, visit Walgreens.com/Balance.

Please review carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Prices  Hours Contact your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or corrections. Tidbits of Coachella Valley

Week of January 18, 2015

Office: 760-320-0997

Fax: 760-320-1630

Page 15

ESKIMO PIE (from page page 3) Christian Nelson to produce the foil wrap for his Eskimo Pies. He had to purchase newNAPA Desert Area Corp. equipment and hire new crews in order to2” x 6” Golf “Caddy” 13x produce enough foil to individually wrapOct. 12, 2013 Vol. 10 - No. 42 millions of the little round pies. He then CLIP AND SAVE devised a way to add color printing on the foil surface, making the wrap even more attractive and unique. • Nelson’s Eskimo Pies were by far Richard’s single biggest customer, and he owed his growing success to that valuable partnership. When Nelson offered him the opportunity to buy out his business in 1924, he didn’t hesitate to do so.

GOLF CART BATTERIES INSTALLED

ADVERTISING PROOF

• Producing Eskimo Pies as his own product Final and Changes DUE: 5:00 p.m.. using his own foil wrappingPlease facilities review carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Prices  Hours equipment kept his overhead low. The demand Contact your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or corrections. for Eskimo Pies continued to grow, and his Office: 760-320-0997 Fax: 760-320-1630 lucrative profit margins produced windfalls of Get $50 OFF listed prices new revenue. • Richard soon began to explore ways of making other products with aluminum alloys, and before long the company was into the production of aluminum siding, aluminum cans, automotive products, and much more.

with this coupon Property of AdVenture Media, Inc. Pricing Includes Taxes

6V - $689 8V - $789 12V - $839

laugh a bit with

How many have paid good money for a ticket to a horror ﬁlm, only to cover TO THE AD • How long has it been since you’ve used a their eyes and “see” very little of it?is a proof o This ENDANGERED SIGHTS & SOUNDS (cont’d):

typewriter eraser? Or, if you’re younger, havein the Be appear you moved your belongings into a long-unused COMPARE IT HAPPY HALLOWEEN FROM TIDBITS! FREE WITH desk, only to find a strange-looking gadget withYOUR O of Coachella Valley CONTENT fiber-like hairs out of one end? What 760.320.0997Leading Fax: 760.320.1630 TABLE OF Industry SCARY MOVIES TO THE AD VERbushing TISER : GRAPH This is a proof of your will • Still well known for its popular aluminum foil, you’ve found athat typewriter eraser. Usually ICAL 3 YEARAllWARRANTY byis.ad Ryan Toepfer CONTENTS Rights Reserved ap pear in the Bea con please check th Available the company bears the last name shared by shaped like aCAREFULLY pencil, the tiphaving was made of an COMPARE IT Some people just seem to love the living below, sign the a Scary Movies WITH YOUR ORIGINAL FOR both uncle Richard and his nephew: Reynolds especially-abrasive rubber, which was used to proved) and R CONTENT AND TY PO daylights scared out of them. Why else would pages 1-4 -- as in Reynolds Wrap, and the R.J. Reynolds Then,The other endFAX GRAPH ICAL ERRORS. “erase” the typing error. featured to: horror please and checksuspense the approprimovies ate box be so popular? To Tobacco Company. Join the Club bealow, sign the approv al line of (if ap small brush made stiff plastic strands that celebrate Halloween, Tidbits goes behind the 832 pages 5-6 proved) and RETURN IT BY (760) • The Reynolds Company today has grown wasto:of used to sweep remnants of the erasure FAX scenes some classicthe thrillers. to become the third largest aluminum and Endangered off the page. DUE: Call 760.600.0995 packaging company in the world -- with thanks • (760) When 832-8131 Alfred Hitchcock purchased DATE the film Sights With this coupon ONLY. Must be and Sounds RETURN THIS PROOF. • DATE There’s shortage ofalso litter on theupground to- as ind SERVINGused THE same DESERT day. Not valid with PLEASE other DUE: / to a big boost from the little Eskimo Pie. ‪ rights fornoPsycho, he/13 bought many Ias approve pages 7-8 discounts or previous purchases. PLEASE RETURN THIS PROOF. FOR OVER 50Offer YEARS! UNRETURNED PROOFS day, ARE but wenovel no longer discarded I approve as thankfully, below — Ends 4-13-14 copies ofindicated the original as heseecould find, UNRETURNED PROOFS ARE CONSIDERED “APPROVED AS IS. ” pull-tabs. The tabs on older easy-open beverage CONSIDERED “APPROVED AS IS. ” hoping toSignature keep the story’s ending a secret. Property of Sign OneInc.Round AdVenture*Buy Media, cans pulled completely off the can. People who 13 (9 holes) & Get One Round Date: / / • The famous shower Psycho wasdodging filmed Date: walked in bare feetscene wereofconstantly FREE: 7-8:30 am & after ❐using APPROVED AS IS — The ad may FREE a double for Norman Bates, as Anthony these incarelessly-dropped appear the Beacon with no metal hazards. by Jason Jenkins Mon.-- Sat. 1:30 pm ❐ APPROVED AS 760.320.0997 Fax: 760.320.1630 Perkins was appearing in a play (Greenwillow) changes. and ALL DAY SUNDAY! appear • ❐in The rhythmic “beep” of the scanner is the in the All Rights Reserved APPROVED WITH S —The first time Perkins E New York at CHANGE the time. L ME O B C A changes. Format and content of the ad are to the supermarket RD musical accompaniment 9 Holes actually saw that scene was back at the studio, PLAY AFFO approved, with indicated changes. The golf swing can become bogged down into checkout line. But you’ve wondered ❐ APPROVED W No additional proof need beif sent. GOLF! only $23 watching the daily “rushes,” andever he said he was angles, forces, planes, degrees, and a myriad of Format ❐ where APPROVED WITH CHANGES; Replay $12 the cliché of saying “ka-ching!” in re-and con other technical elements. Unfortunately, most just as scaredREQUESTED as everyone NEW PROOF — else. approved, lation money comeswithfrom, that’s the sound with i For mat andtocontent approved, golfers can’t relate to the engineering language No additional pr • changes. Take a New close look requested at Michael mask in proof of golf instruction that is becoming popular of that the old-style electric, not Myers’ electronic, cash (subject to deadlines). d un Ro a Play the 1978 camp Halloween. Does the late. Junior golfers and golf “athletes” work bet❐ APPROVED W made.classic Cashiers ❐ registers NOT APPROVED; CAMERA- of that era had to in 1.5 hours! ter off of images that they have used in the past, face look familiar? The movie was filmed on s! u NEW PROOF ART TO COME — READY Join manually punch a series of buttons to ring up or can easily imitate. Client will provide a camera-ready COME HERE 1ST TO BRUSH UP YOUR GAME! Format and cont such atime tightforbudget, that the department adyour in purchase, publication. followed byprop a smack of the The right arm in the golf swing most simulates changes. New Please call (760) 668-2226 for guid had to make do with what they had. For Myers’ the throwing action seen in many sports. The The Desert’s Best Golf Buy! “total” button with the heel of the hand. ance. (subject to deadlin arm floats away from the body into a folded posidisguise, they used an old Captain Kirk (Star • 9-Hole Executive • “Do you want your carbons?” used to be an tion at the top of the windup, with the wrist flexed Golf Course (Public) TRULY “FU ❐ NOT Trek) mask, which they spray painted white and APPRO N” in preparation to throw. No athlete has the arm automatic question asked by merchants after ART • The Area’s Only READY then re-shaped the eyeholes. LEAGUES for glued to the body, nor the wrist curled (like makyou’d signed for a credit card payment. At that Walking Course Client will provid turn the page for more! • Men = Wed ing a muscle). ! • Cart Rentals time, credit card receipts were filled out by hand ad in time un • Women = Thurs • Club Rentals F Please call in triplicate, with a small piece of carbon paper (760) ADVERTISING PROOF ! • Couples = Sat n u • Driving Range F take long Final Changes DUE: 5:00 p.m.. inserted between each sheet. It didn’t ance. ! to Joi FRE n. E • Short Game n u Please review carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Prices  Hours F for thieves to realize they could retrieve the Fun to Play! Practice Facility Contact your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or corrections. used carbons from the trash and steal valuable • Friendly Staff! CALL TODAY! Office: 760-320-0997 Fax: 760-320-1630 credit card information. Once that scam gained 1001 S. El Cielo Rd BEL AIR popularity, waiters and cashiers regularly ofPalm Springs fered the carbons to customers, giving them GREENS the opportunity to destroy them.

$2 OFF GOLF

1 9-holes of play for each adult. Must present this ad. Not valid with other discounts or punch cards. Exp. 1/31/15 1-22-15 st

Call NOW to Book your Tee Time:

(760) 322-6062

GOLF QUOTES “Golf can be defined as an endless series of tragedies obscured by the occasional miracle.” -- Unknown “I play golf in the low 80s. If it’s any hotter than that, I don’t play.” -- Joe E. Lewis

4 Million Readers Weekly Nationwide!

The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read

Published by: AdVenture Media

4 Million Readers Weekly Nationwide!

For Advertising Call (760) 320-0997

valleybits@msn.com

Game Changers of Coachella Valley

The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read

Published by: AdVenture Media

For Advertising Call (760) 320-0997

valleybits@msn.com

Throw It Away

Property of AdVenture Media, Inc.

By practicing the common throwing position with a ball or golf club (one handed),FREE you’ll soon 760.320.0997 Fax: 760.320.1630 achieve the natural, powerful position that many Rights Reserved top golfers achieve.All Jack Nicklaus was criticized in his prime of having a “flying elbow” yet he just didn’t try to glue his elbow to his body. Rather than thinking about angles or degrees, simply float your right arm into its best throwing position at the top 4 Million Readers Weekly Nationwide!

of Coachella Valley

The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read

Published by: AdVenture Media

For Advertising Call (760) 320-0997

valleybits@msn.com

Jason Jenkins was a 16-year member of the Jim McLean Golf School teaching staff and was one of GOLF Magazine’s Top 100 Teacher Nominees 1999-2010. He was named one of the Golf Digest Top Teachers in California in 2011. Contact Jason at 760-485-2452 or devgolfinstr@gmail.com

Play Better Golf with JACK NICKLAUS

Page 16

January 5, 2015

October 23-29, 2006

Go Figure! answers

by Linda Thistle

The idea of Go Figure is to arrive at the figures given at 1. GEOGRAPHY: What is the only the bottom and right-hand country columns ofCentral the American diagram by that fol-doesn’t a coastline on the Pacific? lowing thehave arithmetic signs in 2. LANGUAGE: What(that does the Latthe order they are given in phrase “in media res”top mean?to is, from left to right and 3. MOVIES: movie featured bottom). Use only theWhat numbers below the the diagram to complete line, “The point is, ladies and genits blank squares use tleman, that and greed — for each lack of a betof the nineternumbers only once. word — is good”?

Vol. XI Issue 4

Games

KFWS • MindGym

GO FIGURE!

Tidbits of Coachella Valley

Weekly SUDOKU -Answer-

4. AD SLOGANS: What American

DIFFICULTY: � once used the manufacturing company

slogan “Quality is job one” to sell its � Moderate �� Difficult products? �� GO FIGURE!

5. MUSIC: What does it mean to play notes in a “staccato” style? 6. U.S. PRESIDENTS: What was the Secret Service’s code name for Ronald Reagan? 7. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: How many official languages does the United Nations have? Weekly SUDOKU 8. MYTHOLOGY: Who were the Answer Norns in Norse mythology? 9. TELEVISION: What television by Linda Thistle sitcom featured parents who were by Linda Thistle named Al and Peggy? Sudoku answer peeking strictly forbidden. TERMS: What is the The idea 10.ofMEDICAL Go Figure is to TRIVIA TEST name for monochromatism? arrive atcommon the figures given at Weekly Weekly SUDOKU SUDOKU the bottom and right-hand Answers Answers columns of the diagram by fol-Answer1. Belize lowing the arithmetic signs in 2. In the midst of things the order they are given (that 3. “Wall Street” (Michael Douglas) is, from left to right and top to 4. Ford Motor Co. bottom). Use only the numbers 5. Abruptly or in a disjointed manner below the diagram to complete 6. Rawhide its blank squares and use each 7. Six (English, Arabic, Spanish, of the nine numbers only once. Chinese, French and Russian) 8. Female beings who DIFFICULTY: � rule the destiny of gods and men Place a number in the empty boxes in such a way 9. “Married�� Withcolumn Children” � Moderate Difficult that each row across, each down and each 10. Complete color blindness �� GO FIGURE! small 9-box square contains all of the © 2006 King Features Syndicate, Inc.

Games

October 23-29, 2006

Weekly SUDOKU

Go Figure!

GO FIGURE!

numbers from one to nine.

� Moderate �� Challenging �� HOO BOY!

answers GO FIGURE! - Answers ANSWERS

1. Naples, Italy 2. Brain freeze, or ice cream headache 3. About 50 licks 4. The Klondike Bar 5. Australia - 13.7 litres per yr.

WUZZLES Answers ®

BIBLE TRIVIA Answers

(C) Old Neither 1.1. (A) (D) The Elisha 2.2. (C) Lord (D) Darkness Beth-shan 3.3. (A) (A) Gall Elijah 4.4. (B) (B) Daniel Ephesians 5.5. (C) 6. (B) Isaiah 6. (A) Joab

Quiz Bits ANSWERS

1. Vanilla 2. Portland, OR

Tidbits Tidbits®® Word Word Search Search