Vol. 14: #31 • Pizza • (7/29/2018) Tidbits of Coachella Valley by Tidbits of Coachella Valley

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

act your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or corrections.

: 760-320-0997

email: valleybits@msn.com

VAL L

Fax: 760-320-1630

Over PROOF ADVERTISING Changes DUE: 70,000 5:00 p.m..

Weekly Readers arefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Prices  Hours Wide! Delaney Real Valley Estate c/o Patti Delaney our Tidbits representative immediately with changes or corrections. ...and Premium Front Pg.you’re 13x one of them.

0-320-0997

Fax: 760-320-1630 “The Neatest

email: valleybits@msn.com

April 29, 2018 Vol. 14 - No. 18 Week of July 29, 2018

• TidbitsPalmSprings.com

Looking For a Home in Our Beautiful Valley?

Little Paper Ever Read” ®

You’re My Specialty!

Palm Springs Air Museum

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

AdVenture Media, Inc.

4 Million Readers Weekly Nationwide!

FREE

of Coachella Valley

4 Million Readers Weekly Nationwide!

ADVERTISING PROOF Phone: 760.320.0997 Fax: 760.320.1630 760.320.0997 Fax: 760.320.1630 valleybits@msn.com Final Changes DUE: 5:00 p.m.. The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read FREE of Coachella Valley ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ©2005

For Advertising Call (760) 320-0997

Published by: AdVenture Media

valleybits@msn.com

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

Published by: AdVenture Media

valleybits@msn.com

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

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

Fax: 760-320-1630

email: valleybits@msn.com

Fax: 760-

 So Cal Sliding Doors

Get up close to over 40 vintage WWII & Korea/ Vietnam era fighters, bombers +more aircraft. Property of

Issue No. 31

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

PALM SPRINGS AIR MUSEUM

Vol. XIV

For Advertising Call (760) 320-0997

Whether owning a home in our beautiful Coachella Premium Front Valley is on• your bucket list, or if Page you have a home to June 26to- business! Sept. 18,My2016 sell - let’s• get down 30+ years of Real Estate experience is ready to work for you! • Vol. 12: Issue #27to-go#39

RS!

PIZZA

Fax: 760-320-1630

FREE Let’s Get of Started! Coachella Valley CALL MEPaper Ever-”Bunny” Noth American P-51 Mustang The Neatest Little Read Patti Delaney Phone: 760.320.0997 Fax: Published by: AdVenture Media For Advertising Call (760) 320-0997 760.320.1630 valleybits@msn.com TODAY! Owner/Broker valleybits@msn.com

ITO

ADVERTISING PROOF Final Changes DUE: TUES., MAR. 28 5:00

Contact your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or corrections.

Readers Weekly Nationwide!

VIS

FOR

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

 Free Hot Lists of HomesProperty w/ Poolsof in Your Price Range. AdVenture Media, Inc.  Free Quick Overthe-Phone Home 4 Million Evaluation

LC O

TIDBITS HAS A HANKERIN'

ADVERTISING PROOF Final Changes DUE: Mon. 6/27/16 5:00 p.m.. Office: 760-320-0997

by Janet Spencer

Prem. Front Pg April 2, 2017 Vol. 13 - No. 14

On average, Americans from coast to coast are eating ADVERTISING PROOF approximately 350 slices of pizza every second,Final Changes DUE: 5:00 p.m which converts to over 100 acres worth of Please pizzareview carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Prices  consumed every day. Three billion whole pizzas are Contact your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or correction ordered every year in the U.S., plus an additional Office: 760-320-0997 email: valleybits@msn.com Fax: 760-320-16 • Repair or Replace one billion frozen versions are carried home from any type or style of the grocery store. Follow along as Tidbits serves Windows & Doors up even more facts about pizza -- perhaps the most ADVERTISING PROOF • Multi-Slide, Bi-fold, universally popular finger-food snack in human TUES., JUNE 26 Final Changes DUE: 5:00 p 2, 3, or 4 panel history! Please review carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Prices

DON’T FIGHT IT! SLIDE IT! STOP FIGHTING YOUR SLIDING DOOR

North American P-51 Mustang - “Bunny”

$2 OFF

OPEN COCKPIT: Every Saturday at 10:30 a.m.

Adult Admission with this ad.

Where history comes to life! Open daily 10 to 5 p.m. Air Conditioned Hangars

(760) 778-6262

745 No. Gene Autry Trail • Palm Springs www.PalmSpringsAirMuseum.org

• Patio Doors PIZZA THEN AND NOW Contact your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or correctio So. California New Screen Doors email: valleybits@msn.com Fax: 760-320• The only known documentation of the word pizzaOffice: •760-320-0997 • Mirror Wardrobe traces back to 997AD in the small coastal town • All Types of Window of Gaeta, Italy. Records of similar flatbreads with & Door Glass PAY LESS SENIOR various toppings have also been found throughout for of the Property DISCOUNTS Frameless Tub & • MyHairTransplantMD.com c/o AdVenture BEST! Media, Inc.Dan Wagner ancient Italy. Shower Enclosures Premium Front Page “Box” • Full Color • During the early1800s, most Italians thought of July • Free Estimates 1, 2018 Vol. 14760.574.7621 - No. 27 4 Million Readers Weekly Nationwide!

pizza as peasant food. Bread was cheap and readily FREE SoCalSlidingDoors.com Lic. & Bonded #419960 of Coachella Valley available for even the poorest citizens. Tomatoes Phone: 760.320.0997 Fax: 760.320.1630 valleybits@msn.com were still believed to be poisonous because they ADVERTISING PROOF belong to the deadly nightshade family. They All Rights Reserved Final Changes DUE: 5:00 p.m.. Property of Low Cost Local Company Offers were therefore very cheap, being sold mostly as Media, Inc.  Spelling  Prices  Hou Please review carefully. Double check:  AdVenture Phone Number(s) Hair Restoration for Men and Women animal feed. Flat bread pizza with tomato topping Contact your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or corrections. email: valleybits@msn.com Fax: was considered a very low-class peasant meal.Office: 760-320-0997 FREE760-320-1630 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ©2005

The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read

Hair Transplants... For Advertising Call (760) 320-0997

Published by: AdVenture Media

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

4 Million Readers Weekly Nationwide!

FREE

NOW THROUGH JULY 31, THE 760.320.0997 760.320.1630 GENERAL TEAMFax: WILL DONATE TO: of Coachella Valley

The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read

Published by: AdVenture Media

For Advertising Call (760) 320-0997

valleybits@msn.com

$50 DONATION

for Platinum & Platinum Plus HVAC system installations

$25 DONATION for all other HVAC system installations

760.235.4423 CallTheGeneral.com

Promo 10990. Not valid with other offers or on previous purchases. See company representative for more details that may apply. Promotion ends 7/31/18. Lic #686310

• That changed when a locally famous baker and tavern owner named Raffaele Esposito created a unique version of pizza for visiting royalty in 1889. Queen Margherita and King Umberto I Pizza: Turn to page 3

valleybits@msn.com

of Coachella Valley

The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read

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

Published by: AdVenture Media

Before

LOW COST

Rights Reserved • Imagine Hair RestorationAllresults

so impeccably natural no one may ever guess you had surgery. Property of

350

AdVenture Media, $ Inc. • Patient Results come first at My Hair $ 4 Million Readers Weekly Nationwide!

•

Per Graft

Transplant MD. Permanent, painless $ Reg. 4 and affordable results. One session FREE of Coachella Valley • Look 10 Years results using the latest technique. The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read Phone: 760.320.0997 Fax: 760.320.1630 Younger valleybits@msn.com Instead of minimum coverage • Latest Technology where you must come back again All Rights Reserved Including No-Scar and again, we deliver maximum Technique density, medically safe, completely natural look. • Completely Natural Call Results! Today! Published by: AdVenture Media

For Advertising Call (760) 320-0997

www.MyHairTransplantMD.com

valleybits@msn.com

760.206.8363

Palm Desert Office: 74-710 Hwy 111, Suite 102 • Palm Desert

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

of Coachella Valley The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read

Tidbits of Coachella Valley

Page 2

Brooklyn, who supplied the paper boxes the candy was packaged in. If the candy company failed, so would Rubin & Sons. So Rubin & Sons bought the Sweets Company of America and pushed the sweet treat to new heights of popularity, increasing sales twelve-fold.

Fascinating

Food Facts

TR IVIA NEWSFPROOF RONT ADVERTISING

Final Changes DUE:

Mon., 6/11/18

One in a series

5:00 p.m..

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

email: valleybits@msn.com

Vol. XIV Issue 31

Favorite Candies

• During World War II when sugar was rationed, this candy was one of the few that was continuously produced, due to its long shelf life and resistance to melting. It was shipped to soldiers all over the world. Today the company produces about 64 million of the candies daily: Tootsie Rolls and Tootsie Pops. 

Fax: 760-320-1630

Preciado’s Painting and Iron Work • Business Card, BW, 26x Discount Rate • June 17 - Nov. 4, 2018 • Volume 14: #25 - Vol. 14: #45

• In the early 1900s, the Chicago candy maker F. Hoffman & Company offered a variety of confections. In 1928, Philo J. Holloway bought the company. He wanted to expand the line of goodies, and decided to have his researchers create the best chocolate candy they could PROOF possibly manufacture.

• In 1913 in Robinson, Illinois, a father bought a candy store to give his sons, Bayard and Everett, a business to run. They turned the shop into a successful candy shop and ice cream parlor. A traveling salesman shared a recipe for toffee with them.

(Answers on page 16) ADVERTISING ADVERTISING PROOF • They started with a caramel center, and covered Final Changes DUE: 5:00 p.m.. Final Changes DUE: 5:00 p.m.. P reciado ’ s Professional it with milk chocolate. The goal was to make review carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Prices  Hours ase review carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling the Prices  Hours chocolate-covered caramels perfectly round, PAINTING & CARPET INSTALLATION ADVERTISING PROOF ontactADVERTISING your TidbitsInterIor representative immediately with changes or corrections. PROOF but the problem was that they couldn’t make • exterIor • resIdentIal • Hoas with • CommerCIal Contact your Tidbits representative immediately changes or corrections. al Changes DUE: ffice: 760-320-0997 email: valleybits@msn.com 5:00 Fax: p.m.. 760-320-1630 d n them hold their shape. They ended up bumpy a nal Changes 5:00 Office: 760-320-0997 email: valleybits@msn.com Fax: p.m.. 760-320-1630 CDUE: ustom DeCorative

• Bayard and Everett experimented with the new toffee until they perfected the recipe. Later they covered the toffee with chocolate.

• In 1928 their father bought a dairy nearby and he convinced his sons to quit the candy store to carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Prices and Hours misshapen. FREE iew carefully. Doublerought check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Prices  Hours ron FREE help him on the dairy farm. They did, but they ESTIMATES 16+ years your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or corrections. • However, deformed as these candy lumps brought their candy-making equipment with ork Fax: 760.320.1630 act your Tidbits experience. representative immediately with changes or corrections. Phone: 760.320.0997 valleybits@msn.com 60-320-0997Customemail: valleybits@msn.com Fax: 760-320-1630 were, they were delicious. Philo J. Holloway Welding • Gates • Fences them and continued to turn out toffee. They :DR 760-320-0997 email: valleybits@msn.com Fax: 760-320-1630 Construction Rights Reserved Doors •Svcs. Chandeliers MORE! realized they would either have to abandon the ADVERTISING PROOF LDR Construction Svcs. • All started including “toffee bars” on the dairy’s /16 pg. 4CReasonable 26x disc. Rates • Excellent Workmanship! candy altogether, or else abandon the idea that 1/16 pg. Call 4C Me 26x disc. Mon., 9/11/2017 order form, so people could order milk, cream, 5:00 Today for Final Changes DUE: 989-8760 a FREE the candy had to be absolutely spherical. They March 18, 2018Estimate! Vol. 14 (-760 No.) 12 cottage cheese, or  toffee delivered righttoSpelling their  Pric Please review carefully. Double check: Phone Number(s) decided that the candy was too good to give up, door every morning. so they chose a name for the new confection thatyour Tidbits representative immediately with changes or corre Contact Enjoy the Outdoors • Sales got a boost, but then the Great Depression reflected its imperfection. Office: 760-320-0997 email: valleybits@msn.com Fax: 760-3 hit. However, toffee bars sold well during the • The lopsided lumps were a hit, and people Depression, because they cost only a nickel. didn’t mind their geometric shortcomings. Now Another boost arrived with World War II, when owned by Hershey, the chewy chocolate and the Army began to include it in soldier’s rations. caramel candy is a standard at movie theaters. Hershey bought the company in 1996, but the E l i t e w o o d / Alu m a - W o o d ADVERTISING Gee-Ar-Gee Construction Co.PROOF We all know them today as Milk Duds.  candy named after the family that invented Patio Covers pg. bar, BWDUE: 13x disc. Final1/16 Changes 5:00 p.m.. ADVERTISING Custom Columns & Styles Available ·PROOF Lifetime Warranty it, remains unchanged -the Heath Bar.  • Leo Hirschfield opened a candy store in New Please review carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Prices  Hours Sept. 17, 2017 Vol. 13 No. 38 Vinyl/Wood Fencing Final Changes DUE: · Composite Decks 5:00 p.m.. Please review carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Prices  Hours York City in 1896. He specialized in chocolates, Pre -Summe r Spe cia l Summer special! SPRING special! Contact your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or corrections. Contact your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or corrections. but during the summer they melted. He had a General Contractor CAFax: Lic#760-320-1630 988835 $2499 Office: 760-320-0997 email: valleybits@msn.com $ 3499 Office: 760-320-0997 email: valleybits@msn.com Fax: 760-320-1630 Increase Licensed · Bonded · Insured GEE-AR-GEE Your Home's r family recipe for fudge-flavored taffy, so he 10’ x 30’ 12’ x 20’ 760 413-4708 714 345-1652 You VALUE & CONSTRUCTION CO., INC. Attached Patio Cover Attached Patio Cover Reliable Service · Free Estimates Lifestyle! rolled it into logs, cut it into bite-size pieces, - Lattice or Solid "Large enough to serve • Small enough to care" l d r p a t i o @ a o l . c o m ·Lattice or Solid· Includes: Handling All Phases of Construction & Home Improvement All Materials & Installation wrapped it in paper, and sold it for a penny An Authorized Dealer / Installer of All Materials & Installation including Owner’s Ceiling fan PropertyMisting of RESIDENTIAL Koolfog Systems apiece. When it came to naming it, he thought of AdVentureProperty Media, Inc. & COMMERCIAL Building Custom Shade StructuresAdVenture in the Coachella Valley over 15 Years Media, Inc. of his daughter Clara,ADVERTISING and his pet nickname for PROOF A-1 TOP Quality! Specializing in her. KITCHEN & BATH REMODELS

Property of AdVenture Media, Inc.

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

July 16, 2018

FREE

Propertyof ofCoachella Valley FREE of Coachella Valley The Neatest Little Ever Read Property ofPaper AdVenture Media, Inc. Phone: 760.320.0997 Fax: 760.320.1630 Published by: AdVenture Media For Advertising Call Little (760) 320-0997 The Neatest Paper Ever Read valleybits@msn.com AdVenture Media, Inc. Fax: Phone: 760.320.0997 Published by: AdVenture Media For Advertising Call (760) 320-0997 760.320.1630 valleybits@msn.com valleybits@msn.com valleybits@msn.com 4 Million All Rights Reserved Readers Weekly 4 Million Nationwide! FREE All Rights Readers Weekly of Coachella Valley Reserved ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ©2005

FREE

Nationwide!

ofPaper Coachella Valley The Neatest Little Ever Read Phone: 760.320.0997 Fax: 760.320.1630 Published by: AdVenture Media For Advertising Call Little (760) 320-0997 valleybits@msn.com The Neatest Paper Ever Property of Read

Phone: 760.320.0997 Fax: 760.320.1630 valleybits@msn.com 1. U.S. PRESIDENTS: Which U.S. valleybits@msn.com All Rights Reserved president was the shortest? All Rights Reserved 2. HISTORY: What agreement provided for the dissolution of the former Soviet Union? 3. LITERATURE: Which book in the Harry Potter series has a mythical creature in its title? 4. TELEVISION: Who played Thurston Howell III on “Gilligan’s Island”? 5. FOOD & DRINK: What is the method that involves cooking food in sealed bags, usually in water? 6. GAMES: What company introduced the “Hot Wheels” toys and games? 7. GEOGRAPHY: How many U.S. states border the Gulf of Mexico? 8. SCIENCE: What element makes up 47 percent of the Earth’s crust? 9. ART: Which art movements was painter Max Ernst associated with? 10. ANIMAL KINGDOM: What is a group of kangaroos called? (Trivia Test Answers answers page 16) 1. James Madison, 5 foot 4 2. The Belavezha Accords Published by: AdVenture Media

For Advertising Call (760)Media, 320-0997Inc. AdVenture

4 Million Readers Weekly Nationwide!

of Coachella Valley

The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read

valleybits@msn.com

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

Published by: AdVenture Media

15 Offering5:00 Final ADVERTISING Changes DUE: TUES., MAY Solid Woodp.m.. European Cabinetry! PROOF

• Hirschfield up with theDouble Sweetscheck: Company Finished  withPrices Self-Closing Hardware, Please teamed review carefully.  Phone Number(s)  Spelling Hoursand Granite or Quartz Countertops All of America, Final and by 1905 a factory was turning Changes DUE: 5:00 p.m..Selections! Insurance Jobswith Contact your Tidbits representative immediately changes corrections. Serving all of the or Coachella Valley since 1991 out the candy. In 1931 they surrounded the taffy Please review carefully. Double check:  PhoneWelcomed! Number(s)  Spelling Remodeling  Prices   Hours New Construction HVAC Office: 760-320-0997 email: valleybits@msn.com Fax: 760-320-1630 with a candy lollipop for a new product that was FIRE Tile Block Walls  Concrete  Patios  Apartments Roofing  Room Additions  Drywall  Stucco Contact representative changes or corrections. DAMAGE with popular during the your GreatTidbits Depression because ofimmediately 10% Country Clubs  Commercial Tenant Improvements DISCOUNT RESTORATI O N Office: 760-320-0997 email: valleybits@msn.com Fax: 760-320-1630 Mobile Home Specialists  Retirement Homes its low price. for Seniors

Manhattan In The Desert

• In 1935 the company began to falter. This was 1/6 pg. 4C [media trade] of great concern to Joseph Rubin & Sons of May 20, 2018 Vol. 14 - No. 21

No Job Too Small -- FREE Estimates

“We Aim to Please!”

Call Today

Fully Insured LIC. #826297

760-318-2490 www.Gee-Ar-Gee.com

Property of AdVenture Media, Inc.

& Military

Financing O.A.C. Se Habla Español

SUMMER DINNER SPECIAL

Dinner is Served!

Must Present Coupon, 4 pm- close

4 Million Readers Weekly Nationwide!

All of Rights CoachellaReserved Valley The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read

● Roasted Turkey Dinner ● Homemade Meat Loaf ● Fish & Chips Property of ● Chicken Fettuccine AdVenture Media, Inc.

760-322-3354 Readers Weekly Nationwide!

of Coachella Valley The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read

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

Published by: AdVenture Media

2665 E. Palm Canyon Dr. • PalmAll Springs Rights Reserved 1 Block East of Farrell Dr.

Property of AdVenture Media, Inc.

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

Published by: AdVenture Media

DINE IN ONLY. Excludes Beverages. Excludes Holidays. No Splitting Entrees. Other restrictions may apply. Cannot combine with any other offer. Exp. Exp.8-15-18 5-31-18 4 Million

Call Today:

valleybits@msn.com

4 Million Readers Weekly Nationwide!

Complete Dinner

Choose From:

● Brisket of Beef ● Hamburger Steak ● Corned Beef & Cabbage ● Country Fried Steak

FREE

of Coachella Valley

Property of AdVenture Media, Inc. Phone: 760.320.0997 Fax: Published by: AdVenture Media For Advertising Call (760) 320-0997 760.320.1630 valleybits@msn.com The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read

INCLUDING CHOICE OF SOUP OR SALAD, CHOICE OF POTATO AND VEGETABLES

Tidbits coupon

4 Million Readers Weekly 4 Million Nationwide! Readers Weekly Nationwide!

King Features Weekly Service

Includes:

(Additional Cost for City Permits) (Additional Cost for City Permits)

Tidbits of Coachella Valley

Week of July 29, 2018

Pizza (from page one) were visiting Naples, and Esposito was asked to prepare an authentic Italian meal for them. Esposito created a special pizza “pie” meant to imitate the colors of the Italian flag: white mozzarella cheese, red tomato sauce, and green basil. It’s thought to have been the first time mozzarella was used on a pizza. The King and Queen had never tasted pizza before, and were so impressed by the meal that they raved about it. Esposito capitalized on their praise to promote his business, and the pizza pie fast became a popular dining sensation. • Pizza was introduced in America as Italians emigrated to America in the late 1800s and brought their traditional recipes with them,

introduced to pizza while stationed in Italy, and brought their passion for pizza home to the U.S. Today pizza is a $30 billion industry in the United States. • At first, pizzas were sold exclusively by the whole pie. But in 1933, Patsy Lancieri of Patsy’s Pizzeria in New York City (where else) started selling pizza by the slice. The trend was quickly picked up by other pizzerias and is now available just about everywhere. TOPPINGS AND TASTES

• Pepperoni is the most popular pizza topping. A full one third of all pizzas sold contain slices of the spicy sausage. Pepperoni is a fermented and dried meat that is not actually cooked. America’s top pepperoni manufacturer produces enough pepperoni slices annually to cover approximately 23,000 acres.

Page 3

crust, preferred by 61% of consumers. Thick crust and deep dish tie for second, at 14%. Only 11% of the population prefers extra thin. 1.

• There are about 75,000 pizzerias in the U.S., which represents 17% of all restaurants.

• The average pizzeria uses roughly 55 pizza boxes per day. • The record for the world’s largest round pizza was set in December of 2017 when a team of 2. five Italian chefs baked a 131-foot dimeter pizza. Pizza: To page 15 ��

QUIZ BITS

by K

W sc mo se

W tra fir sp

1. Where was Hawaiian pizza • In 1905, Gennaro Lombardi opened the first invented? licensed American pizzeria, Lombardi’s Pizzeria Napoletana, at 32 Spring Street in New York 1. Where is the highest-grossing City, selling his pizza pie creations for a nickle. • 62% of Americans prefer meat toppings while independently-owned pizza38% prefer vegetables. Women are twice as Lombardi's is still in business today at the same ria in the U.S. located? ADVERTISING PROOF likely as men to order vegetables on pizza. location as a must-stop visit for tourists from Answers page 16 Final Changes DUE: TUES., APR. 24 5:00 p.m.. • Mozzarella is found on 60% of pizzas. That’s around the world. Please review carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Prices  Hours because among all cheese, mozzarella has the • During the first few decades of the 20th century, Contact your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or corrections. CLIP AND SAVE highest moisture content, the lowest quantity was mostly eaten by working class Fax: Italian Office:pizza 760-320-0997 email: valleybits@msn.com 760-320-1630 1. ADVERTISING PROOF of free oil, the best elasticity, and the unique immigrants. The first American cities where Mon., 1/29/18 Final Changes DUE: 5:00 p.m.. 2. stretchability associated with pizza. pizza was routinely sold were New York City, Please review carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Prices  Hours Robert Huth Awning Company Boston, New Haven, Connecticut, and Trenton, Contact your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or corrections. • 1/16th pg, Full Color, 26x Discount Each year thousands of people involved in the Office: 760-320-0997 email: valleybits@msn.com Fax: 760-320-1630 New Jersey. All of these cities had an influx of pizza industry attend Pizza Expo, the world's • April 29 - Oct. 21, 2018 Italian immigrants around the turn of the century. largest pizza-only trade show. Held annually 6-15-18 • Volume 14: #18 - #43 in Las Vegas, the show's events include ADVERTISING PROOF • During World War II, American soldiers were Freestyle Acrobatic Dough Tossing, Fastest Final Changes DUE: 5:00 p.m.. 1/8 pg. BW 6x Dough, Largest Dough Stretch, and Fastest Please review carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Prices  Hours Pizza Box Folding. Feb. 4, 2018 Vol. 14 - No. 6

Q A

V C

GLOSSY

PATIO COVERS

8-15-18

Contact your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or corrections.

Office: 760-320-0997

email: valleybits@msn.com

Fax: 760-320-1630

Commercial • Residential • Mobile Homes

Solid or Lattice, all Aluminum Patio Covers The textured look and feel of Real Wood - but with NO warping, splitting, peeling or maintenence! 10% is

given to care of Abused Horses

Mention this ad

Property offor a 30% AdVenture Media, Inc. SENIOR DISCOUNT

Robert FREE Huth

4 Million Readers Weekly Nationwide!

AWNING CO. The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read a FREE Estimate Phone: 760.320.0997 Call Fax:for 760.320.1630 of Coachella Valley

Published by: AdVenture Media

CA Lic #350-151

760-861-3680

For Advertising Call (760) 320-0997

valleybits@msn.com

40 Years Experience -- Serving the Reserved Entire Coachella Valley All Rights

TS ofE GG E UProperty Media, Inc. EDG NAdVenture L W O N OF K

4 Million Readers Weekly Nationwide!

of Coachella Valley

ALL ADVERTISING PROOF SWIMSUITS Final Changes DUE: 5:00 $2999

• Mozzarella is an Italian cheese originally made Property of AdVenture Media, Inc. Please review in Naples area. The word “mozzarella” startedcarefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Pric out as the Latin word “mutius” meaning “blunt” Contact your Tidbits representative immediatelyFREE with changes or corre Phone: 760.320.0997 Fax: 760.320.1630 or “cut off” presumably because the cheese was Office: 760-320-0997 email: valleybits@msn.com valleybits@msn.com Fax: 760-3 formed into rolls that were bluntly whacked off All Rights Reserved into portions. The word “mutius” also gave us the words “mute” and “mutilate.” When the word passed into Italian, it became “mozza” and the • LARGE SELECTION diminutive form of the word was “mozzarella.” 4 Million Readers Weekly Nationwide!

of Coachella Valley

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

Published by: AdVenture Media

We’ve Moved!

PIZZA BY THE NUMBERS

• Regular thin pizza crust is the most popular

▲

GLOSSY



N N Costco

Monterey Ave.

• Kids ages 3 to 11 prefer pizza over all other food groups for both lunch and dinner.

GLOSSY

Come visit our new store!

Shoppers Ln

• The average American eats 46 slices of pizza every year, which works out to about 23 pounds of pizza annually. 40% of us eat pizza at least once a week, and 93% eat it at least once a month. It’s likely you’ll eat around 6,000 slices of pizza over the course of your lifetime.

valleybits@msn.com

• MASTECTOMY • MODEST STYLES

• The most popular pizza size in the U.S. today is 14 inches in diameter. Keep in mind, however, that one 18-inch portion gives you more pizza than two 12-inch sizes.

Miriam Way

Former Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning bought 21 All Rights Reserved Papa John's Pizza locations in Colorado in 2012, right before state legislature voted to legalize marijuana. Since its passing, and the appetites of marijuana users for "munching" increased proportionately, the pizza sales of many of these stores have more than doubled. The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read

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

Published by: AdVenture Media

• A single mozzarella cheese manufacturing conglomerate in Denver, Colorado buys about seven percent of the total available milk in the U.S. in order to supply mozzarella for most of America’s pizzas. This means that the entire milk production of one out of every 20 cows is devoted just to mozzarella for pizza.

Dinah Shore Dr.

Connecting you to wellness

Women’s Boutique

Swimsuits • Clothing • Accessories 760-329-1288

Costco Shopping Center

72-680 Dinah Shore Dr. Palm Desert

Hours: Mon.- Sat. • 9:30am - 5pm

•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• AdVenture Media, Inc.FREE! Health Screenings A nonprofitFREE Food & Nutrition resource provided by Desert Phone: 760.320.0997 Fax: 760.320.1630 Counseling Healthcare valleybits@msn.com District/Foundation Education and the City of Sports & Recreation All Rights Reserved Palm Springs 4 Million Readers Weekly Nationwide!

Property of

of Coachella Valley

The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read

Published by: AdVenture Media

For Advertising Call (760) 320-0997

valleybits@msn.com

nize sers,

Page 4

Tidbits of Coachella Valley

Everyday CHEAPSKATE

by Mary Hunt By Samantha Weaver

* You probably won’t be surprised to learn that it was Albert Einstein who made the following sage observation: “A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it.” * Ever wonder why blue jeans are blue? When they were first designed by Levi Strauss, the people most likely to wear them were those who did a great deal of manual labor. Strauss rightly assumed the work was likely to be dirty, so he dyed his new trousers indigo to help hide stains. * Statistics on sporting events show that 17 of the 20 sporting events with the most attendees every year are NASCAR races. * Before horror author Stephen King became famous for novels such as “Carrie,” “The Stand” and “The Shining,” he wrote four novels and 60 short stories, all of which were rejected for publication. * Historians report that Napoleon Bonaparte, when he wasn’t busy conquering, enjoyed ice skating. * Do animals grieve their own? Perhaps so -- at least, some animals. When an elephant dies, other elephants in the herd will cover the body with leaves and branches and often will stay with it for days. * You may be surprised to learn that a Boeing 747 jet is longer from wingtip to wingtip than the distance of the Wright Brothers’ first airplane flight. * If you’re enjoying summer picnics, you might want to keep in mind the fact that there are 1,500 known species of fleas and 9,500 known species of ants. Then again, that might be a factoid you’d rather forget. *** Thought for the Day: “Strike an average between a woman thinks of her Tell themwhat you husband a month before she marries him saw their ad and what she thinks of him a year afterin Tidbits! ward, and you will have the truth about him.” -- H.L. Mencken (c) 2018 King Features Synd., Inc.

Remember: DON’T FORGET! Tell the advertisers Remember to you saw their THANK ad in OUR

ADVERTISERS Tidbits! FOR THEIR AD IN TIDBITS! (You(Tidbits wouldn’t wouldn't be have Tidbits possible withoutwithout them) them)

End-of-Life Preplanning Offers Joy and Peace of Mind

Planning for parents’ end-of-life expenses ® is about the last thing most adult children want to deal with. At least not right now.

Everyday CHEAPSKATE by Mary Hunt

A traditional funeral costs about $6,000, although extras like flowers, obituary notices, acknowledgment cards and limousines can easily bring the total to well over $10,000. Families often lavishly overspend on a funeral or burial because they think of it as a reflection of their feelings for the deceased. DEAR MARY: My comment is in response to a letter on the Everyday Cheapskate website from Bonita in South Dakota titled “Where to Keep Money for Mom?” She was looking for input on how to invest $10,000 for her 62-year-old mother who has no savings or life insurance and lives on disability. I would recommend they go to any funeral home and speak with the person there who handles prepaid funerals. Essentially, you are purchasing an insurance policy to cover the funeral costs. We did this for my dad before he moved into a long-term care facility, which was going to drain his remaining assets to zero dollars. A prepaid funeral policy is excluded from the asset base and is protected once the assets are gone and a person goes on medical assistance. With all the other drama that comes with aging parents, it is nice for my sister and me to know that the end is covered and won’t create still another drain/strain on everything. -- Molly Dear Molly: Thanks for this wise advice. In fact, many elder law attorneys advise prepayment as a way to invest in assets that will not be countable by Medicaid or SSI. You read it in tidbits! However, I want my dear readers to know

that there are pitfalls on the road to prepaid endof-life arrangements, which they need to know about in order to avoid falling into them. Buyers beware.

state laws and vary greatly from one state to another. Following are some questions the FTC recommends asking before signing up for a pre-need funeral arrangement. The questions are from the FTC booklet "Shopping for Funeral Services: • What happens to the money you’ve prepaid? States have different requirements for handling those funds. • Who will get the interest income on money that is prepaid and then put into a trust account? • How will you be protected if the funeral provider or the insurance underwriter it uses goes out of business for some reason? • Can you cancel the contract and get a full refund if you change our minds? • What happens if you move to a different area or die while away from home? • Can your prepaid funeral plans be transferred, and if so, what is the additional cost? Sometimes it’s more convenient and less stressful to price-shop funeral homes by telephone. The Funeral Rule requires funeral directors to provide price information over the phone to any caller who asks for it. If you run into problems or have questions about your state laws, most states have a licensing board that regulates the funeral industry. For specific information on how to obtain the resources mentioned above, go to EverydayCheapskate.com/funeral. See also the FTC webpage: https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/ articles/0070-shopping-funeral-services. * * * Mary invites questions, comments and tips

at mary@everydaycheapskate.com, or c/o Everyday Cheapskate, 12340 Seal Beach Blvd., Suite B-416, Seal Beach, CA 90740. This column will answer questions of general interest, but letters cannot be answered individually. Mary Hunt is the founder of www.DebtProofLiving.com, a personal finance member website and the author of “Debt-Proof Living,” released in 2014. To find out more about Mary and read her past columns, please visit the Creators Syndicate webpage at www.creators.com. COPYRIGHT 2018 CREATORS.COM

GOT

Consumers lose millions of dollars every year when pre-need funeral funds are misspent or misappropriated. A funeral provider could mishandle, mismanage or embezzle the funds. Some go out of business before the need for the prepaid funeral arises. Others sell policies that are virtually worthless. Consumers received some protection from unscrupulous funeral providers with the creation of the Funeral Rule in 1984. This rule, administered by the Federal Trade Commission, requires funeral providers to give consumers accurate itemized price information and other specific disclosures about funeral goods and services. The problem is that many of these kinds of end-of-life contracts are governed by

Vol. XIV Issue 31

MEDI-CAL? Protect your assets while qualifying for Medi-Cal

• Pays for Nursing Home Care • In-Home Supportive Serices • Prescription Drugs Office Location: 777 E. Tahquitz Canyon Way #200, 92262

Call Today!

800-403-6078

WARNING: Reading Tidbits is habit forming

ADVERTISING PROOF Final Changes DUE: TUES, JUNE 12 5:00 p.

Week of July 29, 2018

THE UPS AND DOWNS OF

elevators

• The modern elevator of today is a direct descendant of a design first shown by Elisha G. Otis at the New York World’s Fair in 1853. Besides being an attractive alternative to using stairs, an important feature of the Otis elevator was a safety device that immediately engaged and held the elevator, bringing it to a safe stop in the event the cables broke. • The world’s first passenger elevator was installed in a New York City hotel in 1857. Today the Otis Elevator Company carries the equivalent of the world’s population in their elevators every five days! • Early elevators were furnished extravagantly with chandeliers, benches, and carpets, so passengers could sit down and get comfortable before the elevator operator engaged the conveyance. The top floors of tall buildings, which had previously been relegated to the maids, janitors, and poverty-stricken immigrants who were willing to climb long flights of stairs, now became desirable real estate, not only for the panoramic views but also for the distance away from the noisy streets.

Page 5 Please review carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Prices

Tidbits of Coachella Valley

Contact your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or correction

and to manually open and close the doors. Office: Automated elevators became available during the 1950s.

calm fearful passengers.

760-320-0997

email: valleybits@msn.com

Fax: 760-320-1

• The maximum vertical distance that one cablehoisted elevator can achieve is 1,700 feet. The amount of cable required to hoist an elevator car any higher risks the danger of snapping under its own sheer weight.

• Aside from fire or catastrophic structural collapse, the only known occurrence of an elevator car free-falling due to a snapped cable happened New York City in 1945. While flying • Most elevators travel at the rate of 500 feet per in heavy fog enroute to LaGuardia airport, a minute, while the modern elevators Absolute Handyman Serviceshigh-speed c/o Chris Gallagher military B-25 Bomber crashed into the 79th found in BW, most13x of the • Bsns Card, disctallest buildings move at a ADVERTISING floor of the Empire State Building severing the ADVERTISING PROOF brisk 2,000 per 9, minute.  PROOF ADVERTISING • June 17, 2018 feet -- Sept. 2018PROOF cables of two elevators. The elevator car on Final Changes DUE: 5:006p.m.. 5:00 p MON. , MARCH Final DUE: • Vol. 13: #25 - Vol. 14: #37 FinalChanges Changes DUE: Please review carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Prices  Hours5:00 p the 75th floor carried one woman passenger, CLIP AND SAVE Please review carefully. Double check: Spelling Please review carefully. Double check:Phone PhoneNumber(s) Number(s) SpellingPrices Price Contact your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or corrections. but the car's braking system and the 1,000 feet Office: 760-320-0997 email: valleybits@msn.com Fax: 760-320-1630 of tangled cable below slowed Contact its descent, your Contact yourTidbits Tidbitsrepresentative representativeimmediately immediatelywith withchanges changesororcorrectio correct BEST N O E! D enabling her to survive. LET’S FINALLY GET YOUR “HONEY DO” LIST Office: email: PFax: RIC Office:760-320-0997 760-320-0997 email:valleybits@msn.com valleybits@msn.com Fax:760-320760-32

HANDYMAN SERVICES

• InterIor & exterIor • PaIntIng • Drywall • There are currently about 900,000 elevators in • electrIcal • Hang t.V.s • ceIlIng Fans use throughout the U.S., carrying an estimated • outlets • lIgHt swItcHes • stucco 18 billion passengers some 1.36 billion miles in • wooD FloorIng • MobIle HoMe rePaIr the course of a single year. NO JOB TOO SMALL! c/o Corey Chambers • There are about 27 deaths related to elevatorsRealty Source, Inc. Coachella Valley • Hi-Desert •Sky Valley

10%26xOFF CALL annually, but almost all of those fatalities areBZ BW SENIOR & MILITARY DISCOUNT CHRIS of 760. with 12, this ad 2017 • Exp.8-31-18 6-30-18Vol. 13 -AdVenture No.Property 11Media, TODAY! accidents involving elevator mechanics. MostMarch Inc. elevator-related injuries to passengers occur when the door is closing.

413.6150

• Statistics show that riding the elevator is about ten times safer than using the stairs and 20 times safer than using escalators. Even though there are 20 times more elevators than escalators, elevators have only one-third as many accidents. Elevators are also safer than cars. An average of 27 elevator deaths per year may seem like a lot, but consider that there are more than 40,000 auto-related deaths every year.

FREE ESTIMATES!

HOME SELLERS 4 Million Readers Weekly Nationwide!

•

ES!

FREE

of Coachella Valley

The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read

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

Published by: AdVenture Media

FREE Free computerized list w/ pictures of Phone: 760.320.0997 Fax: 760.320.1630 area homes sales & current listings valleybits@msn.com 4 Million Readers Weekly Nationwide!

of Coachella Valley

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

Published by: AdVenture Media

valleybits@msn.com

1-800-791-4541 (I.D. #1041)

Corey Chambers, Realty Source, Inc. BRE# 01889449

• More than 325 million people ride on elevators each day compared with 245 million riders on ADVERTISING escalators.

PROOF Changes DUE: notMON., JULY 23 5:00 p.m.. • Mirrors areFinal commonly found in elevators, Property Propertyofof

• Advances in elevator technology have kept 7/29 International Chicken Wing Day pace with advances in building engineering AdVenture Please review carefully. check: Phone Number(s)  Spelling Media, Prices  Hours AdVenture Media,Inc. Inc. only because it gives peopleDouble something to  look and construction. In the 1870s, Equitable Life 7/30 Whistleblowers Appreciation Day at duringContact the rideyour (i.e. themselves) but they also Tidbits representative immediately with changes or corrections. Assurance Society CEO Henry Boyle built the 7/31 National Mutt Appreciation Day make the elevator car appear larger, helping to Office: 760-320-0997 email: valleybits@msn.com Fax: 760-320-1630 FREE FREE tallest building in New York City at that time– ofof Coachella Valley Coachella Valley 8/1 Air ForceTheThe Day reduce the claustrophobic anxiety experienced Neatest Little Paper Ever Read Neatest Little Paper Ever Read a full seven stories, served by two passenger Phone: Phone:760.320.0997 760.320.0997 Fax: Fax:760.320.1630 760.320.1630 by some in close quarters. 8/2 Pretty Is As Pretty Does Day valleybits@msn.com valleybits@msn.com elevators. In the 1890s, the world’s tallest • Elevator firstBoldizar appeared in the 1920s to 8/3 NationalAllWatermelon Day Lane music c/o Gary building was the 20-story Masonic Temple inQuick AllRights RightsReserved Reserved Chicago. By 1913, it was the 55-story Woolworth1/4 pg. • Full Color • 13x Discount 8/4 Coast Guard Day July 22, 2018 Vol. 14 No. 31 Building in New York City. Today the tallest CLIP AND SAVE building is the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, reaching 2,722 feet, serviced by 57 Otis elevators. 4 Million 4 Million Readers Weekly Readers Weekly Nationwide! Nationwide!

For Advertising Call (760) 320-0997 For Advertising Call (760) 320-0997

Published by: AdVenture Media Published by: AdVenture Media

• Control systems on early elevators required human operators to regulate the speed of the lift and descent, to stop the elevator at each floor,

YES! THE

BIG TIRE EVENT

WE PROC ESS

BUY 4 TIRES & SAVE

UP TO

$ 95 ALIGNMENT

(Answers on page 16)

$200 purchase or more

on select tires*

Get special financing, exclusive rebate offers and low monthly payments with the



4 Million



AVOID SURPRISES!

DON’T

Weekly Final Changes 5:00 p.m.. Lube, Oil & Filter Change, TireFREE Lube, OilReaders &Nationwide! Filter Change,DUE: Tire WAIT! ofRotation, Coachella Valley Please review Multipoint carefully. Double Number(s)  Spelling  Prices  Hours Multipoint Vehicle Rotation, Vehiclecheck:  Phone Have Your The NeatestInspection Little Paper Ever Read Contact your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or corrections.Car ’s A/C Inspection Phone: 760.320.0997 Fax: 760.320.1630 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ©2005

Published by: AdVenture Media

Semi Synthetic Blend

Office: 760-320-0997

PLUS gton St.

Adams St.

shin Wa

Varne r

PREMIUM OIL CHANGE THE WORKS ADVERTISING PROOF OIL CHANGE

• Oil Changes • Brakes • Wiper Blades • Alignments

10% OFF

REBAT

Quick Lane Credit Card.

*See service advisor for details.

I-10 Ca

130

Military, Fire & Police

ALL

*See service advisor for details.Property Tires must of be purchased by 8/31/18. Rebates must be postmarked by 8/31/18. AdVenture Media, Inc.

with tire purchase and this coupon.

LOW PRICE TIRE GUARANTEE*

valleybits@msn.com valleybits@msn.com

Full Synthetic Service!

For Advertising Call (760) 320-0997

valleybits@msn.com email: valleybits@msn.com

8995

valleybits@msn.com

Fax: 760-320-1630 Checked

All Rights  This Reserved service is designed for performance, luxury, or other “higher end” vehicles, usually imports, which Standard service includes up to 5 quarts multi weight oil and new require additional oil, synthetic oil, or specialty filters. oil filter. Diesel and other vehicles higher. Additional parts may be required to properly complete this service at additional cost. Sales tax extra. Ask your service advisor for details. Expires 8-31-18

▲ N N

Includes up to 8 quarts Synthetic oil and new oil filter. Additional parts may be required to properly complete this service at additional cost. Sales tax extra. Ask your service advisor for details. Expires 8-31-18

No Appointment Necessary!

Rd.

Located behind the I-10 Car Dealers

2000

ONLY

 Test Vent Temperature  Visual Inspection of Belt  Inspection of A/C Components  Inspect System for Leaks Most Cars & Light Trucks

With Coupon Only. Coupon may not be combined with any other offers. Expires 8-31-18.

Next to the ALL NEW

I-10 AUTO BODY

Ave. 40 Dealers

NOW!

A/C Checkup Includes:

CALL:

79-015 Ave. 40 • Indio

(760)

775-7777

Hours: M-F 7am-6pm • Sat 7am-3pm

ADVERTISING PROOF ADVERTISING PROOF XIV Issue 31 JUNE 26 Final Changes DUE: TUES., Vol. 5:0 Final Changes DUE: 5:00 pP Please review carefully.  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  for what Double seems check: like years, it’s finally coming to (Tara Lynne Barr), had decided to move to SacraTidbits of Coachella Valley

Page 6

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

fruition. The film will be written by series creator mento to live with her grandmother, played Contact by the your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or co Julianrepresentative Fellowes, and immediately as of this writing, Hugh Bonnfabulous Frances Conroy in an always wonderful Contact your Tidbits with changes or correctio Office: 760-320-0997 email: valleybits@msn.com Fax: 76 eville, Michelle Dockery, Dame Maggie Smith, and always uncomfortable recurring guest role. Office: 760-320-0997 email: valleybits@msn.com Fax: 760-320Elizabeth McGovern, Laura Carmichael, Joanne *** Can you tell me what’s going on Froggatt and many more familiar faces are set to with my favorite show, “Unreal”? I heard it return. Production begins later this summer. has just one more season left. * * * Brian’s Live Bee Removal Write to Cindy at King Features Weekly Ser-- Greta Y., via email

King Features News Syndicate

My roommate told me that “Casual” has been canceled! Please tell me that’s not true. -- Vivian I., Seattle

Virginia Drive, Orlando, FL 32803; or e-mail BZ vice, BW 628 6x disc. her at letters@cindyelavsky.com. Everyone’s favorite reality-dating-July 1, 2018 Vol. 14 - No. 27

(c) 2018 King Features Synd., Inc. show drama is back -- already! While season three just finished its run on Lifetime at the end of April, DCCS - SPRING SEMESTER While it’s true that the fan favorite and the show’s fourth and final season is now streampg critical darling of Hulu is ending, don’t get out your ing in its entirety on Hulu. In a move that took a 1/16th lot tissues just yet. The half-hour streaming dramedy fans by surprise, the show moved to Hulu and is that stars Tommy Dewey and Michaela Watkins streaming every episode of every season as I type has one more seathis, including the eight brand-new episodes of its SAVE THE BEES! son up its sleeve. last season. While fans had held out hope that Hulu 45 years professional experience. And breaking from might renew the series for additional seasons, the Hulu’s normal trastreaming giant confirmed in mid-July that this BRIAN’S LIVE BEE REMOVAL SERVICE dition of airing one would be curtains for “Unreal,” and “Everlasting” www.LivingBees.com episode a week, MON., SEPT. 25 -- the dating show within the drama -- with a true-toall eight episodes the-show carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Prices wrap-up Hours that is sure to bring out the crazy of season four will that we all know and love. our Tidbits droprepresentative on July 31 immediately with changes or corrections. Season four of “Unreal” follows Rachel for your email: bingeing (Shiri Appleby) and Quinn (Constance Zimmer) 0-320-0997 valleybits@msn.com Fax: 760-320-1630 Property of pleasure. as they return to the set of “Everlasting” for an AdVenture Property of Media, Inc. AdVenture Media, Inc. To recap All Stars-themed season. With former contestants where we left off and a new format, this season is poised to be even FREE Give your child lifelongValley gift last season: Alex more dramatic than ever. Co-creator Sarah Gerof the Coachella Tommy Dewey FREE The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read Modern(played Real Estate Shop of a top-quality, wholesome of Coachella Valley by Tomtrude Shapiro and showrunner Stacy Rukeyser Phone: 760.320.0997 Fax: 760.320.1630 The Neatest Little PaperEducation Ever Read Christian 1/12 4Cmy)13x disc valleybits@msn.com Phone: 760.320.0997 Fax: 760.320.1630 found out his roommate, Rae, is pregnant with both returned for season four, and new cast memfrom a prestigious private valleybits@msn.com Oct. 1, 2017 Vol.after 13 -their No. 40 his baby drunken one-night stand. And bers include Francois Arnaud, Natalie Hall, MeaschoolAll- the most Reserved affordable Rights in the Coachella Valley. All Rights Reserved Val (Michaela) discovered that her daughter, Laura gan Holder and Alejandro Munoz. Constance Zimmer returns as director for one episode, and Shiri Grades Appleby directs two episodes, including the series K - 12 finale. CALL TODAY 760.327.2772 So buckle up, buttercups, and get your ADVERTISING PROOF 630 South Sunrise Way • Palm Springs, CA 92264 guilty-pleasure binge on! Final Changes DUE: 5:00 p.m.. review carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Prices  *** Hours READERS: I am thrilled to report that it’s ontact your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or corrections. finally official: “Downton Abbey” is definitely headffice: 760-320-0997 email: valleybits@msn.com Fax: 760-320-1630 ing to the big screen for a feature film! After reporting on the rumors, stirrings and speculations

LIVE BEE REMOVAL

760-523-3754

ADVERTISING PROOF l Changes DUE: 5:00 p.m.. Photo credit: Hulu

ENROLL NOW for 2018-2019

SCHOOL YEAR 4 Million Readers Weekly 4 Million Nationwide! Readers Weekly Nationwide!

Published by: AdVenture Media

For Advertising Call (760) 320-0997

valleybits@msn.com

PROPERTY MANAGEMENT

WE HANDLE EVERYTHING! Vacation Rentals | Long Term Rentals “HomeAway” Services Family Owned + Operated Servicing Coachella Valley for 20 years!

1. Hotel Transylvania 3:

Property of AdVenture Media, Inc.

call: 760.772.3880 X.825 4 Million Readers Weekly Nationwide!

FREE

of Coachella Valley

The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read

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

Published by: AdVenture Media

www.modernreshop.com

Hand carved, slow roasted Property of AdVenture Media, Inc.

ROCK-SALT ROASTED 4 Million Readers Weekly Nationwide!

PRIME RIB of Coachella Valley

FREE

FILLER PAGE 2 2Q08 - WEEK 19 MAY 4 - MAY 10

The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read

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

Published by: AdVenture Media

Available after 4pm

PRESENTS TRIVIA NEWSFRONT™ by by Kara Kara Kovalchik Kovalchik && Sandy Sandy Wood Wood

1. Who had a #1 hit in 1961 with the sardonic “Mother-in-Law”? E. Palm 2. According to the1030 proverb, whatCanyon is “the Dr. Palm Springs, CA 92264 mother of invention”? (760) 327-8419 3. What was the www.eatatelmers.com real first name of AfricanAmerican comedienne Moms Mabley? 4. What film actor wanted to Throw Momma

1. Split ................................ (PG-13) Summer Vacation ....................(PG) James McAvoy, Anya Taylor-Joy animated 2. Rings ............................... (PG-13) 2. Ant-Man the Lutz, Wasp Alex (PG-13) Matilda Anna and Ingrid Roe Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly 3. A Dog’s Purpose ..................(PG) 3. Skyscraper ..................... (PG-13) Josh Gad, Dennis Quaid Dwayne Johnson, Campbell 4. Hidden FiguresNeve ....................(PG) 4. Incredibles 2 Octavia ........................(PG) Taraji P. Henson, Spencer animated 5. La La Land .................... (PG-13) Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone 5. Jurassic World: 6. Resident Evil: The Final(PG-13) Fallen Kingdom ................. Chapter ...................................... Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard (R) Milla Jovovich, Glen 6. The A First (R) TRIVIA IVIRPurge T Iain ..................... 7. Sing .......................................(PG) Y’lan Davis NEWSFRONT SRNoel, EWSLex NA Scott TNANSWERS OR FSWEN animated 7. Sorry to Bother You .............. (R) 8. Lion 1. Ernie eK-Doe oD-Tessa K einrEThompson .1 (PG-13) Lakeith................................ Stanfield, Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman 8. Sicario: Day ofythe . (R) 2. necessity tissecSoldado eUs n .2 .. (PG-13) 9. The Space Between Benicio Del Toro, Brolin, Gary Oldman, Asa Josh Butterfield 3. Loretta a t t e r o L .3 UncleReturn Drew .................... 10.9.xXx: of Xander(PG-13) Kyrie Irving, Lil Rel Cage .................................... 4. Danny otiVDeVito eD yHowery nnaD .4 (PG-13) 10. Ocean’s 8 ...................... (PG-13) Vin Diesel, Donnie Yen

S ™ cin

EALWAYS ERF SYAFREE WLA ALWAYS FUN N UF SYAW LA

Tidbits of Coachella Valley

Good Recipes from

Page 7

Paid Advertisement

add to bowl. 5. Add remaining cumin, salt and pepper and remaining ingredients to bowl; toss to mix and coat. Serves 4.

RENOVA SOLAR Easy Grilled Plums 1/3 pg. column 13x disc.

1 tablespoon granulated sugar

6 fresh plums, halved

1 cup ricotta

1 teaspoon orange zest

2 tablespoons honey

1/4 cup shelled pistachios

Fax: 760-320-1630

Waiting to Install Solar Postpones Savings Q: Is there any reason for me to

explore solar now or should I just wait until next year?

1. Heat grill to medium. Sprinkle the sugar over the cut side of the plums and grill, cutside down, until slightly charred and beginning to caramelize, 1 to 2 minutes. Turn and cook, covered, 2 minutes more.

A: Now is a great time to explore

email: valleybits@msn.com

solar - if you’re looking to purchase or thinking you might lease. Start exploring now and if you purchase your system and it’s installed by the end of the year, you will have the 30% Federal Tax Credit you can apply to your tax 2. Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, combine the ricotta and orange zest. liability for 2018. And if you can’t take it all this year, you can spread it out over several Please review carefully. Double check: the  Phone  Spelling  Prices  Hours 3. Transfer plumsNumber(s) to plates, spoon 1. Cook pasta in a large pot of lightly salt- years. Please review carefully. Double check: over Phone with Spelling Prices  Hours ricotta mixture theNumber(s) top, drizzle the orcorrections. ed water as package directs. Drain; rinse underyour the Contact Tidbits representative immediately with changes With a purchase, you should be able honey, and sprinkle immediately with pistachios. cold water and drain again. Transfer to a largeyour Tidbits Contact representative with changes or corrections. to pay for your system with the savings in as Office: 760-320-0997 email: valleybits@msn.com Fax: 760-320-1630 serving bowl. few as five years, and if you use SunPower Office: 760-320-0997 email: valleybits@msn.com Fax: 760-320-1630  Makes 6 servings. Calories per servpanels, you’ll enjoy “free” electricity for more ing: 249. 2. Heat outdoor grill. Rub steak with 1/4 than 30 years, as their panels have an ex teaspoon each of the cumin, salt and pepper. * * * pected life of up to 40 years, with 25 of those Coat steak, peppers, corn and onion with non For hundreds of triple-tested Shade Buildersrecipes, visit our years covered by a comprehensive warranty. stick spray. website 1/8th at www.goodhousekeeping.com/recipes/. pg. • 4c • 13x discount rate If you decide to lease (no money Hearst Inc. • Vol. 12: #41 - #53 Oct. 2 -Communications, Dec. 25, 2016 3. Grill steak 4 to 6 minutes, turning once, (c) 2018 upfront and free installation), as soon as for medium-rare. Remove to cutting board; let your system is powered up, with a reputable stand 5 minutes. Grill peppers, corn and onion firm like Renova, you’ll start to enjoy fixed 8 to 10 minutes, turning as needed until lightly payments that are 25 – 50% less than your charred and tender. previous average electric bill. That means TUES., MAR. 28 savings start right away with money for the 4. Cut peppers and onion into bite-size holidays. For you, the 30% Federal Tax pieces Double and cutcheck: corn off add to bowl with view carefully.  cob; Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Prices  Hours Credit is taken by the owner of the equippasta. Slice steak thinly against the grain and We’ll Beat ment you’re leasing, but it’s reflected in a tact your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or corrections. Anyone’s Price lower monthly payment. e: 760-320-0997 email: valleybits@msn.com Fax: 760-320-1630 Office: 760-320-0997

ADVERTISING PROOF ADVERTISING PROOF Final Changes DUE: 5:00 p.m.. Final Changes DUE: Mon., 9/26/16 5:00 p.m..

PATIO COVERS

ADVERTISING PROOF Final Changes DUE: 5:00 Letp.m.. us transform your backyard! -Guaranteed!

how come everyone doesn’t have solar?

ADVERTISING Desert Jewelry Mart & Coin PROOF 1/12 pg 4C 26x rate Changes DUE: 5:00 p.m..

April 2, 2017 Vol. 13 - No. 14 ICAL: CTR arefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  PricesELE Hours Property of s Fan ing Ceil ADVERTISING PROOF AdVenture Media, Inc. our Tidbits representative immediately with changes or corrections. ts Ligh t Pos Changes DUE: & Final 5:00 p.m.. Property of le DoubleAdVenture Please review carefully. check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Prices  Hours Availab 0-320-0997 email: valleybits@msn.com Media, Inc. We Buy and Sell yourFax: 760-320-1630

PATIO SALE!

JEWELRY

• Diamonds • Gold, Silver • Platinum • Watches Diamond Experts

Contact

Two gemologists on staff Over 30 years experience

Free Quotes

American Numismatic Assn. Jewelers Board of Trade National Association of Jewelry Appraisers

Property of Serving the entire Valley

Canyon Dr.

Van Fleet St.

111

of Coachella Valley

The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read

▲

Date Palm Dr.

Cathedral

AdVenture Media, Inc. Paper Mary Money Pickford Experts

(760) 328-9121

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

Published by: AdVenture Media

representative immediately with changes or corrections.

with this ad.FREE

email: valleybits@msn.com Fax: 760-320-1630 of Coachella Valley Aluminum Patios The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read Phone: 760.320.0997 Fax: 760.320.1630 FREE SEN IOR (looks like wood, only better!) of Coachella Valley valleybits@msn.com The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read DIS CO UN TS Patio Covers  Carports Phone: 760.320.0997 Fax: 760.320.1630 All Rights Reserved valleybits@msn.com  Retractable Awnings Drop Shades  Concrete Patios, All Rights Slabs Reserved& MORE! ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ©2005

For Advertising Call (760) 320-0997

Published by: AdVenture Media

valleybits@msn.com

Loans on Jewelry Available

DESERT JEWELRY MART & COINS 4 Million Readers Weekly Nationwide!

200 OFF

4 Million Readers Weekly Published by: AdVenture Media Nationwide!

Lic. #33250995

We Buy Jewelry Too

4 Million your Tidbits Readers Weekly Nationwide!

Office: 760-320-0997

• Estate Jewelry • Jewelry Repair • We Buy Coins



Professional Workmanship • Affordable Prices

CALL TODAY:

Q: All that sounds really good –

FINANCING 760-578-2930 AVAILABLE FREE ESTIMATES & DESIGN Lic. #870046 • Locally Owned & Operated

Enjoy Tidbits

Property of AdVenture Media, Inc.

4 Million Readers Weekly Nationwide!

of Coachella Valley The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read

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

Published by: AdVenture Media

I don’t know – lol. There are renters and some residents who are not in their homes year round. There are also some HOA’s who try to make it difficult for their residents to go solar, but with the Solar Rights Act of 1978, they cannot forbid it or force homeowners to move the system if production will drop more than 10%. They are also not allowed to compel homeowners to spend more than $1,000 on aesthetic additions. For everyone else, perhaps they’re procrastinating or the savings sound too good to be true, or they have a friend whose solar was installed by a less than reputable company and the system is having issues. Find a good local company and start saving! Renova Energy is an award-winning local company founded a decade ago that designs and installs commercial and residential solar and advanced battery systems. Solar consultants will answer all your questions and help you decide if solar is right for you - not pressure you into buying a system. Learn more at

RenovaEnergy.com or call

(760) 568-3413

Property of AdVenture Media, Inc.

8 ounces multigrain or whole-wheat penne 8 ounces lean boneless sirloin steak 1/2 teaspoon each ground cumin, salt and pepper 3 medium poblano chile peppers, halved and seeded 1 ear fresh corn, husked 1 medium sweet onion, sliced 1/2-inch thick Nonstick spray 2 large ripe tomatoes 1 tablespoon olive oil 1/4 cup lime juice 1/2 cup chopped cilantro

Contact your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or corrections.

Here’s a hearty summer salad made with grilled steak, fresh vegetables and multigrain pasta, with just the right amount of cumin, fresh cilantro and lime juice.

Dessert deserves spot14 on-the July 29, 2018 aVol. No.grill, 30 too! Preparing this tasty after-lunch-or-dinner treat is easy - and a sure hit with everyone at the table.

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

Grilled Southwestern Pasta Salad

ADVERTISING PROOF 5:00p.m.. p.m. Final Changes DUE: TUES., JULY 24 5:00

Week of July 29, 2018

Page 8

Shadow Hills Dental Care 1/8 pg. 4C 13x - Prem. Pos. Puzz. February 11, 2018

Tidbits of Coachella Valley

Vol. XIV

Issue 31

Are You a

By Ricardo Galvão

SENIOR? Do You Need DENTAL CARE?

Property of AdVenture Media, Inc.



4 Million Readers Weekly

FREE Exam / X-Rays Phone: 760.320.0997 Fax: 760.320.1630 valleybits@msn.com

Published by: AdVenture Media For Advertising Call (760) 320-0997 Please review carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Pricesvalleybits@msn.com  Hours

Contact your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or corrections.

Office: 760-320-0997

email: valleybits@msn.com

Fax: 760-320-1630

All Rightsand Reserved for Senior Citizens Veterans

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

(Solution on page 16)

WALK-INS WELCOME

All Ages Welcome! • Safe Zone • Confidential

CALL FOR YOUR APPOINTMENT TODAY:

760.343.7737

Donald Duck

NOW OPEN 2 SATURDAYS PER MONTH. Call for Schedule.

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

of Coachella Valley

The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read

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

Published by: AdVenture Media

Crossword Answers on page 16

NEST HEADS

By John Allen

Tidbits® of Coachella Valley Published and distributed weekly by AdVenture Media, Inc. P.O. Box 4308 Palm Springs, CA 92263-4308 Phone: 760-320-0997 Fax: 760-320-1630 Email: valleybits@msn.com All rights reserved. Publisher: Erik D. Long eDitor: David L. Long Distribution Managers: John Winters, Donna Winters Norman Phares Jane DiLazarro

The SPATS

by Jeff Pickering

For advertising information call 760-320-0997 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 service. So there.

Week of July 29, 2018

Page 9

Tidbits of Coachella Valley

ADVERTISING PROOF Final Changes DUE: TUES., JUNE 5 5:00 p.m..

Please review carefully. Double  Phone NEXTcheck: WEEK in Number(s)  Spelling  Prices  Hours

Casey’s

Contact your Tidbits representative immediately TIDBITS HAS Awith changes or corrections.

Office: 760-320-0997

Fax: 760-320-1630

MONO

email: valleybits@msn.com SINGULAR FOCUS ON

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

Palm Springs Training • Brooke Fagel Contact your TidbitsDog representative immediately with changes or corrections. Office: 760-320-0997 email: valleybits@msn.com Fax: 760-320-1630 • BZ BW, 26x disc. • June 10, 2018 Vol. 14 - No. 24

3. The Weekly “Brain Breaker”

CLIP AND SAVE

Professional DOG TRAINING

Humane Methods • Positive Results • Fair Prices A BETTER WAY TO A BETTER DOG!

Print Your Answers Here:

 Obedience/Manners  Puppy Training  Aggressive Behavior Rehab  Service Dog Training

Brooke Fagel, Certified AKC CGC/STAR Evaluator, APDT Call me Today: 760.219.8391

PalmSpringsDogTraining.com

10% OFF

with this ad. Exp Exp.. 8-3 6-301-1 188

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

Property of AdVenture Media, Inc. of Coachella Valley

The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read

Phone: 760.320.0997 Fax: For Advertising Call (760) 320-0997 760.320.1630 valleybits@msn.com FREE valleybits@msn.com of Coachella Valley

Published by: AdVenture Media 4 Million Readers Weekly Nationwide!

The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read

Published by: AdVenture Media

Tidbits® Word Search

"Pizza Passion" M X H

M W R

G B

Q Y

X Y

A M O

M J

X B

O C

A N

A C

E R

Q W T

M J

Y U

M E

Q M S H

G H

O H

A R

R W N

M M C

P O N

O R V

O N

A R

X Y K

B N

K G N

E Y

P C

X O Q R

O H

K Y

N N

A R

S W D

X E

B Q M N

T W O O D

www.WordSearchMaker.com



� BLACK OLIVES BRICKOVEN � BRICK OVEN BYTHESLICE � BY THE SLICE CANADIANBACON � CANADIAN BACON DEEPPAN � DEEP PAN � EXTRA EX CHEESE TRACHEESE � GREENGREENPEPPERS PEPPERS � MUSHROOMS MUSHROOMS BLACKOLIVES

M G S

M T



ONIONS � ONIONS PEPPERONI � PEPPERONI PINEAPPLE � PINEAPPLE SAUSAGE � SAUSAGE SPINACH � SPINACH � THIN CRUST THINCRUST � TOMATO SAUCE TOMATOSAUCE � WOOD FIRED WOODFIRED

(Word Search solution page 16)

Dog Talk with Uncle Matty By Matthew Margolis

Creators News Service

Fire-Proof Your Pets California is famous for more than its Hollywood roots and sun-drenched beaches. It’s famous for its fires. Monstrous, majestic, devastating -- California wildfires are often unfathomable feats of nature, at times triggered by inglorious acts of man. But then there are the accidents waiting to happen, as was the case with the “Pack Rat” house fire in Riverside, Calif. Riverside firefighters were first called to the home just after 6 p.m. on Oct. 6. They found the kitchen engulfed in flames, along with a back porch area that had been turned into a kennel. Fourteen Lhasa Apsos died, presumably of smoke inhalation. Later that night, fire crews were called back to the home as the flames rekindled. The remains of 11 more dogs were discovered after the second fire. Firefighters told KTLA they had “access problems in every room due to the ‘extreme clutter’ inside the house.” All but the living room was full, ceiling-to-floor, wall-to-wall, with collected items. The kennel conditions matched those of the house, with dogs stacked in cages, one on top of the next. The jaw-dropping circumstances that led to this fire and its many casualties indicate a lack of mental health on the part of the owner. But kennel fires happen even with the most stable at the helm. In Excelsior Springs, Kansas, firefighters and a kennel owner snatched 16 dogs from a dire fate as flames engulfed the boarding facility and a neighboring business. In the words of kennel owner Barbara Baldridge, “If we would have been any later, there probably would not have been any dogs left.” Fires, of course, can ignite anywhere. In Lubbock, Texas, a 2-year-old Labrador named Duke was rescued by firefighters when his normally quiet home went up in flames. The family had been grilling the night before, and winds fanning a wayward ember is thought to be the cause of the resulting inferno. In each of these fires, the dogs involved were home alone, with no way out. If you have a dog and must leave him home alone from time to time, take the time to fire-proof Casey's Corner: Turn to page 10

U W E A

Corner

(MegaMaze puzzle solution on page 14)

Tidbits of Coachella Valley

Page 10

SENIOR NEWS LINE

* If you have children, ask them which of your belongings they’d like to have. Be prepared for them to decline most of what you have to offer. So many in the younger generations already have what they need, or are themselves living in very small spaces with no room for adding even more belongings.

Vol. XIV Issue 31

CASEY’S CORNER (from page 9)

your home to the extent it’s possible: -- test smoke detector alarms regularly by Matilda Charles -- maintain your clothes drier, keeping the © King Features Synd., Inc. lint trap clean, as well as the vent that carries the exhaust outside, and keep the areas below and behind the drier free of any debris. -- fully extinguish smoking materials -- unplug coffee makers and irons For most of us, the time eventually * Whether you’re preparing to move, or -- double-check that stoves, grills and ovens comes to move out of our homes into a smaller, you’re a child who has been tasked with closing are turned off more manageable place. Some of us have a down the house, check this book on Amazon. -- keep matches and lighters put away ADVERTISING PROOF whole house of belongings to consider. Some com: “Downsizing the Family Home: What to -- store flammable chemicals in separate MON., 7/16/18 5:00 p.m.. Final Changes of us have not only our stuff, but much that be-Please review Save, What toDUE: Let Go,” by columnist Marni Jamecarefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Prices  Hours sealed containers longed to our parents because we didn’t deal son. Read the lengthy introduction in the See Contact your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or corrections. -- sweep up and dispose of wood chips and with their belongings -- we simply moved it all Inside link. Office: 760-320-0997 email: valleybits@msn.com Fax: 760-320-1630 sawdust, which are flammable into our house. -- don’t overload power outlets or create By paring down your belongings now, “octopus” connections with multiple plugs in the Here are some ideas to get you started: you’ll be a step ahead should you ever need to Coleman Lauderdale same wall outlet. move in a hurry. It’s not too early to start. • Business Card, BW, 6x Discount -- unplug tree and house lights during the * Even if you’re not ready to move, clear * * * • July 22, 2018 holidays Matilda Charles regrets that she cannot personally ing out the extras and organizing the rest will -- blow out candles and jack-o’-lanterns • Vol. 14 -reader No. 30 answer questions, but will incorporate them into her make it much easier when the time does come. column whenever possible. Send email to columnreply2@ -- keep areas around gas heaters and water gmail.com. heaters clear, especially of flammable items * If you have antiques, get an experi(c) 2018 King Features Synd., Inc. Also, post a Pet Alert on your front and back enced appraiser to come in and give you an estiporches. These stickers or static clings include a mate of their value. Men & place for you to fill in the number and kind of pets Women living in the house. This alerts firefighters to the * Ask for references to professional orgapresence of your pets. A set of two can be purchased nizers. Check sites online, such as www.movApply “New U Life” gel on your skin daily to inexpensively at theanimalrescuesite.com. ingforseniors.com and the National Associarestore your body’s Natural HGH Levels again! Finally, before leaving your dog at a kennel ADVERTISING PROOF tion of Senior Move Managers at www.nasmm. Property of Get the very FIRST 5:00 Transdermal FinalAffordable Changes•DUE: p.m.. AdVenture Media, Inc. or boarding facility, find out whether the dogs Price. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Prices  Hours Please review carefully. org, Simply put in your ZIP code and it will show over-the-counter HGH to hit the U.S.A. ever! DCCS SPRING SEMESTER receive 24-hour supervision or if there is anyone Contact your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or corrections. Change who’s in your area. • FDA registered. Look it up: ndc # 61877-0005-1 Office: 760-320-0997 email: valleybits@msn.com Fax: 760-320-1630 Your FREE BIZ CARD Life on duty at night. Often, especially with veterinary • Prescription Needed me760.320.1630 for a FREE sample: TODAY. Phone: 760.320.0997CallFax: • Doctor • Injections boarding, there is no one available after hours. It valleybits@msn.com • Side effects * Consider selling your things online, with “Coleman” 442-324-4209 All Rights Reserved is up to you to decide whether you are comfortable Visit online: NewuLife.com/nu/hgh • email: cdale45@gmail.com help. Check out www.ebth.com (aka Everything with those circumstances, but know that dogs But the House) and read the How It Works secleft alone in cages are extremely vulnerable to tion. They do nearly everything required to get catastrophic events like fire. your belongings sold, putting cash in your pockPROMO - 05-2017 [updated] To riff on Smokey Bear, only you can protect et. your pets. Woof! Now, you can

Clearing Out the House

Feel... ? Look...

Perform...

Enjoy Tidbits every Enjoy Tidbits me week -Online! Now, ? you can Tidbits® Online!

d Tidbits® Online!



4 Million Readers Weekly Nationwide!

BETTER.

of Coachella Valley

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

Published by: AdVenture Media

valleybits@msn.com

every week

Online!

ADVERTISING PROOF

Property of AdVenture Media, Inc.

Now you can read all the Finalstories, Changes DUE: Tues., 7/10/18 5:00 p.m.. interesting feature Please review carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Prices  Hours columnists, puzzles, quizzes Contact Tidbits representative immediately with changes or corrections. and ads your in our current Office: 760-320-0997 email: valleybits@msn.com Fax: 760-320-1630 issue, or browse through our archives -- all online.

y week

* * * Dog trainer Matthew “Uncle Matty” Margolis is co-author 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!” Visit him at www.unclematty. com.

4 Million Readers Weekly Nationwide!

of Coachella Valley

The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read

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

Published by: AdVenture Media

ENROLL NOW

d all the interesting stories, feature les, quizzes and ads in our current through our archives -- all online. ean, wholesome and entertaining Click here enever and wherever you are Enjoy Tidbits’ wholesome and entertaining Enjoyclean, Tidbits’ clean, wholesome nd, of course, it’s free! content whenever and wherever you are

and GIVE IT A TRY! Using your “smart device” .com/valleybits/docs entertaining content whenever and ...and, of course, it’s FREE! Click here •Scan now enjoy the Check full wherever youtoday: are. And, of course, it’sdevice” free! us out online Use your “smart to

u.com/valleybits/docs Coachella Valley archive. Visit TidbitsPalmSprings.com today: www.TidbitsPalmSprings.com • 1/6 to enjoy the full Good news. where. Anytime. Anytime. Anywhere. Coachella Valley archive. Always Good News!!

ywhere. Anytime.

Holland Glass & Mirror (CryptoQuip solution on page 14) page, Full Color, 13x discount rate • July 15, 2018 • Vol. 14: #29

Share Tidbits with a Friend! ®

CUSTOM WINDOW, GLASS & MIRROR

Why Pay More to Get Less? We BEAT

DESIGN, SERVICE & INSTALLATION

“Big Box”

RESIDENTIAL ▪ COMMERCIAL ▪ HOA Property of AdVenture Media, Inc.

Shower encloSureS: • Custom • Framed • Frameless • Heavy Glass • Patterned Glass

Prices, Service & Installation!

• All Types of Shower Doors & Enclosures FREE • Storefront Glass • Emergency Repairs Phone: 760.320.0997 Fax: 760.320.1630 • Slider Doors & Screen Repair valleybits@msn.com • All Types AllofRights Custom Reserved Wardrobe Doors 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

• Remodel Doors & Windows: Fiberglass/Wood/Vinyl/Aluminum • Commercial Door Repair • Custom Mirrors • Walk-in Reglaze Doors & Windows ADVERTISING PROOF Replacement “Retrofit: No Stucco Damage” • Window

Final Changes DUE:

5:00 p.m..

Energy Efficient Windows

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

FREE

Office: 760-320-0997

Estimates! Affordable Prices!

email: valleybits@msn.com

Fax: 760-320-1630

Glass & Mirror • since 1980 Call TODAY

760.347.2024

H olland G lass a nd M irror . coM

Give the lifelong gift of a Christian Education from the desert’s most affordable private school. Grades K - 12 CALL TODAY

760.327.2772

630 South Sunrise Way • Palm Springs

CLIP AND SAVE

Prompt, Friendly Service!

for 2018-2019

WINDOW SPECIAL! Purchase 10 windows and get $

500 OFF Purchase 5 windows and get

250 OFF

8-15-18 With this ad. Not valid w/other discounts or previous purchases.Exp. Exp 8/31/18

Week of July 29, 2018

YOUR

SOCIAL SECURITY by Tom Margenau

The ‘Ex’ Factor and Social Security Q:

My ex-wife was getting divorced spouse benefits on my account. She recently died. How do I go about getting her benefits added back into my account?

There is nothing to add back to your account. Social Security benefits paid to divorced spouses, and for that matter, benefits paid to any dependent spouse or child, are merely add-on benefits. They don’t take a nickel away from anything the primary account holder is due. So now that she has died, her checks merely stop. No other adjustments to your Social Security record are necessary.

My ex-wife (we were married for 27 years) is tr ying to get benefits on my account. She isn’t a nice person and she was ver y antagonistic and mean-spirited to me throughout the divorce process. I don’t want her to get any of my Social Security. So how do I stop her from doing this?

Assuming she meets all the eligibility requirements, you can’t stop her from getting benefits on your record. To qualify for those benefits, she would have to be at least 62, not due higher benefits on her own record, and unmarried. So maybe you want to introduce her to a handsome retiree and hope he sweeps her off her feet and leads her down the aisle. Otherwise, she’ll be getting Social Security checks on your record. But as I pointed out in the prior answer, whatever she gets doesn’t take anything away from you or your Social Security account. So don’t lose too much sleep over this.

My first wife and I were married for more than 30 years before divorcing five years ago. I have remarried. She hasn’t. We remain good friends, and I would like to do anything I can to make sure she gets spousal benefits from my Social Security. Do I need to sign any papers granting her permission? By the way, I am already getting my Social Security. My ex is about to turn 62 and is ready to file.

People sure are curious creatures, aren’t they? The guy who wrote the prior question was trying to do everything in his power to keep his ex from getting any of his Social Security. And here you are -- bending over backwards to help your former spouse. That’s nice. But you don’t have to do any bending. There is nothing you need to do and no papers you need to sign. Your ex merely needs call the Social Security Administration at 800-772-1213 to get the ball rolling. Assuming she isn’t due higher benefits on her own record, she will get an amount equal to about one-third of your full Social Security benefit.

There is an older guy living on our block who doesn’t get along with anyone in the neighborhood. I’d guess he’s in his 70s, and he’s living with a younger woman. Neighbor-

Tidbits of Coachella Valley

Page 11

hood gossip says that he is getting Social Security and that this 40-something girlfriend of his is also getting benefits. And on top of that, he was married at least three times before and we understand all his ex-wives are getting Social Security from him, too. No wonder Social Security has such problems if we are sending monthly checks to all these women!

a guy had a current spouse and two ex-spouses claiming benefits on his record.

My wife and I recently divorced. We are in our 70s. We both get our own Social Security. Mine is $2,122 and she gets about $2,445. I heard that Social Security discriminates against men. In other words, when she dies, I won’t be due any divorced widower’s benefits on her record?

Neighborhood gossip sure can be entertaining, but it’s not always reliable. For examYou heard wrong. Social Security laws ple, there is a guy on our block whom everyone are gender neutral. So assuming you meet all the calls “GI Joe” because they don’t know his real TUES., APRIL 24 name and because he seems to have a lot of hunt- eligibility requirements, you will get an extra $323 review carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s) Spelling in monthly divorced widower’s benefitsadded to  Prices ing gear in his garage. The wordPlease was out that this guy was very strange and that you better keep your your own retirement check if your ex-wife preContact your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or correctio distance from him. Well, the other day, I bumped cedes you in death. Office: 760-320-0997 email: valleybits@msn.com Fax: 760-320* * * into him at our local Home Depot and struck up a If you have a Social Security question, Tom conversation. He turned out to be a very nice man Margenau has the answer. Contact him at thomas.marwho just happens to like his privacy. He makes and sells duck decoys online and is very artistic and genau@comcast.net. To find out more about Tom Margenau and to read past columns and see features from has quite a successful business. Handi-Bars other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit The lesson of that story is not to put so1/12 pg 4C 26x disc. the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com. much faith into neighborhood gossip. And don’tApril 29, 2018 Vol. 14 - No. 18 COPYRIGHT 2018 CREATORS.COM believe stories about someone’s eligibility for SoPlease review Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Prices cial Security benefits; no one really knows whatcarefully. is “BEFORE going on. Contact your Tidbits representative with changes or correctio YOU immediatelyhandi-bars give But I can tell you this: There is no way his and a Office: 760-320-0997 email: slip valleybits@msn.com Fax: 760-320fall call!” 40-something girlfriend is getting Social Security benefits on his record unless they have young children at home. And you didn’t mention any kids. Sturdy grab-bar assistance Also, it is extremely unlikely that all three provides security of his alleged ex-wives are getting benefits on his and safety in your Social Security account. I am sure that one or more bath, or any other of those women has remarried, which negates any area in your home. benefits they might be due from your neighbor. Or We provide profeseven if they have not remarried, there is a good sional installation and a selection of chance they worked and are due higher benefits WED., June 13, 2018 styles and finishes. on their own Social Security accounts. Please Throughout my 32-year career withreview the So-carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Pric Specializing In: cial Security Administration, I probably saw tens of Contact your Tidbits  representative immediately with changes or correc Property ADA Approved ToiletofInstallation thousands of Social Security records. And in all that AdVenture Media, Inc.  Hand-Held Shower Installation Office: 760-320-0997 email: valleybits@msn.com Fax: 760-3 time, I recall only once seeing an account where  Non-Slip Floors  Bathing Aids

A: ADVERTISING PROOF Final Changes DUE: 5:00 p

ADVERTISING PROOF Final Changes DUE: 5:00 p

When You Need a Helping Hand

ADVERTISING PROOF Final Changes DUE: 5:00

4 Million Readers Weekly Nationwide!

HANDI-BARS of Coachella Valley

The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read

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

ll Me 760-469-3208 valleybits@msn.com CaSprings Palm Hearing Aid Center y! 26x www.handibars.com To 1/8 pg. da 4C disc. All Rights JACK JONES - CeramicReserved Tile Lic. 482707 June 17, 2018 Vol. 14 - No. 25 Published by: AdVenture Media

1. The book of Haman is in the a) Old Testament b) New Testament c) Neither 2. From Genesis 21, Abraham banished Hagar and whom else to the desert? a) Laish b) Haman c) Ishmael d) Laban

Palm Springs

HEARING AID CENTER Property of AdVenture Media, Inc.

Serving the Desert Since 1966

SPECIAL SUMMER OFFER!FREE 4 Million Readers Weekly Nationwide!

5. From Matthew 17, whom did Jesus send fishing to find a coin for paying taxes? a) Andrew b) Peter c) Paul d) Thomas

2 MINI Rite, by Oticon Phone: 760.320.0997Ria Fax: 760.320.1630

995 enables the instruments to be tuned to your unique hearing loss

$$ valleybits@msn.com This state-of-the-art technology For Advertising Call (760) 320-0997

Published by: AdVenture Media

3. By reasonable numbering which commandment is, "Thou shalt not kill"? a) 4th b) 6th c) 8th d) 9th 4. Samson was put into prison as a political enemy of...? a) Romans b) Israelites c) Philistines d) Assyrians

of Coachella Valley

The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read

Each.

All Rights Exp. 6-30-18 Exp.8-15-18

The Ria 2 MINI Rite design

valleybits@msn.com

Reserved

and personal preferences. So you hear better with less effort. Thus improving the quality of your life.

Call us today for an appointment with one of our licensed and experienced Hearing Aid Dispensers. REMEMBER - While other hearing centers seem to come and go, PALM SPRINGS HEARING AID CENTER has been your mainstay since 1966. We ADVERTISING PROOF Property of are proud and to have served you forMedia, the past 52 5:00 years! p.m.. AdVenture Inc. Finalgrateful Changes DUE: Please review carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Prices  Hours

FREE

Contact your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or corrections.

6. After her first husband died, who did Ruth marry? a) Ezekiel b) Isaiah c) Jehu d) Boaz (Answers on page 16)

4 Million

Readers Weekly Office: 760-320-0997 Nationwide!

Fax: 760-320-1630

FREE

of Coachella Valley

The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read

Fax: 760.320.1630 ● Ear inspectionsPhone: with Video760.320.0997 Otoscope valleybits@msn.com ● Demonstration on special TV devices ● Demonstration on the latest All Rights Reserved Exp. hearing technologies J.D. and Susan Cunningham 8-15-18 Published by: AdVenture Media

For Advertising Call (760) 320-0997

valleybits@msn.com

Hearing Aid Specialists

Our NEW LOCATION is

NOW OPEN! Ste. D-103 in the

Share Tidbits with a Friend!

email: valleybits@msn.com

Plaza Del Sol Center So. Palm Springs

PALM SPRINGS

HEARING AID CENTER Two Locations:

1555 So. Palm Cyn. Dr. 70-065 Hwy 111 Ste #5 Rancho Mirage Ste. D-103, Palm Springs

760-325-3240

760-770-1703

Improving the Quality of your Life

VISIT US AT:

www.pshac.com

Look us up on

Property of

Tidbits of Coachella Valley

Page 12

cluding bleeding). Any of these should prompt a visit to your regular doctor or a dermatologist. As an internist, these are the features I look for, and I have a very low threshold for sending patients with suspicious lesions to my colleagues in dermatology. M.D.

Know the ABCDE’s of Melanoma DEAR DR. ROACH: In 1976, I had a mole on my right calf about the size of a pencil eraser. A biopsy showed it to be melanoma, and they thought they had removed all of the cancer, but they did another surgery to be sure that I was cancer-free. I am a natural redhead and never sunbathed or used a tanning bed. It has been 38 years, and I am still cancer-free. I get a skin check from my dermatologist every six months. At the time of my diagnosis, my family doctor said that if the melanoma spreads inside the body, “the ball game is over.” Is that still true? I know melanoma can be deadly. -- W.K. ANSWER: Melanoma is the most commonly lethal skin cancer. Although there have been some exciting new developments in treating advanced melanoma, the survival rate for stage IV melanoma, where the cancer has spread to internal organs, is only 15 percent to 20 percent at five years. Fortunately, the survival rate for melanoma caught early, at stage I, is greater than 90 percent, which is why it’s so important to know the ABCDE’s of melanoma recognition: A: Asymmetry -- one half looks different from the other half;

*** DEAR DR. ROACH: My son is 40 years old. After a recent stress test, he ended up with five stents in his arteries, and also was diagnosed with diabetes. His doctor ordered him not to go back to work for three or four weeks, but he went back after three days. He told the doctor that he would be more stressed if he stayed home. His job is mostly sitting down. Since he didn’t follow the advice, how will this affect his health? -- V.B. ANSWER: We don’t normally have people stay home for long periods of time after placement of stents, so I was surprised to hear that he was “ordered” (I almost never “order,” only recommend, more or less strongly) to stay home. My experience is that after receiving lifechanging diagnoses, such as diabetes or coronary artery disease, it’s best to keep some habits, such as work, the same and change others. For your son, I am sure he will be recommended a proper diet for diabetes and exercise appropriate for a person with a new diagnosis of heart disease. Surgery to relieve the nerve compression is successful in some cases.

B: Border -- the border in a melanoma is often irregular, not a near-circle; C: Color -- melanomas usually are not a uniform color, like most benign lesions. Some areas are light brown, others brown-black, others red or pale; D: Diameter -- greater than 6 millimeters, the eraser on a standard pencil; E: Enlargement or Evolution -- any change in color, shape, size or symptoms (in-

LifeStream Tidbits 1/12 Ad 7530.qxp_LifeStream Tidbits 1/12 Ad 8/4/17 12:01 PM Page 1

Share your good health and save lives in the community. DONATE BLOOD WITH LIFESTREAM TODAY! LA QUINTA DONOR CENTER 79-215 Corporate Centre Drive, La Quinta

760.777.8844

* * *

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 Good Health, 628 Virginia Drive, Orlando, FL 32803.

Vol. XIV

Issue 31

VETERANS  POST  by Freddie Groves

The Suicide Report The newly released National Suicide Data Report shows that the number of veterans who commit suicide is unchanged. The report covers the years 2005 to 2015, which is a big concern. That time period ended three years ago. What is going on right now? The report is full of data manipulated in various ways, with subpopulations, unadjusted rates, age-adjusted rates, by race, by branch of service, by era ... and more. It’s loaded with charts with rates versus percentage versus real numbers. The number of veterans has gone down, by 15.2 percent. The percentage of veterans using Department of Veterans Affairs health care has gone up. Suicides went down among the group using VA health care. The biggest rate of increase category is female veterans who did not use VA health care services -- but males in VA health care had the largest actual number. The next biggest category is all veterans, male and female, who did and didn’t use VA health care services. The smallest category is for female veterans who used those services. In the “unadjusted” chart breaking down age, there is not a single group with smaller numbers in 2015 than there were in 2005. Let me repeat that: Every single category, male female, all ages, saw bigger numbers from 2005 to 2015. Unless you were a statistics major in college, these charts and graphs will boggle the mind, with nothing making sense. The only graph that spells out the truth in an understandable way is the one showing that the number of veteran suicides from 2008 to 2015 has remained steady at 20 per day. If you want a more comprehensive understanding, wade through the 48-page VA National Suicide Data Report 2005Ð2015. * * * Freddy Groves regrets that he cannot personally answer reader questions, but will incorporate them into his column whenever possible. Send email to columnreply2@gmail.com.

Tidbits of Coachella Valley

Week of July 29, 2018

Page 13

naming him or her in your will. They will need instructions on what they should do to handle your affairs immediately after your death.

to live in another state, it's important to check your state’s law to see if it imposes any special requirements. Some states require an out-ofstate executor to be a family member or a beneficiary, some require a bond to protect your heirs in case of mismanagement, and some require the appointment of an in-state agent.

-- by Jim Miller

Choosing an Executor for Your Will DEAR SAVVY SENIOR: What options can you recommend for finding a good executor for my will? At one time I thought one of my two children should have the responsibility, but I have since decided this is not a good idea. They are both financially inept and would probably make a mess of things. What should I look for in choosing someone? --Looking for Options Dear Looking: Choosing an executor – the person or institution you put in charge of administering your estate and carrying out your final wishes – is one of the most important decisions in preparing a will. A good executor can help ensure the prompt, accurate distribution of your possessions with minimal problems. Some of the duties required include: filing court papers to start the probate process; managing your estate’s assets; using your estate’s funds to pay debts, taxes and bills; handling details like terminating credit cards, and notifying banks and government agencies like Social Security and the post office of the death; preparing and filing final income tax returns; and distributing assets to the beneficiaries named in the will. Given all the responsibility, the ideal candidate should be someone who is honest, dependable, well organized, good with paperwork and vigilant about meeting deadlines.

Personal Documents and Records Your executor needs to know where your important financial records are kept and the procedures for accessing them. This information should be spelled out in detail in a sealed envelope to be opened only in the event of your death. It should include instructions for gaining access to all your financial accounts and records kept online and in programs in your computer, including web addresses and passwords. You should include details on your household mortgage and other obligations that must be reconciled. Providing this key information will spare your executor many days and weeks of searching to get all these details resolved.

Also keep in mind that if the person you choose needs help settling your estate they can always call on an expert like an attorney or tax accountant to guide them through the process, with your estate picking up the cost. If, however, you don’t have a trusted friend or relative you feel comfortable with, you could name a third party executor like a bank, trust company or a professional who has experience dealing with estates.

ADVERTISING PROOF Final Changes DUE: 5:00

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

If you need help locating a pro, the Na For more information on the duties of an tional Association of Estate Planners and Contact Coun- yourexecutor, get a copy ofimmediately the book “The Tidbits representative withExecuchanges or correc cils (NAEPC.org) and the National Academy of tor’s Guide: Settling A LovedFax: One’s Estate or Office: 760-320-0997 760-320-1630 Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA.org) are great reTrust” for $28 at NOLO.com. sources that provide directories on their websites *** to help you find someone. Send your senior questions to: Savvy Senior, P.O. Box 5443, Norman, OK 73070, or visit

SavvySenior.org. Jim Miller is a contributor to the NBC Executor Fees of Today show and authorAdVenture of Property “TheMedia, Savvy Senior” book. Most family members and close friends, Inc. especially if they’re beneficiaries, serve for free because inherited money isn’t taxable. But if you FREE ADVERTISING PROOF of Coachella Valley Wed. 4/25/18 opt for a third party executor, that money comes Final Changes DUE: 5:00 p.m..Fax: 760.320.1630 760.320.0997 Miller • Ridgeway Pleasestate reviewhas carefully. Double  Spelling  Prices  Hours • Sligh • Antique out of your estate. Each laws thatcheck: gov- Phone Number(s) Howard All Rights Reserved We also Service, Repair and New Contact your Tidbits representative or corrections. ern how an executor is paid – either based on a immediately with changes repair Wall, Mantel, Movements from Germany 760-320-0997 email: valleybits@msn.com Fax: 760-320-1630 percentage of the estate,Office: a flat fee or an estabShip’s and 32 years Cuckoo lished hourly rate. D.C.C.S. - Enrollment Clocks experience BoB’s CloCk shop

Grandfather CloCk repair 4 Million Readers Weekly Nationwide!

The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read

Published by: AdVenture Media

For Advertising Call (760) 320-0997

valleybits@msn.com

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

Please review carefully.6.5” Double 1/8 pg. (Stretched: tall)check: 4C  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Prices 

Carlsbad / San Diego / Desert Communities Get Approval Mar. 2016 Servicing Coachella Valley on Fri., Sat. or Mondays Contact your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or correction Whoever you choose to serve as your exCall for In-Home service appointment ecutor, be sure you first get their approval before Office: 760-320-0997 760-320-1630 760-729-5121 Fax: -or- 1-800-734-5121

R easons 7

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

Property of AdVenture Media, Inc.

4 Million Readers Weekly Nationwide!

Who to Choose w carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Prices  Hours

of Coachella Valley

The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read

760.320.0997 Fax: 760.320.1630 Most people think first of naming a family member, especially a spouse or child, as execuAll Rights Reserved 760-320-0997 email: valleybits@msn.com Fax: 760-320-1630 tor. However, if you don’t feel you have an obviProperty of AdVenture Media, Inc. ous family member to choose, you may want to ask a trusted friend. But be sure to choose someFREE Desert Chapel one in good health or younger than you who will 1) Proverbs 22:6 Train a child in the way he Phone: 760.320.0997 Fax: 760.320.1630 Christian School Catherine Marcy Real Estate likely survive you. valleybits@msn.com Plus should go, and when he’s old he will not depart offers the 1/12 pg 4C All Rights Reserved from it. Desert’s most Also, if your executor of choice happens Published by: AdVenture Media

your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or corrections.

of Coachella Valley

The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read

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

Published by: AdVenture Media

For Advertising Call (760) 320-0997

valleybits@msn.com

affordable tuition

w carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Prices 2)Christ Hours centered classrooms place an emphasis on Christian values & Biblical truth.

...and financial assistance is available for qualifying families.

your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or corrections.

3) Smaller class size: Teachers are able to email: valleybits@msn.com Serving our VeteransFax: 760-320-1630 give students individualized attention in a caring atmosphere. and Military Families

760-320-0997

Use my knowledge of the VA homeownership process to take you through from start to finish. • Bringing exceptional value to buyers

and sellers alike • Proven track record of superior results

4) Fully accredited WASC curriculum among the highest academic standards for educational quality and excellence.

•

6) Competitive athletics programs for boys and girls. 7) College Prep: With a 98% graduation rate, and high academic standards, our graduates have been accepted to some of the nation’s top universities including Harvard, and Stanford!

•

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

4 Million ct your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or corrections. Readers Weekly Catherine Marcy Nationwide! FREE of Coachella Valley BRE Lic. #01308234 760-320-0997 email:Thevalleybits@msn.com Fax: 760-320-1630 Neatest Little Paper Ever Read ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ©2005

Phone: 760.320.0997 Fax: Published by: AdVenture Media For Advertising Call (760) 320-0997 760.320.1630 valleybits@msn.com Serving the entire Coachella Valley valleybits@msn.com Call Me 760.272.0753 Today! Or visit at: www.CatherineMarcy.com Allme Rights Reserved

TV & Film Production Class

Plus

5) Safe and Godly environment.

Highest level of customer service ADVERTISING PROOF Seasoned and engaged industry leader Property of Unsurpassed credibility nal Changes DUE: 5:00 p.m.. AdVenture Media, Inc. •

valleybits@msn.com

to Invest in your Child’s Christian Education at Desert Chapel Christian School: 4 Million Readers Weekly Nationwide!

Gain from my years of experience and passion for helping Veterans take advantage of the benefits they have earned. Buying or selling a home, I know how to navigate the system to achieve a quick closure due to relocation.

For Advertising Call (760) 320-0997

This Hands-On class prepares students for a future in TV & Film Production via:

• Editing/Mixing • Lighting • Camera Work • Short Films • TV Production • Sound

Grades K - 12 ENROLL NOW FOR THE 2018 -2019 SCHOOL YEAR!

710 South Sunrise Way Palm Springs, CA 92264

To discover more benefits of investing in your child’s education at Desert Chapel Christian School call us today

CALL TODAY

760.327.2772

Page 14

Tidbits of Coachella Valley

leather cushion and the paw feet. It might be worth $300 to $400. *** This mark is on the back of a hand-painted porcelain plate that belonged to my grandmother. She always kept it in the back of her china cabinet. When I graduated from high school, she gave it to me. It is 8 inches in diameter and decorated with pastel roses and has a gold edge. It is in excellent condition. Anything you can tell me about it will be greatly appreciated.

Vol. XIV Issue 31

by Anne McCollam

Chair Paw Feet Are Ground in Victorian Era

I would like to know about the histor y of this chair. It has been in my home for a long time and has the original finish. The older relatives in my family call it a Morrison chair. I don’t know if this is the right name or if it is even spelled c o r r e c t l y. There are slats in the back frame that make the back adjustable, and the seat is upholstered in leather. It is in Leather chair is an early turn of the good workcentury recliner. ing order. I think is must be one of the first reclining chairs. Could you please tell me if it is worth anything or not?

Your family is close, but no cigar! Your recliner chair is a Morris chair. William Morris was a recognized designer and writer in London, England, in the late 1800s. Morris, art critic John Ruskin and architect Augustus Pugin, along with a notable group of reformers, ushered in the Arts and Crafts Movement in London. The era began around 1880 and lasted until 1920. They railed against the mass-produced, factory-made, overly ornate furniture of the Victorian era. They believed there was integrity in design and dignity in craftsmanship. The style of your chair is on the cusp of the early Arts and Crafts period. The paw feet are grounded in the late Victorian era. The plain, straight lines of the form reflect the Arts and Crafts period. Morris contributed a plethora of creative designs that included wallpaper, furniture, ceramics, metalwork, glass and textiles. Your Morris chair was made around 1885. The value is somewhat diminished due to the worn

Puzzle Solutions

Beyer & Bock of Volkstedt, Thuringia, Germany, began making porcelain in 1853.

The mark you sent was used by Beyer & Bock Company. It was located in Volkstedt, Thuringia, Germany, from 1853 to 1960. This mark was used from 1905 to 1931. Plates similar to yours can be seen for sale on the internet in the range of $25 to $50. * * *

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. Due to the volume of inquiries, she cannot answer individual letters. 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. COPYRIGHT 2018 CREATORS.COM

* On Aug. 1, 1498, Italian explorer Christopher Columbus sets foot on the South American mainland for the first time, at the Paria Peninsula in present-day Venezuela. Thinking it an island, he christened it Isla Santa and claimed it for Spain. Columbus, a deeply religious man, believed that Venezuela was the edge of the Garden of Eden. * On Aug. 4, 1927, the Father of Country Music, Jimmie Rodgers, is recorded for the first time during the legendary Bristol Sessions. A talent scout had set up a makeshift recording studio in an empty warehouse in Bristol, Tennessee, and recorded numerous then-unknown acts during the 12-day marathon. * On Aug. 2, 1943, future President John F. Kennedy is serving as commander of a torpedo boat in the Solomon Islands when his ship is rammed at night by a Japanese destroyer, cutting it in two. Kennedy’s heroics led to the rescue of the survivors from an island six days later. * On July 30, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signs Medicare, a health insurance program for elderly Americans, into law. Former President Harry Truman was enrolled as the first beneficiary and received the first Medicare card. * On Aug. 5, 1957, “American Bandstand” goes national on television, hosted by 26-yearold Dick Clark. He pushed hard for a 3:30 p.m. time slot, when teenagers were out of school and most likely to watch. * On Aug. 3, 1988, Soviet authorities free Mathias Rust, the daring young West German pilot who landed a rented Cessna on Moscow's Red Square in 1987, from a labor camp as a goodwill gesture to the West. * On July 31, 1990, Nolan Ryan wins the 300th game of his career. A believer that pitching power, as well as consistency and endurance, comes from the legs, not the arms, Ryan ran every day. (c) 2018 Hearst Communications, Inc.

Tidbits of Coachella Valley

Week of July 29, 2018

Page 15

Pizza (from page page 3) The mammoth pie consisted of 19,800 pounds of flour, 10,000 pounds of tomato sauce, and 8,800 pounds of mozzarella cheese, along with other ingredients. Altogether it weighed in at 51,257 pounds. The five chefs spent more than two days baking the dough in over 5,000 small batches. • The world’s longest rectangular pizza measured just over 6,333 feet long, and was baked in Fontana, California, on June 10, 2017. Over 100 people worked together to create it over the course of 54 hours, including 40 hours of prep time and 14 hours of multiple rounds of baking. All leftover pizza was donated to numerous local area charities. • The biggest pizza commercially available can be ordered at Big Mama’s & Papa’s, found in California at 20 different locations. Their Giant Sicilian pizza is a rectangle that measures 54 inches on each side. That’s just over 20 square feet of pizza. It will feed between 50 and 100 people at a cost of around $200. • According to Guinness World Records, the most expensive commercially available pizza costs $2,700 and is sold at Industry Kitchen in New York City. It features black squid ink dough, and is topped with white Stilton cheese from the UK, foie gras and truffles from France, Ossetra caviar from the Caspian Sea, Almas caviar, and 24K gold leaf. • Lady Gaga once bought $1,000 worth of pizzas for hundreds of her fans who were waiting in line for her autograph. 

laugh a bit with

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

TABLE OF CONTENTS Scary Movies pages 1-4 Join the Club pages 5-6 Endangered Sights and Sounds pages 7-8

Game Changers by Jason Jenkins

When Turn Equals Straight

STAN SMITH’S TENNIS CLASS

Longer hitters have great lower body action, especially when it comes to the left hip and leg. This secret motion can be summarized into a “Shift and Rotate” sequence that all good throwing and striking motions employ. Most golfers can shift their weight forward effectively, but lack the proper rotation of the leg and hip through impact.The left leg stays bent into impact but is in the process of turning in order to straighten the left leg. This rotation of the left hip and leg is a speed element that gives players that game changing distance. The rotation causes the left foot to even spin out at times where the weight rolls to the outside of the foot and back toward the heel. The hip does not rotate immediately in the downswing but should aggressively rotate through ADVERTISING PROOF impact, thus the shift rotate sequence. Finaland Changes DUE: 5:00

typewriter eraser? Or, if you’re younger, have you moved your belongings into a long-unused HAPPY FROM TIDBITS! desk, onlyHALLOWEEN to find a strange-looking gadget with fiber-like hairs bushing out of one end? What SCARY MOVIES you’ve foundbyisRyan a typewriter Toepfer eraser. Usually shaped likejust a pencil, tiphaving was made of an Some people seem tothe love the living especially-abrasive to daylights scared out ofrubber, them.which Why was else used would “erase” typing error. Thebeother end featured horror and the suspense movies so popular? To a small brush made of stiff plastic strands that celebrate Halloween, Tidbits goes behind the wasof used to sweep remnants of the erasure scenes some classicthe thrillers. off the page. • When Alfred Hitchcock purchased the film • rights There’s shortage litter on theupground tofornoPsycho, heofalso bought as many day, butofthankfully, wenovel no longer discarded copies the original as heseecould find, pull-tabs. The tabs on older easy-open beverage hoping to keep the story’s ending a secret. cans pulled completely off the can. People who • The famous shower Psycho wasdodging filmed walked in bare feetscene wereofconstantly using double for Norman Bates, as Anthony these acarelessly-dropped metal hazards. Perkins was appearing in a play (Greenwillow) • in The rhythmic “beep” scanner is the New York at the time.of Thethefirst time Perkins musical saw accompaniment the at supermarket actually that scene wastoback the studio, checkout line. But if you’ve ever wondered watching the daily “rushes,” and he said he was where the cliché of sayingelse. “ka-ching!” in rejust as scared as everyone lation to money comes from, that’s the sound • Take a close look electric, at Michael mask in that the old-style not Myers’ electronic, cash the 1978 camp Halloween. Does registers made.classic Cashiers of that era hadthe to face look familiar? The movie was filmed on manually punch a series of buttons to ring up such tight budget, that the department your apurchase, followed byprop a smack of the had to make do with what they had. For Myers’ “total” button with the heel of the hand. disguise, they used an old Captain Kirk (Star • “Do you want your carbons?” used to be an Trek) mask, which they spray painted white and automatic question asked by merchants after then re-shaped the eyeholes. you’d signed for a credit card payment. At that turn the page for more! time, credit card receipts were filled out by hand in triplicate, with a small piece of carbon paper inserted between each sheet. It didn’t take long for thieves to realize they could retrieve the used carbons from the trash and steal valuable credit card information. Once that scam gained popularity, waiters and cashiers regularly offered the carbons to customers, giving them the opportunity to destroy them.

Play Better Golf with JACK NICKLAUS

p.m..

Please review carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Prices  Hours Jason Jenkins was a 16-year member of the Jim McLean Golf Contact your Tidbits representative changesTop or 100 corrections. School teaching staff and wasimmediately one of GOLFwith Magazine’s Teacher Nominees 1999-2010. He Fax: was named one of the Golf Office: 760-320-0997 760-320-1630 Digest Top Teachers in California in 2011. Contact Jason at 760-485-2452 or devgolfinstr@gmail.com

Property of

2018

Paper Doll Interiors, Inc.

Premium Back Pg. 4C July 29, 2018 Vol. 14 - No. 29 Page 16

Tidbits of Coachella Valley

Vol. XIV Issue 31

In-Stock

BEDDING

Sale!

“You’ll love our luxurious bedding selections!” FOORP GNISITREVDA -- Barbara Lawrence..- m Owner 12 YLUJ ,.SEUT 00::55 .p 0 :EUD segnahC laniF

Fall into Luxury with )s(rebmuN enohP  :kcehc elbuoD .ylluferac weiver esaelP Custom Bedding .snoitcerroc ro segnahc htiw yletaidemmi evitatneserper stibdiT ruoy tcatnoC

sruoH 

secirP  gnillepS 

0361-0The 23-06bed 7 :xais F

:ecfifO 7990-0Property 23-067 of the centerpiece AdVenture Media, Inc. of your bedroom, so let it make a statement for you. Choose from our selection of FREE of Coachella Valley fo ytreporP . c n I , a i d e M e r u t n e V d A tasteful bedspreads, paddedFax: 760.320.1630 Phone: 760.320.0997 valleybits@msn.com headboards and upholstered EERF beds - all in stock and ready Reserved S 0361.023.067 :xaF 7 99I0.0All 23.0Rights 67 home! to take W O N devreseR sthgiR llA

sroiretnI lloD repaP .gP kcaB .merP ”0.31 x ”5.01 13 .oN - 11 .loV 5102 ,62 yluJ

!elaSsdnilB wodniW 4 Million Readers Weekly Nationwide!

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

Published by: AdVenture Media

y e l l aV a l l e h caoC f o

daeR revE repaP elttiL tsetaeN ehT

moc.nsm@stibyellav

7990-023 )067( llaC gnisitrevdA roF

aideM erutneVdA :yb dehsilbuP

● Wallpaper ● Window Coverings ● Fabric ● Furniture

FABRICS

Choose from our assortment of colors, patterns and textures and find the ideal material for your decorating needs.

ts13 yluJ ,.irF sdnE

See our wide Selection of Unique Accessories

su teL" ruoy eb

valleybits@msn.com

noilliM 4 ylkeeW sredaeR !ediwnoitaN

ADVERTISING PROOF SAVE ON Final Changes DUE:INDOOR / OUTDOOR 5:00 p.m..

"!topS dnilB

AREA EV AS RUGS

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

FURNITURE

Contact your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or corrections.

Office: 760-320-0997

Games

email: valleybits@msn.com

Fax: 760-320-1630

October 23-29, 2006

July 16, 2018

King Features Weekly Service

!WON

by Treasure Garden 5’ x 8’ and 8’ x 10’

WINDOW Go Figure! COVERINGS answers

ts13 YLUJ ,.IRF SDNE

ffO %04

GO FIGURE!

Selection by Linda Thistle O T PU of colors & patterns

seLarge dahs n us dnorasmall, sdnilbPaper doow ekInteriors il snoituhas losthe elpperfect mis morF space Doll tramtreatment s ro telbafor tm orf d ellor-tand nocevery sedah s dezirFrom otom ot window every room budget. , d l r o w e h t n i e r e h w y n a m o r f eitno hp wood blinds to sun shades to motorized shades, we have all! tcefrep eht sah sroiretnI lloD repaP ,llams ro ecaps egraL .tegdub y reve dna - moor y reve rof tnemtaert wodniw

The idea of Go Figure is to arrive at the figures given at Browse our showroom and find the perfect the gallery bottom and right-hand 1. U.S. PRESIDENTS: Which U.S.furnitureWeekly SUDOKU pieces to complete columns your room! of the diagram by folpresident was the shortest? -Answerytila uQ tseniF no lowing the2.arithmetic in proHISTORY: Whatsigns agreement w o d n iW dna sdnilB the ordervided theyfor are given (that the dissolution of the former is, from left to right and top to s tnemtaerT Soviet Union? bottom). Use only the numbers 3. LITERATURE: Which book in below the diagram to complete ngised decneirepxe ruO Harry Potter a mythical its blank the squares andseries usehas each e h t d nfi uoy pleh lliw stnatlusnoc creature in its title? of the nine numbers only once.

The Coachella Valley’s Best Source for Interior Design

4. TELEVISION: Who played ThurCome Visit Our DIFFICULTY: �O Howell onw “Gilligan’s Island”? uoy setivni ecnerwaL araston bra B rIII en snoitc eles eguh ruo h� gu orh es�� w&oDRINK: rDifficult b otWhat is the 5. tFOOD Moderate Showroom .snoitulos tnemtaerT�� wmethod od nthat iW fo cooking food in GO FIGURE! involves !yellaV eht ni dellauqenu si noitceles ruO sealed bags, usually in water? Today!

“Helping people like you beautify their homes since 1972”

6. GAMES: What company intro-

Hthe “Hot Wheels” toys and !NI YRRUduced games?

i sihT How many U.S. ot KEEW LANIF eht 7.sGEOGRAPHY: t the Gulf of Mexico? k e a d v states a border ruo fo egatna 8. SCIENCE: ICEPSWhat element makes !SECIRP DECUDER LA

79-710 Highway 111, Ste. 103 La Quinta, CA 92253

Games

HOURS: Mon.-- Sat: 10am - 5pm October 23-29, 2006

selpmas tneSun: mtaerClosed T wodniW derehtag ev'eW uoy emeht dna erutxet ,roloc ,ngised y reve fo Visit at: spitregnif ru oy taus meonline ht decalp dna ,enigami nac d n a p o t S . n o i t c e l l o c m o o r w o h s esnemmi ruo ni www.paperdollinteriors.com !yadot esworb

760.346.5944

Weekly SUDOKU F IrGoU ngGisOeD irRetEn!I rof ecruoS tseB s’yellaV allehcaoC ehT

Property of Weekly SUDOKU up 47 percent of the Earth’s crust? Go Figure! AdVenture Media, Inc. Answer 9. ART: Which art movements was answers by Linda Thistle painter Max Ernst associated with? by LindaKINGDOM: Thistle What is a Answer peeking absolutely forbidden. 10. ANIMAL GO GoFIGURE! Figure-! Answers Answers Tidbits®® Word Word Search Search Tidbits FREE TRIVIA TEST The idea of Go Figure is to group of O kangaroos called? of Coachella Valley ANSWERS !yadoT moorw o h S r u t i s i V e m o C The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read arrive at theA figures given at nswers semoh gnikaM" Phone: SUDOKU 760.320.0997 Fax: 760.320.1630 Answers Weekly Weekly SUDOKU the bottom and right-hand valleybits@msn.com 301 .etS ,11columns 1 ya1.ofw h g i H 0 1 7 9 7 FOOR P GNISITREVDA James 5 footby 4 foltheMadison, diagram lufituaeb -Answer2. The Accords lowing signs All Rights Reserved 35229 A C ,the a tarithmetic nBelavezha iuQ L.pin 00:5 .a .m :EUD segnahC laniF "2791 ecnis the order3. “Harry they Potter are sand given (that ofethe ruthe oHOrder  s cirP  gnillepS  )s(rebmuN enohP  :kcehc elbuoD .ylluferac weiver esaelP mp5 - ma01is,:tfrom aS Phoenix” --left .no :SR UO H to toM right and top .snoitcerroc ro segnahc htiw yletaidemmi evitatneserper stibdiT ruoy tcatnoC only dbottom). esolC4.Use :Jim nuBackus S the numbers 0361-023-067 :xaF 7990-023-067 :ecfifO below the5. Sous-vide diagram to complete WUZZLES Answers :ta eits niblank lno ssquares u tisiV BIBLE TRIVIA 6. Mattel and use each Answers theilnine once. moc.sroireoftn lo dnumbers rTexas, epLouisiana, aonly p.w ww 7. Five: Mississip1. (C) Neither pi, Alabama and Florida 2. (C) Ishmael DIFFICULTY: � fo ytreporP Quiz Bits 8. Oxygen .cnI ,aideM erutneVdA 3. (B) 6th � Moderate Difficult 9. Dada and�� Surrealism 4. (C) Philistines 1) Satellite Restaurant, Chatham, EERF Ontario, Canada in 1962 Place a number the empty �� GO 10. Aintroop orFIGURE! mobboxes in such a way 5. (B) Peter Syndicate, Inc. ©© 2006 2010King KingFeatures Features Synd., Inc. 4 Million Readers Weekly Nationwide!

Published by: AdVenture Media

For Advertising Call (760) 320-0997

valleybits@msn.com

4 495.64 3.067

ANSWERS

DIFFICULTY THIS WEEK: ��

y e l l aV a l l e h caoC f o

daeR revE repaP elttiL tsetaeN ehT

noilliM 4 ylkeeW sredaeR !ediwnoitaN

6. (D) Boaz

90-023 )067( llaC gnisitrevdA roF utneVdA :yb dehsilbuP 0361.023.0796 7 :xaF 7990.023a.id0eM6er7

moc.nsm@stibyellav

devreseR sthgiR llA

2) Moose's Tooth Pub, Anchorage, AK. Annual sales about $6 million.