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Free Fall Concerts Return to Palm Desert

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he approach of autumn brings cool temperatures and even cooler sounds to Civic Center Park with the return of Palm Desert’s free Fall Concerts where Palm Desert residents and visitors can enjoy live music under the stars and taste tempting treats from food trucks. The excitement kicks off at the Civic Center Park Amphitheater at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 6, with a performance by Oingo Boingo tribute band Dead Man’s Party. Featuring some of Southern

Leftover Cuties California’s finest musicians, the eight-piece band was formed to recreate the same level of performance that made Oingo Boingo a phenomenon. The band consists of a lead vocalist, lead and rhythm guitar, bass, drums, tenor and baritone sax, trumpet, and keys. On stage from 6 to 7:30 p.m. every Thursday in October, the Fall Concerts will feature a variety of talented musical acts designed to please music lovers of all ages and tastes. The City extends its thanks to the Desert Recreation District

for its support of this year’s Fall Concert Series. Other concert series performances include traditional Irish and folk music from The Reelers (Oct. 13), fun reggae and ska beats from The Debonaires (Oct. 20), and the unique and heartwarming indie pop sounds of Leftover Cuties (October 27). The debut of Fall Concerts also means the return of food trucks to Civic Center Park. Concertgoers are encouraged to sample the trucks’ mouth-watering mobile

culinary creations or bring picnic baskets along with their blankets or lawn chairs to enjoy the shows. Alcoholic beverages and smoking are prohibited. Civic Center Park is located on the northeast corner of San Pablo Avenue and Fred Waring Drive. For more information, please call (760) 3460611, ext. 416 or visit www.palmdesert.org/events.

Get Out of the House This Week! September 30: A Tribute to Keith Urban. 8 p.m. Free concert series featuring tribute artist Urban Skies. Tortoise Rock Casino, 73-829 Baseline Road, Twentynine Palms. (866) 377.6829, www.tortoiserockcasino.com. September 30: Films on the Great Lawn: Horror Classics. 7 p.m. The Haunting: One of cinema’s best haunted house movies, director Robert Wise received a Golden Globe nomination for exploring the tale of a mansion teeming with supernatural forces. Sunnylands, 37-977 Bob Hope Drive, Rancho Mirage. (760) 202-2222, www.sunnylands.org. September 30: A Tribute to The Pretenders. 8 p.m. Free concert series featuring tribute artist Contenders. Spotlight 29 Casino, 46-200 Harrison Place, Coachella. (760) 775-5566, www.spotlight29.com.

“The Haunting” will screen at Films on the Great Lawn at Sunnylands October 1-2: 21st Annual Orchid Festival. Free admission. Judged Orchid Show, Orchid Care Classes, Chaparral artist art show, wine and cheese tasting, jazz music, food and vendor booths. Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. 2200 Belfield Blvd., Landers. www. sunsetrotary.org. October 1-2: Desert Hot Springs Fall Festival. 2 to 10 p.m. Fireworks show, festival of music featuring Gin Piston, The BrosQuitos and

Desert Country, petting zoo, kid rides, arts and crafts, food trucks and bbq. Mission Lakes Marketplace, 64949 Mission Lakes Bld., Desert Hot Springs. www.dhsdaily.com/event/ desert-hot-springs-fall-festival-2/. October 6: Palm Desert Free Fall Concerts. 6 p.m. Featuring Oingo Boingo tribute band Dead Man’s Party. Bring picnic baskets, blankets and lawn chairs. Food trucks on site. Civic Center Park, 43-900 San Pablo Ave., Palm Desert. www.palm-desert.org.

Notes from the Editor I’m really getting excited for season, not only will we get cooler weather but we won’t have to spend most of the time indoors. You’ll notice that the Free Fall Concerts are back in Palm Desert starting October 6. If you haven’t attended the free concerts I highly recommend you gather a group of friends and go. I’m really looking forward to the food trucks! Palm Canyon Theater will be presenting their second show of

the 2016-2017 season, “The Music Man,” sounds like it’s going to be a fun filled show with over 30 kids and teens on stage. This week’s “It Works” is inspired by a cold I caught this week. Came back from visiting family in Sacramento with a cold! I’ll let you guys know how the Baking Soda Tea goes in next week’s issue. Looking at this weeks “Did You Know” can you tell that I caught a couple of hours of the Star Wars

marathon on TNT this last weekend? Looking forward to the start of the Palm Springs Cruisin’ Associations Car Show return to the Westfield Palm Desert parking lot. Looking at classic cars and hot rods never gets old, especially with my father-inlaw, he has a story for every car. Try not to catch a cold! José

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Neighborhood Park News This Week Joshua Springs MHP By Joan Carroll Donna has her daughter in law staying with her for the season. Please make (Glenda, she likes to be called GG) welcome. She has a large, male lab named Rudy, that is a service dog. George P. has returned to the desert early. He is undergoing tests at the hospital for a medical problem. Home Shopping Network moved to 76 on September 20. I checked the next day and noticed that both stations were running the same show. We were sad that Lorry and Judy Hudson left to live in Meridian, Idaho. They will be closer to their children and grandchildren. Their home #202 will be for sale soon. The house has an enclosed porch and bearing fruit trees. The Murphy’s had Marlene’s brother and sister in law visiting

with a great dane service dog — who came to them named Murphy! He is a two and a half years old dapple great dane and is about the size of a small pony but he is very well behaved and can go anywhere a service dog is welcome. Welcome back to Cathy and Jim S. from Washington where they visited with kids and granddaughters. They picked up mom, Pat H. at Seattle airport and brought her back from her trip to Alaska. We had grumpy, cloudy weather that day with rain. Welcome back Pat! Thanks to Jorge Garcia and crew my overgrown citrus trees got a crewcut and all the dead branches have been taken out. No more branches rubbing on awnings. Please let us know what’s going on in your park. Email news@desertmobilehomenews.com.

Sustainable Landscaping Workshop at UCR Palm Desert

Join UCR Palm Desert from 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 1 for a FREE sustainable landscaping workshop. Learn how to grow your own vegetables in the desert, get tips on bees and cultivating a pollinator-friendly garden, and discover the secrets of droughtsustainable landscaping. Speakers include S. Hollis Woodard, UCR entomologist and bee specialist; Janet Hartin, University of California Cooperative Extension horticultur-

ist and director of Master Gardener programs; and several UCCE Master Gardeners. These experts are also eager to answer your pollinator, gardening, and landscaping questions. Light refreshments will be provided. UCR Palm Desert is located at 75080 Frank Sinatra Dr. For more information or to RSVP call (760) 8340800 or email palmdesert@ucr.edu

LifeStream Testing for Zika in Donated Blood LifeStream blood bank is testing all collections for traces of the Zika virus, in compliance with a recent recommendation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). “While the test is not yet FDA-approved, tens of thousands of blood donors in Puerto Rico and the Southern United States have already been screened effectively us-

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ing this very sensitive technology,” said Joe Chaffin, MD, LifeStream’s chief medical officer. If a potential donor declines to have his/her blood tested for Zika, he/she will not be able to give blood. For more information, call (800) 879-4484 or visit www. LStream.org.

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The Living Desert Returns to Regular Hours

The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens will return to regular hours and reopen its hiking trails starting Saturday, Oct. 1. The zoo will be open daily from 9 a.m. (7 a.m. for members) to 5 p.m. with the last admission at 4 p.m. In addition to the new seasonal hours, The Living Desert’s nature preserve hiking trails also will reopen to zoo-goers. The Living Desert offers hikers a variety of trails to suit a range of hiking experience levels. Hikers are required to sign in and sign out at the trailhead, and asked to stay on the trails as they

are a nature preserve. The trails, accessible with paid admission or with an annual membership, are open every day, except Christmas Day, through May 31, 2017. The Inner Loop is the shortest and easiest trail at about a quartermile long. The path is flat and sandy with desert views. The Middle Loop trail is about a mile long and offers more adventure with a gentle rise and fall through the loop. It also leads hikers through a rocky desert mountain slope with an opportunity to climb to an interpretative exhibit of the San Andreas Fault, where expansive views of the infamous fault can be seen. The third trail, the Wilderness Loop, is for more experienced hikers. At three and a half miles long, the trail peaks at a covered picnic area at 1000 feet elevation. All of the trails have signage to inform and guide hikers. For more information about The Living Desert visit www.livingdesert. org or call (760) 346-5694.

It Works! Make Baking Soda “Tea” for Sore Throat

Baking soda is often times touted as a simple, straightforward, and effective home remedy for sore throats. The reason? Baking soda has antibacterial properties, which could help to kill off the nasties camping out in your throat. It also has a slightly Alkaline PH-this soothes minor skin irritations such as bug bites and rashes, and it will act similarly on the swollen tissues in your throat. Toss in some salt (see #1 for details on salt) and you have a mixture that’s set up for soothing success.

You will need… • 1 cup of very warm water • 1/2 teaspoon salt • 1/2 teaspoon or a little less baking soda Directions: Heat the water until it is very warm, but not so warm that you can’t drink it. Mix in ½ teaspoon of salt and ½ teaspoon or a little less baking soda, stir, and test the temperature. Pour some of the liquid into your throat, let it sit for a moment, then gargle. Do this twice in a row, three times daily.

Joshua Tree National Park Reopens 49 Palms Oasis Park officials announced that the popular 49 Palms Oasis has been reopened for park visitors. Park biologists state that cooler temperatures, additional forage and the impact of recent rain activity in the area, create conditions favorable for reopening the oasis, which has

been closed since June. Rangers advise hikers to bring plenty of water, sunscreen and appropriate clothing and headgear. Also the public is reminded that dogs are not allowed on trails in the park and are particularly vulnerable to desert heat. For more info visit, www.nps.gov/jotr.

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The Palm Springs Cruisin’ Association Announces First Car Show of 2016-2017 Season

The Palm Springs Cruisin’ Association (PSCA) has announced its dates for its 2016-2017 CruiseIn car show series. Starting Oct. 1 and running through May on the

first Saturday of each month from 1 to 5 p.m., over 150 cars will be on display in the parking lot at Westfield Palm Desert (in the northwest parking lot near Macy’s and Red

Carpet Car Wash). The exhibitions will feature classic cars, muscle cars, hot rods, street rods, corvettes, customs, antiques, restored and original collectable cars and motorcycles. The monthly event also features food, drink and clothing vendors, as well as raffles and prizes given to the top cars. Fun for the entire family, there is a special area for kids with coloring, hula hoop contests and other activities. The first event of the season also will include a special display of Sheriff’s Department equipment and cars. Along with the Cruise-In Series, the Palm Springs Cruisin’ Association hosts the popular Dr. George

Car Show in February. In 2016 the car show raised a record-breaking $80,000 for Desert Cancer Foundation (DCF), a nonprofit organization dedicated to assisting residents in the Coachella Valley and surrounding communities who need financial assistance in obtaining screening, diagnosis and treatment for cancer and allied diseases. Over the past 14 years, the PSCA has donated over $688,000 to DCF. Cruise-In is free for spectators to attend. There is a $5 entry fee to show a vehicle. Dates for the upcoming Cruise-In season include Oct. 1, Nov. 5, Dec. 3, Jan. 7, Feb. 4, March 4, April 1 and May 6. For more information visit www.palmspringscruisinassociation.com.

Murder Mystery Dinner at Westin Mission Hills The Murder Mystery Company’s professional actors will lead a twohour, interactive mystery dinner event at The Westiin Mission Hills Golf Resort & Spa from 6 to 9 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 1. Someone will die in a comedic way and guests will have the opportunity to solve the crime over a three-course dinner. The theme for the Murder Mystery Dinner is “Totally 80s, Totally Murder,” Poison Ratenstein is in town for a killer concert, but his fans may be looking for a refund after this twisted tour turns tragic with a murder and a mystery to solve. Fitting dress attire? 80’s concert gear to rock out in style –jean

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jackets and spandex leggings, big hair, bangles, and don’t forget leg warmers and ripped jeans. For dinner starters guests will be served Teleme, Squash, Onion Galette, Blue Gem Leaves and Fennel Vinaigrette, followed by the main entrée of Spiced Buttermilk Cod, Curried Spinach and Lentil, and closing the evening with Baked Chocolate Ganache, Hazelnut and Orange Oil with coffee service. $59 per person plus tax and gratuity. Reservations are required by calling (760) 770-2150 or via email to pinziminips@westin.com. The Westin Mission Hills Golf Resort & Spa is located at 71-333 Dinah

Shore Drive in Rancho Mirage. For more information, call (760) 328-

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5955 or visit www.westinmissionhills.com.

Encelia Chamber Ensemble at the Hi-Desert Nature Museum

The Hi-Desert Nature Museum is pleased to announce their second Chamber Music concert for 2016. The event will take place at the HiDesert Nature Museum at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 8 with a matinee performance at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 9. Chamber Music was composed for a small group of instruments - traditionally a group that could fit in a palace chamber or in this instance, a small museum. Pieces from composers such as Ibert, Mozart and Handel will be performed by members of the Encelia Chamber Ensemble. The musicians of the ensemble have performed with several Symphonic Orchestras and Philharmonics as well as at Disney Hall. The Ensemble will be joined by David and Paulette Miller, a talented flute and harp duo who have been performing together for many years throughout California and Italy. Reserved seating for this delightful musical experience is available for a donation of $15 for standard seating and $20 for preferred seating. Tickets are available online at www.hidesertnaturemuseum. org, or purchase in person at the

Yucca Valley Community Center or Hi-Desert Nature Museum. All proceeds will benefit the Hi-Desert Nature Museum. For over 50 years the Hi-Desert Nature Museum has been dedicated to the process of education by exploring the natural, artistic and cultural heritage of the Morongo Basin and high desert. The Museum seeks to inspire wonder, discovery, understanding and responsibility in its community and visitors through exhibits, programs, and collections in the arts, history, and natural sciences.

Did You Know How Chewbacca Got a Voice? Chewbacca’s voice is the creation of Ben Burtt, the sound designer of the Star Wars film series. Chewie’s vocalizations were created from a mix of animal sounds: bears, a lion, a seal, a badger, and a moaning walrus who wasn’t happy about being stuck at the bottom of his pool when it was drained for cleaning. “He didn’t have articulated lips,” Burtt recalled. “He could basically open and close his mouth. So you also needed to create a sound which would be believable coming from a mouth like his.” “Out of all these recordings you

could extract little bits of sound, little grunts, moans, and ughs and arghs and purring sounds, whatever it might be. I collected and put all on one tape all these sounds that had emotional feelings associated with them,” he said. “You play this sound and it sounded affectionate. You play this other sound and it sounded angry. In that manner, I had these categories of little sounds that each had an emotional tone associated with it. I began cutting those together to get a sense of speech out of Chewy.”

Chocolate Health Benefits Evidence shows that chocolate may help lower cholesterol levels and prevent memory decline, according to several medical studies. And, in the U.K., a new candy bar with the moniker, Esthechoc, is being touted as able to combat the ef-

fects of aging. But it’ll cost you. The posh London department store, Harrods, sells it for the equivalent of about $165 a pound. The Association of Mature American Citizens [www. amac.us] provides a service on issues of concern to Americans over 50.

The Hi-Desert Nature Museum is operated by the Town of Yucca Valley and is located in the Yucca Valley Community Center Complex at 57116 Twentynine Palms Highway. The Museum is open Thursday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free; donations support the educational mission of the Museum. For more information, contact the HiDesert Nature Museum at (760) 3697212, visit on Facebook or at www. hidesertnaturemuseum.org.

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Broadway’s Dean Regan Comes to Arthur Newman Theater to Perform ‘Give My Regards to Broadway’ Les Michaels’ Sundays in Summer Series welcomes the awardwinning performer, Dean Regan in “Give My Regards to Broadway” on Sunday, Oct. 2 at 2 p.m. at the Arthur Newman Theatre in Palm Desert. Staged as a cabaret style concert, Dean’s show is full of classic songs and new tunes currently on Broadway and features Charlie Creasy on piano. Tickets are available at the door for $11 cash only. Dean Regan now hails from Los Angeles but worked on New York Broadway stages for ten years. A few of his shows include “Pirates Of Penzance”, “Company” for which Dean received both the Garland Award and Drama Logue Award, and “Cabaret” where he won another Garland Award, “How To Suc-

ceed In Business Without Really Trying”, “Man of La Mancha”. He preformed this show recently at Carpenter Center for Performing arts to a sold out audience and the Los Angeles Times heralded him as “stunning and poignant” saying “when Dean Regan makes his entrance, you know you’re in for a thrilling ride” and “his bewitching voice and comic timing have inspired audiences to dub him both Romantic Crooner and Court Jester of Song”. Dean makes annual tours of performing arts centers, universities, and corporate events with a number of his one-man shows, but “Give My Regards To Broadway” remains his favorite and he’s recently released a 13-song CD version. For the October 2nd show, local

musical director, Charlie Creasy will be the pianist on the theater’s baby grand. “Give my Regards To Broadway” starring Dean Regan with Charlie Creasy on piano, will be presented at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 2, at the Arthur Newman Theater in The Joslyn Center at 73-750 Catalina Way, Palm Desert. Presented by Les Michaels’ Life Is A Cabaret Entertainment as part of the Sundays In Summer Series. Tickets are $11 cash only and available at the box office, which opens at 1 p.m. with open seating at 1:30 p.m. For more information call (760) 3252731.

Slang Origins: ‘Drink Like a Fish’ Meaning: Drink heavily, especially of alcoholic drink. Origin: Clearly an allusion to fishes’ close association with water and their apparent open-mouthed taking in of water. Freshwater fish actually take in water by absorbsion rather than by drinking, although sea fish do actively drink seawater. The phrase is known

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since 1640 and appears in Fletcher and Shirley’s The night-walker, or the little theife. There is a more recent potential boost to use ‘drink like a fish’. In January 2005 a press release for the Dalian Fisherman’s Song Maritime Biological Brewery in China, said that they had developed a fermentation process to make fish into wine. So now, you can ‘drink, like, a fish’.

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‘Write That Down!’ Author to be Interviewed at Palm Springs Public Library

Author Kirk Frederick will be interviewed by veteran syndicated Hollywood reporter Blll Harris about his new book “Write That Down! The Comedy of Male Actress Charles Pierce” at the Palm Springs Public Library at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 1. USC Professor Chris Freeman will also be present to MC the discussion. The event is free but seating is limited, firstcome, first-seated until room capacity is met. The softcover book provides a humorous and insightful glimpse into the fascinating life and 40year career of self-described “Male Actress” Charles Pierce, who created outrageously funny impersonations of legends Bette Davis,

Mae West, Katharine Hepburn and many other twentieth century movie stars. In addition to the interview, rare video segments spanning Pierce’s career will be shared, and a general question-and-answer session will follow. Books will be for sale courtesy and Kirk will be available to autograph the books following the presentation. Frederick served as Charles Pierce’s producer, manager and dresser for the last 20 years of Pierce’s career. In “Write That Down!” Frederick captures the essence of the man’s comic genius by recounting his hilarious material, most of which Pierce wrote himself, or improvised on stage. On the occasions when these ad-libs generated particularly exuberant audience response, Pierce would call out to Frederick backstage to “write that down.” He did. It inspired this book. “I had the pleasure of working closely with Charles Pierce in many roles,” said Frederick. “As early as 1973, Charles had already become a kind of voice for the gay community, and I wanted to preserve his incredible impact. His spot-on impersonations helped memorialize some of Hollywood’s biggest legends and made people laugh for more than forty years. That is a legacy any performer would be proud to have.” Pierce helped pioneer the art of

female impression in the ‘50s and ‘60s. His roles included Bette Davis, Mae West, Tallulah Bankhead, Gloria Swanson, Carol Channing, Katharine Hepburn, and Joan Crawford. His act was centered on wit rather than accurate mimicry, though it was often said that he looked more like Joan Collins than did Joan Collins herself. “Write That Down!” is the first authorized biographical tribute to Charles Pierce, the foremost “male actress” of the 20th century. “Write That Down!” captures the essence of Pierce in a thoroughly entertaining, revealing, and funny

biographical tribute, as only someone who knew him on and off the stage could. It features a foreword by renowned author Armistead Maupin. The Library is located at 300 S. Sunrise Way, on the corner of Sunrise Way and Baristo Road, one of the anchors of Sunrise Park and a destination for residents and visitors alike. For more information call 760-322READ (7323) or log on to www.palmspringslibrary.org.

BRAIN TEASER Question: It can be cracked, It can be made, It can be told, it can be played. What is it? Answer on page 14.

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aque Choux (pronounced “mock-shoe”) is a braised corn, tomato and pepper dish of French Acadian and Native American origin, popular in Louisiana. This version includes chicken thighs, rubbed with a mixture of garlic powder, onion powder, cumin, cinnamon and sugar and cooked until crispy brown. Fresh corn, onions, tomatoes and bell peppers are added to the skillet, and the chicken is nestled in the mixture, covered and baked. Serve Chicken Maque Choux with a crispy baguette to soak up the juices.

Chicken Maque Choux • 1 Tbsp garlic powder • 1 Tbsp onion powder • 1 tsp cumin • 1 tsp cinnamon • 1 tsp sugar • 1/2 tsp salt

• 1/2 tsp black pepper • 8 chicken thighs • 1 Tbsp oil • 1 cup chopped green onions • 4 cups fresh corn kernels (about 6 large ears) • 1 large tomato, chopped • 1 red bell pepper, chopped 1. Preheat oven to 375F. 2. Combine the first 7 ingredients (garlic powder through black pepper). Rub on chicken thighs. 3. Heat oil in large ovenproof skillet. Add chicken and cook until browned, about 5 minutes per side. Transfer to a plate. 4. Combine onions, corn, tomato and bell pepper in a 13 x 9-inch pan. Place chicken on top of corn mixture. Cover and bake 15 minutes. Uncover and bake 15 more minutes. Serves 4.

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‘The Music Man’ at Palm Canyon Theatre

Se Layne and A.J. Fernandez Photo by Paul Hayashi

More than 30 kids and teens from the Coachella Valley will take the stage following a “pied piper,” as he sells them on the idea of drumming up a boys’ band. The story of “The Music Man,” a musical by Meredith Willson, follows a fast-talking traveling salesman, Harold Hill, as he cons the people of River City, Iowa into buying instruments and uniforms for a boys’ band he vows to organize – this despite the fact he doesn’t know a trombone from a treble clef. Hill is played by Paul Grant, a musical theatre veteran who frequently shares his talents with Palm Canyon Theatre audiences. Professor Hill – as he refers to himself – is foiled with his plans to skip town with the cash, when he falls for Marian the librarian, played by Se Layne, who is also the Palm Canyon Theatre’s coartistic director. “The Music Man” is directed by Steve Fisher. Musical Director Steven Smith will lead an ensemble of professional, local musi-

cians in live music throughout the production. Derik Shopinski is both choreographer and costume designer. Sets and lighting design are by J.W. Layne, co-artistic director of PCT. The cast includes many local actors, including a talented gaggle of kids as young as sevenyears-old and several budding teen stars including Jake Mule, who plays Tommy Djilas. Kate Antanov plays Zaneeta Shinn. 11-year-old A.J. Fernandez plays Winthrop, the librarian’s much younger brother. Other PCT company members include Morgana Corelli, as Mrs. Paroo; Jake Samples, as Marcellus; Ava Tethal, as Amarylis; Stan Jenson, as Mayor Shinn; and Karen Schmitt, as Eulalie Shinn. The cast is complete with a brood of pick-a-little ladies, pecking at the town’s gossip, and a harmonizing quartet of synchronized school board members, which in reality is an established Palm Springs area quartet called Lightning Bolt. Its oldest member is

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92, creating an 85-year spread in this intergenerational cast. “The Music Man” is the Palm Canyon Theatre’s second show of its 20th Anniversary Season, opening Friday, Sept. 30, and running two weekends through Sunday, Oct. 9. Show times are 8 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, and 7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 6. Sunday matinees start at 2 p.m. Tickets are $32-$36. Student tickets are $15, with valid ID; student tickets must be purchased at the Box Office. For tickets, call the Palm Canyon Theatre Box Office at (760) 323-5123 or order online www. PalmCanyonTheatre.org. The Palm Canyon Theatre is located at 538 North Palm Canyon Drive, at the corner of Alejo Road and Palm Canyon Drive, across from Koffi inside The Corridor. Box Office hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information call (760) 323-5123.

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HOROSCOPE SEPTEMBER 29 - OCTOBER 5 ARIES (March 21-April 19). There’s something you want to tell a crowd today. If you can build rapport with one person you can build rapport with many at one time. Use social media, a soapbox or a mountaintop to tell your story. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You don’t mind standing out in some way: In fact, you benefit from it, even if said “way” is a little bit controversial. Better to raise a few eyebrows than to be invisible. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Just because they love you doesn’t mean they understand you. You long for an intellectual connection, but affection comes for different reasons and from other directions. It’s still pure and true. CANCER (June 22-July 22). Does it frustrate you to know there is nothing you can do about the outcome? Hopefully, you can find a way to let this liberate you instead. Trust in the work you’ve already done. Watch to see what grows. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Is this anticipation or apprehension that you’re feeling? Maybe both, but figure out the dominating emotion. If you’re apprehensive, it means there’s still a little more preparation to do before you make your move. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). No relationship is all sunshine and rainbows. Hopefully, there is quite a lot of sunshine and the occasional rainbow — but of course, such a phenomenon usually occurs after a rainstorm.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You won’t find friends today; they’ll find you. The people who have a similar vibe to yours can feel you. They can see your inner light, and they’ll want to claim you for their own. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). People need constant encouragement. You can’t just give out pats on the back at the end. Most of them won’t even make it there. Whatever your usual reward system is, today you’ll need to triple it to see results. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Before you make a big effort to demonstrate your love, take measures to get reasonably sure that the gesture is one that the other person is likely to see as love. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Privacy is a requirement of every relationship. Close relationships need even more of it. Instead of feeling guilty about this, revel in your right to experiences that are yours and yours alone. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You’re an antennae for important information and especially helpful to those around you who have trouble discerning that from the dreck. You’ll help all stay on track with priorities. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). News feed clutter abounds. You have to wonder about the people who feel compelled to tell the whole world what a fantastic time they are having with the loved ones who are, presumably, within talking distance.

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27 Sentencing prior to a trial 28 Abu ___ 29 Clair and Coty 30 Seconds 31 Parmenides’ home 32 Behind 33 Flexible, electrically 34 Staten Isl., e.g. 38 Stationer’s stock

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2 “Rent” award

41 Church part

3 Not made up

42 Benchmark: Abbr.

4 Scout warmer

44 Lobster coral

5 Med. care provider

45 Slammin’ Sammy

6 Shortening online letters

48 Silent

7 Alert

50 LAX info

8 Spanish liqueur

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52 Quaker’s “you”

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55 Overbrim

11 Pest controller 12 Province

56 Old German duchy name

13 Become tiresome

59 Publisher Ballantine

18 Armstrong

60 Collar

49 Mogul

54 Irish novelist O’Brien

23 Word said with a salute 25 Nevertheless 26 Big galoots

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Do You Remember What Happened This Week in History? September 29, 2005 New York Times reporter Judith Miller is released from a federal detention center in Alexandria, Virginia, after agreeing to testify in the investigation into the leaking of the identity of covert CIA officer Valerie Plame. Miller had been behind bars since July 6, 2005, for refusing to reveal a confidential source and testify before a grand jury that was looking into the socalled Plame Affair. She decided to testify after the source she had been protecting, I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney’s chief of staff, signed a waiver giving her permission to speak.

giant sequoia trees. Environmental trailblazer John Muir (1838-1914) and his colleagues campaigned for the congressional action, which was signed into law by President Benjamin Harrison and paved the way for generations of hikers, campers and nature lovers, along with countless “Don’t Feed the Bears” signs.

October 2, 1985 Actor Rock Hudson, 59, becomes the first major U.S. celebrity to die of complications from AIDS. Hudson’s death raised public awareness of the epidemic, which until that time had been ignored by many in the mainstream as a “gay plague.”

September 30, 1954

October 3, 1995

The USS Nautilus, the world’s first nuclear submarine, is commissioned by the U.S. Navy.

At the end of a sensational trial, former football star O.J. Simpson is acquitted of the brutal 1994 double murder of his estranged wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman. In the epic 252day trial, Simpson’s “dream team” of lawyers employed creative and

October 1, 1890 An act of Congress creates Yosemite National Park, home of such natural wonders as Half Dome and the

controversial methods to convince jurors that Simpson’s guilt had not been proved “beyond a reasonable doubt,” thus surmounting what the prosecution called a “mountain of evidence” implicating him as the murderer.

October 4, 1957 The Soviet Union inaugurates the “Space Age” with its launch of Sputnik, the world’s first artificial satellite. The spacecraft, named Sputnik after the Russian word for “satellite,” was launched at 10:29 p.m. Moscow time from the Tyuratam launch base in the Kazakh Republic. Sputnik had a diameter of 22 inches and weighed 184 pounds and circled Earth once every hour and 36 minutes. Traveling at 18,000 miles an hour, its elliptical orbit had an apogee (farthest point from Earth) of 584 miles and a perigee (nearest point) of 143 miles. Sputnik transmitted radio signals back to Earth strong enough to be picked up by amateur radio operators. In

O.J. Simpson January 1958, Sputnik’s orbit deteriorated, as expected, and the spacecraft burned up in the atmosphere.

October 5, 1947 President Harry Truman (18841972) makes the first-ever televised presidential address from the White House, asking Americans to cut back on their use of grain in order to help starving Europeans. At the time of Truman’s food-conservation speech, Europe was still recovering from World War II and suffering from famine.

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Good Nutrition Puts Pets on Track for Better Health When a beloved family pet experiences health problems, it can take a toll on the whole family. In some cases, it can take weeks or even months to identify the problem, and more importantly, where the solution lies. In some cases, the answer is as simple as changing what your pet eats. If youâ€™ve always thought all pet foods were equal, think again. Veterinarian-developed formulas, such as those offered by Diamond CARE, are created for pets with unique dietary needs but also provide affordable complete nutrition, without sacrificing quality or taste, so you can feed your pets the special diet they need for as long as they need it. Learn more about these common ailments that may be corrected with a new high-quality feeding regimen, and talk with your veterinar-

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ian about a treatment plan to get your pet back to better health. Sensitive Skin While a rash or other skin irritation can be an obvious sign that your pet has sensitive skin, other behaviors such as excessive scratching, biting and licking can also signal a problem. Identifying the cause is essential to bringing your pet comfort. Skin irritation among pets is generally caused by something in their environment, such as an allergy, a parasitic infection or in more extreme cases, a neurogenic or infectious condition. Skin problems can also arise from poor nutrition. If your dog has skin sensitivities that might be related to diet or allergic skin disease, try a diet with hydrolyzed salmon as the single animal protein source. Ingredients such as omega-6 and omega-3 fatty

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