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Take Thanksgiving to New Heights!

8:00 a.m., the last tram up will be at 8:00 p.m. and the last tram down will be at 9:45 p.m.

In addition, on Thanksgiving Day, November 26, Ride ’n’ Dine tickets, which include Tram admission and dinner at Pines Café (a cafeteria-style restaurant), will be available for purchase beginning at 8:00 a.m. Dinner service begins at 11:00 a.m. and ends at 8:30 p.m. Combination tickets are $36 for adults and seniors, and $23.50 children (ages 3-12).

Reservations are recommended and may be made by either calling (760) 325-4537 or via Open Table on the Tram’s website www.pstramway.com.

This Thanksgiving surprise your family and friends with a new take on this age old tradition with a ride on the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway. Stroll the majestic forests of Mt. San Jacinto State Park, and then dine on a delicious oven roasted turkey whiling enjoying the most spectacular views in the entire Coachella Valley.

The Palm Springs Aerial Tramway is the world’s largest rotating tram car. Opened in 1963, the Tram’s

80-passenger cars travel along the breathtaking cliffs of Chino Canyon from the Valley Station (elevation 2,643 ft.) to the Mountain Station (elevation 8,516 ft.) in approximately 10 minutes Peaks Restaurant will begin serving their regular menu along with traditional holiday favorites at 11:00 a.m. on Thanksgiving Day. The holiday menu includes a mixed greens salad with a choice of dressings; a choice of oven-roasted turkey, garlic herb-crusted N.Y. Strip

or vegetarian lasagna; citrus cranberry sauce, garlic mashed potatoes, cornbread stuffing, candied carrots and Green Bean Almondine; and old-fashioned carrot cake or pumpkin pie. Dinner roll along with a small fountain beverage, coffee or tea are included.

The Palm Springs Aerial Tramway will operate a special schedule during the Thanksgiving Holiday Weekend, Thursday, November 26 through Sunday, November 29.

The first tram up each day will be at

For more information, please call (888) 515-TRAM or (760) 325-1391 The Palm Springs Aerial Tramway is located at One Tram Way, Palm Springs, CA. 92262.

Notes from the Editor As Thanksgiving fast approaches, I know that many of you will be leaving town or inundated with family and friends. So instead of waiting until the next issue, I’ve decided to make this issue our miniThanksgiving issue.

Enjoy the Thanksgiving trivia, and the holiday cookie recipe courtesy of one of our readers. That recipe looks so yummy.

don’t worry about the editing. Also any photos, holes in one, memorials, birthdays, anniversaries or jokes; I’m interested and wanting to share.

Have a wonderful, safe, and Happy Thanksgiving……………Gobble, Gobble!

Françoise

Please remember that the Community Spotlight is for all to enjoy, so please send in your stories and

Editor’s Inbox Dear Editor,

Hi Roger,

Thank you for telling me about the General Patton Memorial Museum. After reading the story in the paper I decided to go. They have done a very good job there. I found the museum fascinating and the people that volunteer there so friendly.

The General Patton Memorial Museum is a true hidden gem. From the freeway it doesn’t look like much, but once inside and out back in the tank yard, amazing. I agree with you about the volunteers, and everyone that keeps the museum going, they do a fantastic job.

Thanks again, Roger W., Beaumont CA

So folks if you’ve never been, it’s only 30 minutes East on the I-10 at Chiraico Summit.

Don’t miss it!

Sincerely, Françoise

Send notes to the Editor to: Françoise Rhodes - Editor/Desert Mobile Home News Mail: 41-995 Boardwalk, Suite L2 , Palm Desert CA 92211 Email: news@dmhnews.com or Fax: (760) 776-5733 Françoise Rhodes news@dmhnews.com

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Socks for Seniors Needs Your Help The holidays are a fun time of year with all of the holiday work parties, family gatherings, meetings with old friends topped off with all the bells, whistles, hustle and bustle of the season.

Each year, thousands of lonely and financially challenged seniors struggle with the holiday blues.

They dread facing the holiday season alone, some being without family or friends, some with the isolation of being a widow or widower. Some seniors just being away from children and grandchildren produces extreme loneliness that’s exaggerated by festivities of the season.

Socks For Seniors and it’s volunteers have one priority this Holiday

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What is Your Manufactured Home Community Worth?

Season and that is to bring holiday cheer along with a pair of new socks to warm the hearts and cover the cold feet of our elderly seniors. The Socks for Seniors program benefits those living alone and in nursing homes and yes even those seniors that are homeless.

Properties purchased are the Aztec RV Resort in Mesa, and the Desert Holiday and Twin Palms mobile home parks in Apache Junction.

All three are age restricted for those 55 and older, with a combine total of spaces at 621.

To collect Socks For Seniors, please sign up at www.socksforseniors. com/register.html.

For more information call Jamie Coyne at (615) 787SOCK (7625) or email Coyne at jamie@socksforseniors.com.

There are no monies collected, only socks! For more information about the organization visit www.socksforseniors.com.

Phoenix-based Tricon Lifestyles Communities bought a trio of manufactured home communities from Saguaro Properties. The three East Valley RV and mobile home parks were purchased for $25 million.

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Howard Weinstein, Derek Harris and Connor Peagler with Pacific Land Co. brokered the sale.

TriCon Lifestyle is a subsidiary of TriCon Capital. It owns other parks in west Phoenix, Mesa and Apache Junction. Weinstein said TriCon is looking at making additional acquisitions.

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“Losing Ground” The Displacement of the San Gorgonio Pass Cahuilla People

Join author and historian, Betty Meltzer, as she discusses her book “Losing Ground” about the displacement of the San Gorgonio Pass Cahuilla People in the 19th century.

“Losing Ground” follows the history of the Cahuilla people from their first contact with missionaries in the 19th century in the Redlands area, through the Mexican rancheros until the American settlers, being used as a labor force to dig the Zanja for Redlands friars before they were moved to a reservation.

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Sponsored by the Desert Institute at Joshua Tree National Park, this lecture will be held at the Black Rock Visitor Center, 9800 Black Rock Canyon, Yucca Valley, CA 92284 on Friday, November 20, 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.

The lecture is free and open to the public.

For more information, contact the Desert Institute at (760) 3675535, desertinstitute@joshuatree. org, or visit www.joshuatree.org.

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BRAIN TEASER Brain Teaser Question: Question: The first department store to hold a Thanksgiving parade was:

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(a) Montgomery Wards (b) J.C. Penney’s (c) Gimbel’s (d) Macy’s (e) None of the above.

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Community Spotlight Joshua Springs MHP, Desert Hot Springs

Congratulations to Carol C., on her new cherry colored Hyundai.

Monday I got a huge surprise at coffee time. Wanda S. presented me with a quilt that she had pieced and Lorry H. quilted. It has a beautiful pattern called Jacob’s Ladder. On the quilt was a dedication In Memory of Ray. I placed it on the wall facing the door as you come in from the porch so I can see it whenever I come home. Thanks to all the Park members for their thoughtfulness.

Have you caught on to the newest thing? It is Adult Coloring Books with patterns much more completed than those in coloring books for children. They can be found in many places such as Amazon.com, and Walmart. Just the idea of being able put down your daily worries and tasks for a while and color away is very relaxing and might just lower your blood pressure a while.

Claire K. house has been purchased.

The new homeowners are Maggie & Gerry Turner and they are from Alberta, Canada. Stop by and say hello.

Welcome back to Cliff and Gloria.

They said they had a warmer than usual summer up north. Also, welcome back to Loah K. She said she and Mort had a very busy summer with loads of family visitors. Right now Mort is collecting bee boxes from areas that have been hit with snow.

November is a busy month. Check bulletin board for dates and times.

Friday night movies are starting, Carlena S., is hosting.

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Happy Thanksgiving……Submitted by Joan Carroll

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Desert Living Home Show is Back!

Morris Carey, known as the Carey Bros., are nationally-recognized experts on home building and renovation. They share their 70+ years of experience as award-winning, licensed contractors with millions of people nationwide through a weekly radio program and syndicated newspaper column both titled On The House.

Our homes are one the most important financial investments we will make in our lifetime. Have some fun and get a little help from the experts at the Desert Living Home Show, November 20 – 22, at the Palm Springs Convention Center.

New at the year’s event is the addition of the Carey Brothers, stars of “On The House.” James Carey and

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For Dummies published by Wiley Publishing, Inc. (2004). The Carey Bros. also write a regular monthly column for The Family Handyman, a Reader’s Digest home improvement magazine.

This Desert Living Home Show will also feature experts in kitchen and bath remodeling, landscape de-

signers, HVAC experts, pools, roofers, windows, doors, home security, backyard living furniture and so much more.

For tickets and information visit www.worldclassshows. com/DesertLiving.

Besides their syndicated column, the Carey Bros. have authored four “how-to” books, Cost-Effective Home Upgrades published by Ortho Books (1992); Home Remodeling For Dummies published by IDG Books Worldwide (1998); Home Maintenance For Dummies 1st Edition also published

by IDG Books Worldwide (2000), and Home Maintenance For Dummies 2nd Edition published by Wiley Publishing, Inc. (2009), and Home Improvement-All-In-One

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Fudge Krinkle Cookies Delicious and simple, great for bake sales!

INGREDIENTS 1 box Betty Crocker SuperMoist Devil’s food cake mix 1/3 cup vegetable oil 2 eggs, beaten lightly 2 tsp vanilla Powdered sugar for rolling

DIRECTIONS 1. Preheat oven to 350.

2. Mix ingredients together until completely combined (it will be heavy).

3. Refrigerate for 1/2 hour (makes it easier to handle).

4. Roll dough into 1 inch balls, roll each ball in powdered sugar and place on a parchment lined or no-stick cookie sheet.

5. Using a flat bottomed glass, dip it in the remaining powdered sugar and press each cookie slightly.

6. Bake for 9-11 minutes, until set - you can sprinkle them with a little more powdered sugar if you want a “frostier” look.

7. Cool completely on racks before storing.

Additions: Death by Chocolate Krinkles - 1 package white chocolate chips Christmas Krinkles - 1 cup (or more) peppermint candy cane pieces Notes: this recipe doubles well

Recipe courtesy of Cherryl Hoffman **Send your favorite recipe to the editor and if published, win a $25 gift certificate to a local restaurant. news@dmhnews.com

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HOROSCOPE • NOVEMBER 19 - NOVEMBER 25 ARIES (March 21-April 19). You have a dry way of delivering humor. They won’t all get you, but the ones who do will adore you even as your charm goes sailing over the heads of a less-astute audience.

can’t seem to form the words you think you should say. Maybe it’s because your head and heart don’t really agree. There’s a way to be honest and cooperative at the same time.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). While it will be a joy to give in any way that is convenient, you will also go out of your way to give when it’s not. This will probably be a pain, but it’s the right thing to do and a testament to the depth of your generosity.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Misery loves company, but it loves a nurse even more.

Unless you’re qualified to take care of that miserable person, keep walking. This weekend is too beautiful to spend in a downer situation.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You accept scraps of attention when you deserve so much more. You deserve all manner of love — passionate, platonic, respectful, desiring, reverent, unconditional and beyond.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Do not fear success. Celebrate any shred of evidence that things are going your way.

Think of everything good as a sign of even better things to come.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). You’re slightly more sensitive and impressionable than you want to be this weekend. You’ll have a much better time if you insulate yourself from chronic whiners and complainers.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). The first question that will pop into your mind might be “Why?” But the question that will make your day go better is “how,” or, more specifically, “How can I make this work?”

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You’re getting closer to figuring out what you really want. Order it up like you’re ordering a pizza, with great specificity. Why shouldn’t life give you the toppings you crave?

AQUARIUS (Jan.20-Feb. 18). You’ll find yourself in a situation you haven’t prepared for, but that’s fine because you’re a brilliant improviser. You’ll fly by the seat of your pants and wind up at the same destination as the ones who are flying first class.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You’ve the wondrous imagination of a child. Use it to stretch your self-concept. Visualize yourself in various roles — a pilot, a parent, an inventor, an acrobat. What fits?

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Your mouth

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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). To avoid becoming enslaved by the very things that are supposed to be helping you, don’t add anything to your life without testing it out first.

This could be about technology, teachers, employees, services or possessions.

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SODOKU

Answers: Sodoku, p.17

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November is National Alzheimer’s Awareness Month According to the 2015 Facts and Figures report published by the Alzheimer’s Association, every 67 seconds someone in the United States develops the disease. Currently there are 5.3 million people in the United States living with this debilitating disease. The toll Alzheimer’s disease takes on families and communities is rising every day.

As the number of diagnoses grows, so increases the demand for educational resources for family caregivers, local businesses, and community service professionals. During the month of November Caleo Bay Special Care Center will be provid-

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ing Alzheimer’s disease in-services to local businesses and community service professionals free of charge.

In-services and resources are designed to equip local community members to respond compassionately to local residents living with memory loss. For more information please call (760) 771-6100.

Caleo Bay Alzheimer’s Special Care Center, 47805 Caleo Bay Drive, La Quinta, CA 92253.

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“A Miracle on El Paseo” Holiday Event The Shops on El Paseo, the premiere luxury shopping destination in the Coachella Valley, will kick-off the Holiday Season on Saturday, November 21, from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. with A MIRACLE ON EL PASEO. The event will feature the lighting of the El Paseo Christmas Tree, dancing in the streets, tastes and spirits from the Valley’s top restaurants, a five-story Ferris Wheel, special events at participating retailers and spectacular Holiday entertainment. The dynamic pop-rock ensemble, “Night Shift” of Citrus College, returns as the event’s house band.

Olympic and World Champion figure skater, Dorothy Hamill, will act as 2015 Honorary Chairperson and oversee the grand illumination

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of the 60-foot El Paseo Christmas Tree.

The City of Palm Desert with The Shops on El Paseo will close El Paseo between Highway 74 and past Ocotillo to allow for the holiday street festival and musical performances as a part of the evening’s holiday launch.

It Works!

How to remove cooking spray residue Remove stubborn buildup by scrubbing metal pans with a nonabrasive cleaner. To clean glass dishes, put them in the sink and spray liberally with an oven cleaner (use a cold-oven formula). Let sit for a few minutes then scrub

well. You may have to repeat the process to get the grime off.

Always apply the spray to a cold pan (never a heated one), and wash well after each use.

Tickets are $50 per person and children under the age of 12 are free.

Tickets can be purchased at www. bighornbam.com or via telephone at (760) 610-8218. Will call will be behind St. John, with convenient parking located behind and accessible from Highway 111.

For more information visit www.theshopsonelpaseo.com.

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Charles Dickens’ ‘A Christmas Carol’ with a twist..........

Think you know Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol?” Think again, and treat yourself to an ecstatic surprise in a unique theater performance coming to the Cal State San Bernardino Palm Desert Campus on November 23.

Come and see how Charles Dickens himself presents the classic Christmas story in a wonderfully intimate, gossipy, sometimes scary, heart-warming performance.

The one-time performance will be in the campus’s Indian Wells Theater on at 7 p.m. To help patrons get the holiday season off to a good start, the intermission-free show will include seasonal refreshments before and after.

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Tickets are $15 for the general public and free to students with a valid college identification card, or to young people under 17 years of age.

Special discounted tickets are available for $10 to members of the Cal State University Associates, Emeriti Society, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, military, and adults affiliated with either of the campus’s partner organizations, Big Brothers/Big Sisters and Boys and Girls Club of the Coachella Valley.

For tickets, call the Indian Wells Theater box office at (760) 341–6909. For more information, visit www.IWTheater.com. The theater is located at 37500 Cook St, Palm Desert, CA 92211.

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Did you know?

The hidden hazards of Thanksgiving According to the National Fire Protection Association, three times as many home cooking fires occur on Thanksgiving as on a typical day. The latest cooking estimates shows that there were 1,550 cooking fires on Thanksgiving in 2013, reflecting a 230

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percent increase over the daily average.

The cause, people are often preparing multiple dishes with lots of guests and other distractions, which can make it all too easy to forget what’s on the stove!

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Widows or Widowers Active Social Club Widows and Widowers meet every Monday at 10 a.m., at the Mizell Senior Center. This active Social Club is for individuals who are ready to begin exploring new opportunities in life. In addition to the weekly meetings at Mizell, the group often meets for lunch, potlucks and outings to remain active and social. There are also two happy hour mixers each month on the second and fourth Wednesday at various locations.

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November lectures will include: November 23: Neuro-Vitality Center - Beverly Greer November 30: RN in Guatemala Rev. Dr. Amanda Bar Be sure you check-out what this club has to offer and maybe make some new friends along the way.

Everyone who is interested is welcome to attend the Monday meetings. You are invited to attend the group three times at no cost.

The Mizell Senior Center is located at 480 S Sunrise Way, Palm Springs, CA 92262. For more information call (760) 323-5689

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Gimbel’s Department Store in Philadelphia, in 1920.

DEADLINE: 5PM THURSDAYS FOR PRIVATE PARTY ONLY! DOES NOT APPLY TO BUSINESSES

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760-899-3494

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1BR/1BA located in the Indian Wells Care Free Resort.

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