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CELEBRATING THE RESIDENTIAL PARK COMMUNITIES FOR 64 YEARS

Frisson Ensemble performs on Monday, January 28.

Photo courtesy of Palm Springs Concerts

Palm Springs Concerts Offers Unique Reciprocity Benefits

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alm Springs Concerts, “The Best Kept Secret in the Desert,” just gets better and better. Through a unique arrangement with 10 other “sister cities” of the association, season ticket purchasers are entitled to complimentary admission to more than 30 bonus concerts in other regional towns this season.

Add these to the four excellent local concerts offered here in Palm Springs and our ticket holders have a multitude of opportunities for high culture at bargain prices in 2019.

Your purchase of a ticket entitles

you to this great entertainment package for just $75 per person.

And since most of the other participating cities have concert seasons that begin earlier than Palm Springs, you can start your adventure in music early this year.

All in all, it’s a delicious musical smorgasbord offering the best in classical artistry, with some of the participating communities offering entertainers from Broadway, Hollywood, Nashville and elsewhere.

The complete reciprocity list is part of your 2019 ticket package, including website information and a contact number to verify

location and seating availability for each bonus concert.

The other participating musical venues in this generous reciprocity entertainment pool include Antelope Valley, Bakersfield, Borrego Springs, Hemet, Hidden Valley, Ridgecrest, North Orange County, Ramona and Victor Valley.

It presents the possibility of a delightful day trip to one of these cities. Picnic and a concert at Borrego Springs? Dinner and a concert in Hemet?

The season tickets you receive come in five sections, a section each for the four local concerts

and a section which is your passport to the reciprocity concerts in the other regional venues.

A word of caution. Your participation as a guest in other venues is based on the availability of seating. So you will need to inquire in advance by phone.

Please visit the website for more details. psconcerts.org.

The Palm Springs Concerts are held at the Richard Center for the Arts located at 2248 Ramon Road in Palm Springs. Doors open at 6:45 p.m. For more information, call 760770-0774 or visit psconcerts.org.

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Not So Free Speech

Staff Deb Geissler Publisher

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up word used to express excitement -- is one of the words that are banned, as are the acronyms POTUS, FLOTUS AND SCOTUS [President of the U.S., First Lady and Supreme Court]. And the phrase “the most important election of our time.” Aren’t they all?

The Association of Mature American Citizens [www.amac.us] provides the Filler Files as a service on issues of concern to Americans over 50.

Serving 110 Mobile Manufactured Home and RV Parks in the Coachella, Morongo and Yucca Valley for 64 years. The Mobile Home News is a household tradition for the 55+ manufactured home park and RV Park population. Available at clubhouses and racks in manufactured home parks. Also available in many area businesses and senior centers.

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Senior News Line

WORD SEARCH

Michigan’s Lake Superior State University doesn’t want you to use certain words and phrases because they’re mis-used, used all too frequently or, as the school’s announcement put it, “generally useless.” For example, according to the Association of Mature American Citizens, the school says that all too often “we grapple, litigate, and then yeet irritating words and phrases.” That’s right, yeet -- an obviously made

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Should You Join a Gym? Did you sign up for a gym membership as a way to fulfill your New Year’s resolution to get fit?

If so, good for you. If not, also good for you.

A gym membership is only as good as your determination to use it, and there are many reasons not to sign up. At the first of the year you’ll be one of many who joined, and the gym might be crowded. If you get on a schedule of going on certain days, something likely will come up to break your routine, possibly bad weather. If you’ve signed a contract, that money is coming out of your account every month no matter what. You’ll likely need to drive to the gym, and you might feel like you need to buy workout clothes or a gym bag.

On the other hand, if you’re determined to exercise and don’t want to spend money on a gym membership that you might not

use, there are ways to work out at home.

Check YouTube on the Internet. Sample types of exercise you’ve never tried. Yoga comes in many varieties. Tai chi and qi gong are similar but not the same. Look for workouts with hand weights or seated exercises. Google “seniors exercising at home” for ideas.

Opt to have a few pieces of equipment at home and alternate days with walking, either outdoors or at an indoor facility like a mall on days when you need to run errands anyway. Ask your doctor to suggest a few pieces of equipment.

Working out at home is free, private, with no waiting for equipment and no driving to the gym.

If you still want to join a gym, wait a few months. Most of the people who signed up as a resolution will be gone. (c) 2019 King Features Synd., Inc.

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Trivia Test

‘Movement and the Science of Why It Makes Us Healthier’

By Fifi Rodriguez

Wednesday, January 23 at Palm Springs Public Library

1. GAMES: How much do you have to pay if you land on the “Income Tax” space in Monopoly?

2. LANGUAGE: What does the Greek prefix “poly” mean in English?

3. GEOGRAPHY: What is the capital of the island of Fiji?

4. FOOD & DRINK: What is the substance in chili peppers that makes the tongue burn?

5. SCIENCE: What does the acronym DNA stand for?

6. MATH: What is the top number of a fraction called?

7. U.S. PRESIDENTS: What was the Secret Service code word for first lady Michelle Obama?

8. LAW: What is the 10th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution about?

9. ANATOMY: What is the rarest blood type in human beings?

10. MUSIC: The film “Rhapsody in Blue” was about the life of which composer? © 2018 King Features Synd., Inc. ANSWER TO TRIVIA ON PAGE 9

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The Learning Center (TLC) at the Jason Tate will deconstruct the main Library. physiology of why and how his It’s scientifically proven that works in the body as well as proexercise increases BDNF (Brainvide some easy-to-follow guide-

lines and exercise regiments that are both fun and rewarding anatomically and physiologically.

We all know we should exercise, but most do not know why, and it is when we know why that we have the consistent motivation to do so.

The lecture is presented in partnership with the Certified Farmers’ Market, a Palm Springs Cultural Center event.

The Palm Springs Public Library is located at 300 South Sunrise Way in Palm Springs. For more information, call 760-322-7323 or visit palmspringslibrary.org.

Now Here’s A Tip

By JoAnn Derson

• Create a spa-like soap dish by adding a handful of pebbles to a deep saucer. Place your bar soap on top of it so that the water (and associated goop) runs off.

• “To ensure your dishwasher or clothes washer is doing the best possible job of cleaning, turn on a nearby hot water faucet. Run the water until it turns

warm, then start the washer. It will start with hot water and do a better job of cleaning.” -- D.C. in Minnesota • How to hang a gallery wall: Arrange your frames on the ground on top of a large piece of gift wrap (the back, blank side) or other blank paper. When you get the arrangement you want, outline

each frame on the paper with a thick marker. Also note where the nail must go in order to hang each frame. Then simply tape the paper to the wall and drive in the nails at the noted spots. Rip the paper off the wall (gift wrap tears easily) and hang the frames on the nails left behind. (c) 2019 King Features Synd., Inc.

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Recipe of the Week

Photo courtesy of DepositPhotos

The Kitchen Diva

By Angela Shelf Medearis

POWER-PACKED BREAKFAST MUFFINS These muffins contain healthy servings of fruits and vegetables to start your morning the 5 to 10 a day way! They also make a wonderful snack or dessert. Or put the muffins in a freezer-safe bag and freeze for up to three-months.

• 1 cup flour, whole wheat • 1 cup flour, all-purpose • 1 teaspoon baking soda • 1/2 teaspoon salt • 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon • 1/2 cup sugar or stevia • 1 tablespoon brown sugar • 4 tablespoon butter, unsalted, softened • 2 large eggs • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract • 1/2 cup broccoli florets, steamed • 1 small zucchini • 1 medium carrot • 1/2 medium apple • 1 medium banana • 2 tablespoons apple juice • 1/4 cup applesauce, unsweetened • 1/4 cup nonfat yogurt, plain 1. Heat oven to 350 F. In a medium-size bowl, mix together flours, baking soda, salt, nutmeg and cinnamon. Set aside.

2. In a mixer or another large bowl, mix the sugars, butter, eggs and vanilla. Beat well.

3. In a food processor, combine the steamed broccoli, zucchini, carrot, apple, banana, apple juice and applesauce. Pulse until thoroughly mixed. Combine the

fruit and veggie puree, and the yogurt, into the wet ingredient mixture (sugar/butter/eggs) and beat until mixed.

4. Add the dry ingredients and mix just until well-combined into a batter. Line muffin cups either with paper or foil liners. If you prefer, grease the cups or liners lightly. For reduced-fat recipes, spraying the muffin cups or paper liners with nonstick cooking spray will help prevent sticking.

5. Scoop the batter into a prepared muffin cups, filling each cup about 3/4 of the way full.

6. For mini muffins: Bake in a 350 F oven for 15-20 minutes, turning the pan after 10 minutes.For regular-size muffins: Bake in a 375 F oven for about 20-25 minutes, turning the pan after 1 -minutes.

7. Bake until the tops are slightly brown and a toothpick comes out clean, or they bounce back when you touch them in the center with your finger. Yields 36 mini muffins or 20-24 regular-size muffins.

Angela Shelf Medearis is an awardwinning children’s author, culinary historian and the author of seven cookbooks. Her new cookbook is “The Kitchen Diva’s Diabetic Cookbook.” Her website is divapro.com.

To see how-to videos, recipes and much, much more, Like Angela Shelf Medearis, The Kitchen Diva! on Facebook. Recipes may not be reprinted without permission from Angela Shelf Medearis. (c) 2019 King Features Synd., Inc., and Angela Shelf Medearis

Brain Teaser I am not a holiday. I belong in the month of December, but not in any other month.

What am I? SEE ANSWER ON PAGE 11

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CROSSWORD

ANSWER TO PUZZLE ON PAGE 9

26. Little green men 28. Further down 1. Take a 32. Shopping sharp breath places 5. Spat 33. Small orchard 8. Farewells 34. Snoozing 12. Sector 13. Woolly mama 36. Talked back 14. Cameo, e.g. 37. Beginner’s book 15. Skin 16. Feeling rotten 39. Curvy shape 40. Persian king 17. Eye 43. Social zeros 18. Moved 45. Mama’s fellow sideways 20. Yellow jacket 46. Fearful admiration 21. ____ of 47.

On the crest luxury 24. Participates 51. Roasting chamber in

ACROSS

52. Bowling frames 53. Morse ____ 54. “____ Pilot” 55. Grape drink 56. Recognized

DOWN 1. Mountain pass 2. “You ____ Sixteen” 3. Look 4. Lacking color 5. Rules 6. Young bird 7. Fused 8. Scanners

9. Type of exercise 10. Room extensions 11. Trickle 19. Thicker 21. Tibetan priest 22. Cry of dismay 23. Medicinal tablet 25. Esteem 27. Babar, for one 29. Model 30. Nights before 31. Scarlet and crimson 35. Fiesta decor 36. Peaceful 38. Cried like a kitten 40. Dirt stain 41. Possess 42. Mimics 44. Paper bag 48. Unit of weight 49. Lyric verse 50. Chapel bench

SUDOKU

ANSWER TO SUDOKU ON PAGE 9

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Strange But True

Author Lecture: ‘The Girls in the Picture’

by Melanie Benjamin

By Samantha Weaver

Wednesday, January 30 at Palm Springs Public Library This book is a fictionalized account of the real friendship between silent film actress Mary Pickford and screenwriter Frances Marion.

Learn more about the story and about the author of “The Swans of Fifth Avenue” and “The Aviator’s Wife.”

This FREE lecture will begin at 6:30 p.m. in The Learning Center (TLC) at the main Library.

A fascinating novel of the friendship and creative partnership between two of Hollywood’s earliest female legends—screenwriter Frances Marion and superstar Mary Pickford. With cameos

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from such notables as Charlie Chaplin, Louis B. Mayer, Rudolph Valentino and Lillian Gish, “The Girls in the Picture” is, at its heart, a story of friendship and forgiveness. Melanie Benjamin perfectly captures the dawn of a glittering new ear—its myths and icons, its possibilities and potential and its seduction and heartbreaking.

The Palm Springs Public Library is located at 300 South Sunrise Way in Palm Springs. For more information, call 760-322-7323 or visit palmspringslibrary.org.

• When the TV sitcom “The Addams Family” was being cast in the early 1960s, actor John Astin (pictured) came in to audition for the role of Lurch, the cadaverous butler. He was immediately rejected for the part. As he was leaving the room, though, the producer spotted him, pulled him aside, and immediately offered him the role of Gomez -- the lead. All he had to do was grow a mustache.

• Back in 1893, when the zipper was invented, the device was intended to be used for fastening shoes.

• What do the words “obscene,” “tranquil,” “mediate,” “catastrophe,” “dire,” “critical,” “vast”

and “apostrophe” have in common? All of them appeared in print for the first time in the works of William Shakespeare.

• It was Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, communist revolutionary and the first leader of the Soviet Union, who made the following sage observation: “One fool can ask more questions in a minute than 12 wise men can answer in an hour.”

• As the Black Plague was sweeping Europe during the Middle Ages, some people, for reasons surpassing understanding, believed that plague victims could cure themselves by smelling human waste.

A Fishy Story Finding Davo is not a sequel to the film, Finding Nemo. It’s a story about a fish that belonged to a woman in Swindon, England who is frantic to find out what happened to her pet gold fish, reports the Association of Mature American Citizens [AMAC]. Although she named the fish Dave

when she bought it five years ago, her appeal for help in finding Dave has been designated Finding Davo on Facebook in an attempt to attract attention.

One wag, upon hearing the story, suggested that Davo might have met the same fate as A Fish Called Wanda in the film of the

same name. Wanda was swallowed whole.

The Association of Mature American Citizens [www.amac.us] provides the Filler Files as a service on issues of concern to Americans over 50.

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Crossword Answer

WordSearch Answer

Sudoku Answer

TRIVIA ANSWERS 1. 10% of your assets or $200 2. Many 3. Suva 4. Capcaicin

5. Deoxyribonucleic Acid 6. The numerator 7. Renaissance 8. Rights retained by the states

9. AB negative (less than 1%) 10. George Gershwin © 2019 King Features Synd., Inc.

SALOME’S STARS WEEK OF JANUARY 21, 2019 BORN THIS WEEK: Your capacity for care and compassion helps to bring comfort to others.

ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Although you’re getting kudos and other positive reactions to your suggestions, don’t let the cheers drown out some valid criticisms.

Better to deal with them now than later.

LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) Although you can weigh all factors of a dispute to find an agreeable solution for others, you might need the skilled input of someone you trust to help you deal with an ongoing situation of your own.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Following your keen Bovine intuition pays off, as you not only reassess the suggestions some people are putting in front of you, but also their agendas for doing so.

SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) The good news is that your brief period of self-doubt turns into a positive “I can do anything” attitude. The better news is that you’ll soon be able to prove it.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) You continue on a high-enthusiasm cycle as that new project you’ve assumed takes shape. You’re also buoyed by the anticipation of receiving some good news about a personal matter.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) This is a good time for Sagittarians to start making travel plans while you still can select from a wide menu of choices and deals, and not be forced to settle for leftovers.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Your eagerness to immerse yourself in your new assignment is understandable. But be careful that you don’t forget to take care of that pressing personal situation as well.

CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) Like your zodiacal sign, the sure-footed Goat, you won’t allow obstacles in your path to keep you from reaching your goal. Don’t be surprised by who asks to go along with you.

LEO (July 23 to August 22) This is a good time to learn a new skill that could give a clever Cat an edge in the upcoming competition for workplace opportunities. Enjoy the arts this weekend with someone special.

VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) You could risk creating an impasse if you insist on expecting more from others than they’re prepared to give. Showing flexibility in what you’ll accept could prevent a stalemate.

AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) Let your head dominate your heart as you consider the risks that might be involved in agreeing to be a friend’s co-signer or otherwise act as his or her backup in a financial matter.

PISCES (February 19 to March 20) Prioritize: Resolve to close the door and let your voicemail take your phone calls while you finish up a task before the end-of-week deadline. Then go out and enjoy a fun-filled weekend. (c) 2019 King Features Synd., Inc.

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BRAIN TEASER

Answer: The letter “d”

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