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Desert Hot Springs, CA PERMIT NO 00005
September 30, 2020 Vol. 16 No. 77
Ribbon Cutting
Royal Emerald Pharmaceuticals DHS Eagles Youth Football representatives, Royal Emerald CEO Mark Crozier, and Dana Johnson from Food Now. Photo by Mindy Salas. By Desert Star Staff Desert Hot Springs, CA. Royal Emerald Pharmaceuticals (REP) hosted a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony with 30 local and regional dignitaries attending on Tuesday, Sept. 29 at their new location on Palm Drive at the old Kmart building. “I want to thank Desert Hot Springs Mayor Scott Matas for helping make this city our new home.
Your hard work and great effort made this a reality,” said Royal Emerald CEO Mark Crozier. Crozier and Matas both cut the ceremonial emerald green ribbon to officially open the facility for business. In attendance were members of the entire city council, the city manager’s office, DHS Police Chief Jim Henson and Deputy Police Chief
Steven Shaw, along with DHS Economic Development Manager Denise Hamet, and other police officers. Crozier presented two checks for $10,000 each to Food Now and DHS Eagles Youth Football & Cheer. “It is our pleasure to support these two local groups that do so much to help our youth,” he said when
presenting the checks. Crozier promised to fund youth activities including baseball, football and boxing leagues. He promised to fund a new little league field, the youth recreation center and swimming pool facility, and to give scholarship money to DHS High School students to pursue careers in biotech and medicine.
In addition to the public at large attending, California State Senator Melissa Melendez’s representative Glenn A. Miller presented Crozier with a Certificate of Recognition for bringing this historic company to the Coachella Valley with the promise of bringing new jobs to the region. Congressman Continues on Page 7
Living Desert returning to regular park hours and reopening hiking trails!
By Desert Star Staff Beginning Thursday, October 1, the grounds and gardens of The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens will open at 8 am for both members and non-members with full zoo amenities opening at 9 am. The Zoo will remain open until 5 pm with the last admission at 4 pm. The Living Desert’s three nature preserve hiking trails also will reopen at 8 am on October 1. Hikers can select trails of varying degrees of difficulty to enjoy nature and the beauty of the outdoors. The Discovery Loop is a brief, quarter-mile interlude, while the Adventure Loop rambles
for a mile through desert wash habitat and across a rocky bajada. The Wilderness Loop offers an adventurous five-mile hike up or down a boulderstrewn canyon and along a rocky ridgeline with stunning and far-reaching vistas. Hikers must observe all posted signage and stay on the designated 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, 2021 The Living Desert is also pleased to announce it will
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