Desert Ztrar Weekly June 30, 2021

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(L to R) Rebecca Rizzo, Justin Abril, and David Espinoza at the GCVCC 2021 Business Awards see page 2.

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June 30, 2021 Vol. 16 No. 50

‘Artists Benchmarks’

City Council Will Honor Artists for Public Bench Beautification Project this Wednesday By Desert Star Staff The City Council of Cathedral City will honor fifteen artists who participated in the first round of the Public Bench Beautification Project at the Cathedral City Public Library on Wednesday, June

30, 2021, starting at 8:00 am. The beautification project, organized by the Cathedral City Public Arts Commission, requested local artists to submit designs to paint art murals on fourteen outdoor public benches

surrounding the public library and one public bench at Memorial Park. More than 70 submissions were received from local artists, and the art commission and city council approved the top fifteen. Those fifteen

benches are nearly completed and will be showcased and recognized at the event. Each artist will also receive a $1,000 stipend from the public art fund for painting the murals. What: City Council

Honors 15 Local Artists and Showcases Art Murals on Public Benches Where: Cathedral City Public Library, 33520 Date Palm Drive, Community Room, Cathedral City When: Wednesday, June 30, 2021, starting at 8:00 am

The Desert’s MMA, KIHON Fighting Girls

By Desert Star Staff MMA is a competition team; they travel around the globe with their martial arts program; they help the youth in our desert community to experience new countries, cultures to develop incredible friendships worldwide through 2020 in 2021. Four young female athletes fought through a world pandemic and put their minds to something that meant a whole lot to them to be at ‘The 2021 Bulgaria World youth pankration Championships’. It’s the youth Olympics for cage fighting. All four girls competed in the Florida National tournament earning them the right to represent

the United States of America on the great Stage memories they can carry for a lifetime. Andrea Frisque 16 yrs. Old: Black belt in two Martials disciplines’, blue belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, 2019 National pankration champion, 2019 2nd place World Championships Italy. Andrea is a 4.0 Honors student, high school wrestler and looked up to by all in her community. Hannah Wagstaff 14 yrs. Old: Purple-belt MMA Advanced yellow Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, 2nd place 2019 National Championships, Northern California Pankration champion, 2x Naga expert

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