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Its official – the 2012 holiday shopping season is here! It’s the period of time that begins with Black Friday, then continues with Small Business Saturday, and wraps ups with Cyber Monday.

The Thanksgiving holiday season marks the beginning of the biggest retail shopping season of the year. Black Friday has grown to become a national shopping event, and it gets its name from a symbolic moment when retailers shift on the continued on page 23

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TREE LIGHTING KICKS OFF HOLIDAY FESTIVITIES DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA – A wonderful way to start the holiday season is to come and join in a community celebration at the Desert Hot Springs tree-lightening ceremony on Friday, Nov. 30 starting at 6 p.m. Listen to music, join in the caroling and meet up with Santa Claus on the corner of Pierson Blvd. and Palm Drive. This tree-lightening event is sponsored by the City of Desert Hot Springs Community and Cultural Affairs Commission.

OASIS – Thirty-two families from Duroville moved into new modular homes at Mountain View Estates on Friday, Nov. 16.

The park is located in the agricultural community of Oasis, near the Salton Sea, at 68-990 Harrison St. “Arriving to this movein date is a high point in the county’s steadfast efforts to plan and build a replacement to Duroville,” said Supervisor John J. Benoit. “I am happy 34 families will have a beautiful and safe place to live, with many more

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families to follow.”

The Coachella Valley Water District connected the sewer lines to serve the mobile home park last week and Riverside County issued the certificates of occupancy. The 181-unit park had 41 units already installed on site.

Working with the developer Bobby Melkesian, Desert Empire Homes, the county anticipates 75 families will move into Mountain View Estates by the end of December 2012 and all families by the end of May 2013.

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Parade Day: Start Time: Parade Route:

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What I am thankful for…

I’m thankful for being alive because four years ago on Thanksgiving Day 2008, I sat paralyzed in a wheelchair being spoon-fed by my loving and devoted husband, Tom. Our turkey dinner was cooked by two German holistic healers from Los Angeles who came to help save my life because doctors here were baffled by my condition they termed eosinophilic leukemia. My family was scattered across three states and most of my husband’s family sent money to help with my recovery which I am eternally grateful for.

Luckily, it wasn’t my time to die. I was given another chance to do something significant and meaningful with my life.

Eventually, I regained strength and returned to work at the Desert Star Weekly newspaper an enterprise which I co-founded before my illness.

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known statewide for its crime reduction tactics; its graffiti abatement; as well as the major improvements in their infrastructure and roads. I’m particularly grateful to City Manager Rick Daniels for completing the $17 million Boys & Girls Club, Health & Wellness Center and John Furbee Aquatic Center. You’ll have to travel far and wide to find a better more state-of-the-art complex than this. It’s truly a gemstone in the Coachella Valley.

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I’m grateful for the new ownership coming in last April and resurrecting this then-failing newspaper, and for putting me back at the helm as Editor-inChief. I’m grateful for the new ownership hiring Publisher Richard “Mike” Perry who refocused the entire business into a “community relevant local newspaper” that uplifts the desert by portraying it in a positive light as we move forward to a better future.

My original vision for the newspaper was to be a respected and valuable news source; to be a venue to help worthy causes and charities; to promote emerging talents; and to provide a platform for an exchange of ideas.

Valley-wide Community Improvements

I’m thankful for all the improvements made to the local communities since moving here in 2008. Palm Desert has built a fantastic Art in Public Places program with beautiful sculpture and artwork from Karen and Tony Barone donated by local philanthropists Alan and JoAnn Horwitz. Its artists like the Barones and people like the Horwitz’ that make me thankful I live in the Desert.

I’m grateful for the Rancho Mirage Public Library and all those who work tirelessly to make it the region’s best. I’m grateful to the cities of Indian Wells and La Quinta for being so beautiful and clean you could eat off their sidewalks. They haven’t lost sight of the importance in maintaining attractive landscaping to keep their homes values recession proof.

Kudos for bringing “Forever Marilyn,” a 26-foot statue of Marilyn Monroe to Palm Springs which resurrected our world-renowned image as “Hollywood’s Playground. “ And big kudos go to the City of Desert Hot Springs for turning this dusty, remote town, neglected and unrecognized for decades, into a safer, cleaner and more beautiful place to live with all their improvements. DHS has become

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After wars on two fronts, our troops are finally headed home. Many veterans are returning from service in Iraq and Afghanistan to the 29 Palms Marine Corps Base. This certainly will be a morale and economic boost to the HiDesert. Most of the world recognizes warfare as a clear cut “win or surrender” situation. Conversely, America has been engaged in conflicts against hidden enemies in mountainous regions of the Middle East, and we’re winning. Our military intelligence community hunted and tracked down Osama bin Laden; our President sent in the Navy Seals who killed Public Enemy #1 without apologies.

I’m thankful that my father was a military man because he instilled great respect and admiration for all those who fought and died for our freedoms.

I want to be thankful for all the much-needed reforms (hopefully) coming out of Congress in Health Care, Social Security, Immigration, Jobs, Workers Compensation and the Economy. I remain optimistic that our elected leaders are reinvigorated and look to them to fix these currently broken elements. Although this editorial is not intended to be a political forum but instead a platform for my views and opinions about the important issues affecting the Coachella Valley today.

Global Technology

In the era of global economics and technology which has bridged once remote regions like Nepal, Bhutan and Tibet, we are faced with information and images that were never available before. Communication satellites and the Hubble Telescope have given us unbelievable photos of the Sun and other planetary neighbors that will revolutionize our understanding of the Universe. These technological advancements will take us into the future. However, I fear that our focus on the cellphones and iPads have made us lose sight of our traditional family values that Norman Rockwell portrayed in his Saturday Evening Post covers.

We’ve lost ground here. Families have Jackie Devereaux drifted apart; marriages are failing at an alarming rate; teenage delinquency has reached new heights and horrors mostly because of drug and alcohol addictions; and most families need two working parents to survive, especially in California.

So while we have a lot to be thankful for, we still have a lot of work to do on the family and social fronts.

The time has come for Americans to reconnect with their divided family members and fix what ails within.

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There are few individuals who have lived whose names are known around the world. Elvis Presley, Nelson Mandella, Albert Einstein, Napoleon Bonaparte and King Tut are examples of global name recognition.

I attended a recent VIP, invitation only business symposium presented by the prestigious accounting firm of Ernst and Young. When I learned Mario Andretti was the guest of honor, a smile came across my face much like the first time I rode a bull at a Texas rodeo for a full eight seconds.

Andretti has lived a charmed life. His day job was racing cars at speeds that would terrify most people, but as he spoke from a packed room of about a thousand company executives, both men and women, it became quickly apparent that his success stories in motor sports over five and a half decades were directly relatable to any type of business.

Born in Montana, Italy (now Motovun, Croatia), Andretti lived in a refugee camp after World War II for seven years from 1948 until 1955. In 1955, the Andretti family was given visas to the United States and 15-yearold Andretti settled into his new town of Nazareth, PA, a city where he still lives today. No one spoke English, and his parents had $125 to their name. Even as a young boy in Europe, Andretti had a passion for automobiles.

Soon after arriving in the United States, Andretti got his first job in a car repair shop.

This is Thanksgiving weekend. America is the one country that everybody in the world wants to immigrate to with the belief they can build a better future

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create an opportunity that will further their dream if they are willing to put in the hours of hard work to make it happen.

Passion is the fuel that moves the spirit forward in the face of difficult times.

To be in this country on this Thanksgiving holiday is a blessing. Andretti knows that, and from his first days in 1955 as a mechanic in a

cold and dirty Pennsylvania garage, to the stage at the Marriot Resort in 2012 in Palm Desert, California, Andretti told a rags to riches story that had his audience hanging on his every word.

Andretti spoke of three principles that should be life guiding forces for everyone, especially anyone in business. First, surround yourself with the best people in your industry.

Second, never listen to anybody who thinks being number one is unattainable and third, reward everyone in your organization with encouraging words.

Andretti made it a point in his third example to even include the janitor. That in my view makes Andretti a champion even if he hadn’t won races.

But win races he did.

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Andretti has collected the winner’s trophy unlike most any other driver – ever. From the Daytona 500 in 1967, to the Indy 500 in 1969, to winning the Formula One world championship in 1978, Andretti survived an era in motorsports when driver’s safety was more of an afterthought than the focus it has become today.

One of the most famous victory lane photo’s of all time was shot after Andretti won the Indy 500 (he still wears his championship ring to this day the Indianapolis Motor Speedway awards to the victor). STP owner Andy Granatelli sponsored Andretti’s car that year.

Tradition held that the race beauty queen gave the winning driver the trophy and a kiss. Granatelli was so excited with Andretti’s victory that he got to the winners circle first and planted a playful kiss on Andretti’s cheek before the trophy queen arrived.

Who would have ever thought the jalopy car races of the 1950’s would turn the racing industry into the multi-billion dollar business it has become in the 21st century.

Having the chance to meet and speak with Andretti for a few minutes was a special life moment for me. Even if you know very little or nothing at all about motor sports, chances are, you know the name Andretti.

An accomplished man on the race track and in the business world, Andretti’s legacy will be remembered a millennia from now, and quite probably, a very long time thereafter.

Re n o Fo n t a n a i s the founder of Presley Investments, Inc., and host of the new weekly “Money, Business and Finance” show on Money Radio 1200. Can be reached by e-mail at ceo@presleyinvestments. com.

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The holidays always seem to bring a special cache of miracles and “A MIRACLE ON EL PASEO,” benefiting BIGHORN BAM (Behind a Miracle), began Desert’s giving season last Saturday by closing one block of El Paseo to street traffic, (equivalent to closing a block of Rodeo Drive), and creating a Winter Wonderland complete with the year’s first snowfall, live music and an ice rink featuring Olympic caliber skaters.

Produced annually by The Shops of El Paseo - the luxury retail and restaurant destination stretching one and a half blocks down El Paseo, east of Monterey - the event raises money for equipment and support for women from throughout the Coachella Valley who are patients of the Lucy Curci Cancer Center at Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage.

Since its inception five years ago, BIGHORN BAM has raised more than $2.56 million in support of local breast cancer programs.

This year, A MIRACLE ON EL PASEO featured food, drink, special activities and a donation of sales percentages by the luxury retailers that form The Shops on El Paseo.

The cause, the snow and the ice rink had a special significance this year as Olympic gold medallist, Dorothy Hamill, herself a breast cancer survivor, will participated in the event’s grand finale: featuring the arrival of Santa Clause and the lighting of a 60-foot Christmas tree atop the Gucci boutique.

Hamill won the Gold Medal in skating at the 1976 Winter Games at the age of 19 and, as a professional, has hosted and skated in most of the highest rated TV skating

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specials, including skating duets with Barry Manilow and Olivia Newton John.

The stores and restaurants that are members of The Shops on El Paseo are Gucci; Ralph Lauren; St. John; Bottega Veneta; Burberry; Cos Bar; James Perse; Leggiadro; Stuart Weitzman; Optical Shop of Aspen; Chico’s; Soma Intimates; Theodore; Rangone Firense Shoes, California Pizza Kitchen; The Daily Grill; and the soon to be opened Wolfgang Puck Pizza Bar.

award-winning actor, singer and dancer, and has performed in 10 Broadway shows. On the faculty of Ball State University, Foster is currently starring in ABC Family’s new series, “Bunheads.”

This was a two-tiered event. Guests could buy a ticket for the early evening performance followed by a heavy hors d’oeuvre meet-and-greet reception in the museum’s foyer, or performance-only tickets were also available.

Dorothy Hamill and husband John MacColl

“Annenberg Theater Opening Night”

Holiday season in the Desert also means ‘theater season,’ and two-time Tony Award winner, Sutton Foster was the headliner for this year’s “Tenth Annual Annenberg Theater Opening Night.” This event, held in the state-of-theart Annenberg Theater on the grounds of the Palm Springs Art Museum, held this year on Nov. 17, heralds the beginning of the intimate theater’s 20122013 season.

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This annual theater opening is one of the year’s major fund-raising events, with all proceeds going to directly supporting the theater’s theatrical programming.

Wells Fargo Bank was the Presenting Sponsor for this performance.

Frank Sinatra Celebrity Invitational

Currently presented by Starkey Hearing Technologies and hosted by Fantasy Springs Resort Casino, national

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television has – after 25 years - finally recognized the entertainment value of the Frank Sinatra Celebrity Invitational golf tournament.

“Extra,” the popular television entertainment new magazine, will be covering next year’s tournament as well as the parties and entertainment.

Not only will this increase the national awareness of the Barbara Sinatra Center, it should also broaden the base for the center’s financial support.

What began more than two decades ago as a small annual gathering of Frank Sinatra and his friends in the Desert to eat, drink and be merry while aiding the Barbara Sinatra Children’s Center has grown into a major Valley event, while still keeping the spirit of camaraderie and love for Sinatra alive.

The two-day celebrityamateur golf tournament, three nights of dinner parties with entertainment and a spectacular luncheon and fashion are all dedicated to the memory and music of Frank Sinatra.

Golf legend Ken Venturi, one of Sinatra’s best friends, will co-host the event with Barbara Sinatra. Fe Zandi’s elegant couture designs will be featured in the Friday Fashion Show Luncheon and Frankie

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Tab Hunter Book Signing Story and Photos by Pat Krause

PALM SPRINGS, CA - Just Fabulous Book Store in Palm Springs hosted a book signing by the movie idol, Tab Hunter. Fans flocked into the store to be able to get a signed book and many had their photo taken with Hunter.

Cell phones were busy taking photos by all the fans that stood in line waiting to see him. Hunter brought his two dogs, Hattie and Olivia with him for the signing. Fans brought their dogs along and were happy to see his dogs at the store.

Hunter’s book is called, “Tab Hunter Confidential: The Making of a Movie Star.” His movies with beautiful costars spanned more than 40 films giving him “hearthrob status” to teenagers. His real name is Arthur Andrew Kelm and was changed to Tab Hunter when he started to make movies. He is a singer, actor and author and was a figure skater when he was a teenager. Some of his leading ladies included Natalie Wood, Sophia Loren and Debbie Reynolds. His most famous song was “Young Love.” He has acted on live stage, screen and on television.

Valli will headline the Saturday night black-tie gala.

The 25th annual Sinatra Tournament will take place Feb. 21-23 at the Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio.

Over the years, the tournament has been supported by top entertainers and athletes such as Dean Martin, Tommy Lasorda, Dick Van Dyke, Shirley MacLaine, Sammy Davis, Jr. and Robert Wagner.

More information

about the tournaments and the surrounding events is available at (760) 674-8447.

Your participation will support the mission of the Barbara Sinatra Children’s Center to provide counseling for young victims of physical, sexual and emotional abuse and to focus on prevention, community and education, thereby breaking the generational cycle of abuse.

And, most important: no child is ever turned away due to a family’s inability to pay.

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“Judy’s Old Fashioned Christmas” on Sundays The Judy Show! starring Michael Holmes at Azul in Palm Springs PALM SPRINGS, CA - Ring in the Holidays with Judy Garland and her gal pals Bette Davis, Carol Channing and Pearl Bailey as they drink Old Fashioneds and sing your holiday favorites mixed with irreverent humor and a riotous evening of fun at Azul every Sunday evening.

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outrageous comedy, great standards and a bevy of icons? The hysterical parody of Judy Garland and her guests found in Michael Holmes’ “The Judy

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Show!” The spirit of Judy Garland is alive and well at Palm Springs premier Show Lounge, Azul Tapas Lounge, every Sunday evening at 7:30 p.m. Come and join the fun in one of Palm Springs only dinner cabaret venues as Holmes impersonates Judy Garland who, in her 1964 television variety show, played host to some of the greatest stars of Hollywood – also

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Michael Holmes as Judy Garland played by Holmes.

Presenting “Judy’s Old Fashioned Christmas” Nov. 25 to Dec. 30, Holmes’ unique blend of humor, your favorite music, and dead on impressions explode into a comedy studded night of glamorous guest stars including Carol Channing, Mae West, Katherine Hepburn, Bette Davis, Pearl Bailey and more (all performed by Holmes on stage) singing your favorite jazz and holiday standards accompanied by renowned pianist Joel Baker. Mixed with wickedly irreverent humor, joyful banter, and a hearty glass of holiday cheer, Judy’s Old Fashioned Christmas promises to be a night you won’t soon forget!

Price is a $10 cover charge or a $35 prix fixe three-course dinner with show . Reservations start at 6 p.m. with the show at 7:30 p.m. For more information, go to www. thejudyshow.com or call 760-325-5533. Azul Tapas Lounge is located 369 N. Palm Canyon Dr., www. azultapaslounge.com.

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RANCHO MIRAGE, CA - Coachella Valley Repertory Theater proudly presents “Thank You for Flushing My Head in the Toilet and Other Rarely Used Expressions” a play about teen bullying by Jonathan Dorf for two performances only Dec. 8 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.

The CV REP Theater is tucked into the Atrium Mall in Rancho Mirage, announced only by a small lighted sign in its front window. “You’ve got to look for us,” said artistic director Ron Celona, “but once you find us and see a performance in our beautiful little theater, you’ll never forget this live experience.”

All other performances are reserved for students from the area, who will be bused in to see the play free of charge. This and future plays will engage local student-actors and feature a thought-provoking question and answer period following each performance.

“As CV Rep expands, we envision creating a ‘Junior Conservatory’ that teaches acting to this creativity-hungry youth population, aged 10 and over. Acting and kids is a natural; it gives them a powerful voice, trains them to be assertive, and cultivates artistic and critical thinking skills,” said Celona.

Last year, more than 800 children were bused to CV Rep for age appropriate theater productions. “The kids were all highly engaged and animated.

Our goal is to reach out to the community with age-appropriate live performance material for ages 10-18. We intentionally select culturally relevant and topically sensitive works to motivate the younger valley population” said Celona.

CV Rep gratefully acknowledges granting partners in the Children’s Outreach Project endeavor. The Newman’s Own Fund and The Assistance League pitched in this year to support theater arts for our local children.

All performances are at the Coachella Valley Repertory Theatre in the Rancho Mirage Atrium located at 69‐930 Highway 111. Tickets are $10 for aged 18 and over. Free admittance to all under 17. Call 760.296.2966 or visit www.cvrep.org. Advance purchases are strongly recommended.

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Heavy Hitters Artist: Peter Frampton

a selection of material from throughout his long career.

The fantastic concert film includes potent versions of originals such as “Show Me The Way” and “Baby, I Love Your Way,” as well as moving covers of “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” and “While My Guitar Gently Weeps.” Information: www.

Title: FCA! 35 Tour: An Evening With Peter Frampton

Fall 2012 is providing an endless number of fantastic new releases for music lovers. The Stray Cats, Peter Frampton, Jellyfish and Kenny Howes are among the greats featured on new collections.

Artist: The Stray Cats Title: Live At Montreux 1981 (Eagle Rock Entertainment)

You might be interested in buying this if you like: Elvis Presley, the Blasters, Lee Rocker.

Tell me more: The Stray Cats didn’t launch rockabilly music, but the

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New York trio sure revived the ‘50s-spawned style and introduced it to an entire new generation of music lovers in the early 1980s. The excitement of the Stray Cat’s arrival on the international music scene is celebrated in spades on the newly-issued DVD “Live At Montreux 1981.”

The restored picture quality is enhanced by viewers being able to listen to the concert film via DTS Surround Sound, Dolby Digital 5.1 and Dolby Digital Stereo. In addition, what’s not to love about watching singer-guitarist Brian Setzer, upright bassist Lee Rocker and

You might be interested in buying this if you like: “Frampton Comes Alive,” Humble Pie, Ten Years After.

Tell me more: Available on CD, DVD and Blu-ray, fans of Peter Frampton’s seminal 1976 album “Frampton Comes Alive” can immerse themselves in “FCA! 35 Tour: An Evening With Peter Frampton.”

In celebration of the 35th anniversary of that legendary disc, Frampton embarked on a worldwide tour that spanned 2011 and 2012.

Each concert date included two sets, the first featuring the complete performance of “Frampton Comes Alive!” and the second showcasing

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In Top Form drummer Slim Jim Phantom tear through “Rumble In Brighton,” “Stray Cat Strut,” “Rock This Town” and other high-octane rockers.

“Live At Montreux 1981” is also available on digital video. Information: www. eaglerockent.com.

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Artist: Jellyfish

Title: Stack-a-Tracks (Omnivore Recordings)

You might be interested in buying this if you like: Radiohead, Cheap Trick, Shoes.

Tell me more: Fans of the

seminal early ‘90s power-pop outfit Jellyfish have had two big reasons to cheer in 2012.

In July, a concert album, “Live at Bogart’s 1991” was released.

Now Omnivore has unearthed another treasure; “Stack-aTracks” is a collection of fullymixed instrumental mixes of the band’s best-known albums, 1990’s “Bellybutton” and 1993’s “Spilt Milk.”

Unheard for two decades, Omnivore has released a deluxe package featuring the 22 choice cuts on two discs (all transferred from the original 1/4-inch masters).

This is an individuallynumbered edition of 2,500 units housed in a digipak with new artwork, this is a great gift idea too. Information: www.OmnivoreRecordings. com.

Artist: Kenny Howes Album: Tornadoes Here & Past (Yeah! Records)

You might be interested in buying this if you like: Fountains of Wayne,

early Who, Jellyfish, The Smithereens Tell me more: Kenny Howes is back! “Tornadoes Here & Past” marks an especially strong return for the Rickenbacker-toting singer-songwriter-guitarist and thankfully picks up where he left off with 2004’s “Lady Friend.” The first track on the disc, “Cannot Remember,” begins with a shimmering instrumental intro before a blast of pure melodic song craft sets the sonic tone for the rest of the album.

Fans of rousing powerpop will thrill as they listen to the driving “Slip On By” and “Foxy Jackie.” There is plenty of star power on the album, with Smithereens frontman Pat DiNizio joining Howes on the haunting “Juvenile Sage,” while lead guitarist Marty Willson-Piper of The Church adds some magic on the shining “Pour Your Heart Out To Me.” Just in time for Christmas, “Tornadoes Here & Past” is also available on red vinyl! Information: http:// www.reverbnation.com/ kennyhowes.

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“Dining with the Stars”

Hoping it’s true that nothing succeeds like success, Holland America Line has recently announced that a “Dining with the Stars” ‘experience’ will be featured on board its cruise ships next year.

Six theme cruises in 2013 and early 2014 will feature “Dancing with the Stars” events including dance lessons, a chance to meet the dancers and a dazzling production starring celebrities and the famed dance pros, complete with glamorous costumes and routines from the hit TV show.

In addition to the theme cruises, every sailing on each of Holland America Line’s fleet of 15 ships will feature a “Dancing with the Stars”

program including dance lessons and an opportunity for some passengers to dance, center stage, in a dance-off performance. These activities will feature the ships’ professional dancers and will be developed in collaboration with the shows’ dancers and choreographers.

The “Dancing with the Stars” theme cruises are Feb. 16, 2013 aboard the ms Eurodam’s 7-day Eastern Caribbean cruise; the Jun. 22, 2013, ms Veendam’s

7-day Canada and New England cruise; the Jun. 30 and Jul. 7, 2013, 7-day Alaska cruises aboard the ms Oosterdam; the Jan. 5, 2014, Nieuw Amsterdam 7-day Eastern Caribbean cruise and the Jan. 12, 2014, 7-day Western Caribbean aboard the ms Nieuw Amsterdam.

For those cruisers who don’t care to dance, but still move their feet, Sea Cloud Cruises has teemed up with cycling tour organizer Terranova, for the first time, to offer a cycling cruise aboard the Sea Cloud II, an 81-yearyear-old four-masted sailing bark that has been luxuriously outfitted with high-quality accommodations and a crew that provides world-class service.

Each participant in the

cycling cruise will be provided with a specialized bicycle for the duration of the voyage. The cyclists will be accompanied by a bus with trailer for the transport of the bikes and, if desired, the transport of the guests, as well.

The 9-day bicycle cruise begins in Malta on Oct. 28, 2013 and ends in Valencia, Spain, on Nov. 5, allowing passengers time to discover the Mediterranean’s most beautiful islands, including Malta, with its fortress town of Valletta, the unspoiled landscape of Sardinia and the fragrant lemon groves of Sicily. Cyclists will also explore Baroque Mediterranean cities and the picturesque artists’ villages on the island Mallorca, a nice change from “Everyone back on the bus” tourism.

Marina del Rey Boat Parade

For those whose seafaring desires go no farther than the water’s edge, Los Angeles’ Marina del Rey boat parade might be your thing. Created in 1963, as a marketing device of local businessmen to attract people to the waterfront community, 50 years later the Marina del Rey Holiday Boat Parade – this year called “Celebrating 50 Years, A Solid Gold Christmas” – has grown into an annual attraction that draws thousands of people to the marina to view the festively decorated boats as they float by competing for awards.

This year, the Boat Parade will take place on Saturday, Dec. 8 from 6-8 p.m. A fireworks show kicks off the parade of boats and spectators are invited to enjoy the festivities from viewing locations such as Burton Chace Park, Fisherman’s Village and dockside hotels and restaurants.

The parade route circles the Marina Channel past Fisherman’s Village, Burton

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Chace Park and the California Yacht Club, with the parade judges stationed at Burton Chace Park where guests can enjoy live music and boat-byboat commentary. To add to the colorful festivities, the Marina del Rey Convention and Visitors Bureau is distributing Santa hats with flashing LED lights to the first 1,500 spectators who arrive at Burton Chace Park.

The Perfect Passenger

Ever wonder what your flight attendant thinks about you and whether you’re a ‘perfect passenger’ or not?

A survey of more than 700 international cabin crew members, from 85 countries has revealed some surprising results.

According to the survey, conducted by on-line search-

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Marina Del Rey Boat Parade engine Skyscanner, the perfect airline passenger is a European male, in his 30’s, traveling alone for pleasure rather than business and he’s seated in economy, not in first or business class.

Along with likes, there are dislikes; and, with an average of three million people flying each day, some regular habits and requests can understandably get under flight attendants’ skins more than others.

The survey found the biggest gripe for 26 percent of flight attendants queried crew is passengers who click their fingers at them to get their attention. The second most annoying passenger habit (13 percent) is the scramble of passengers to leave the plane before the seat belt signs are turned off.

Passengers stuffing too many bags into overhead locker received 11 percent of the negative votes, just surpassing passengers complaining there is no space for their bags in the overhead bin (10 percent).

At least for the last two gripes, it appears that passengers and cabin crew are not very far apart.

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lot o f new stock is released to the market, a stock will decline as insiders take profits. Facebook did just the opposite and had one of its best days ever.

Facebook may still have some short-term challenges as it must take charges against its operational results for all those shares of stocks that were given to insiders. Based on a strong earnings report last quarter,

Investment Know-How Kevin Powell

if Facebook can post similar results in future quarters, these tax charges alone could wipe out a great deal of their income for the next year.

With capital gain tax rates set to increase in 2013, we think more of these insiders may sell some of their stock by year’s end.

Why does all this matter? We are recommending that our clients consider investing in Facebook stock if they can purchase it under $20 a share. There could be a lot of potential upside at these prices.

It’s likely that a lot of readers in the area are retired or getting close to retirement.

Many times retirees think they should not invest in individual stocks. I couldn’t disagree more. CD and bond yields are so low today that many retirees are being

forced to invest their money in other places.

The stock market is a dangerous place for any investor let alone someone who is focused on a stable retirement. Considering the life expectancy of a retiree today, it’s just about impossible for someone to totally avoid investing in the stock market in some form.

The crippling impact of inflation almost dictates that we all consider having some of our savings in the stock market. Even though the government tells us that inflation is low, we can’t remember ever paying so much for a gallon of gasoline or a loaf of bread as we have in 2012. Inflation is a silent thief and one of the two biggest risks to retirees.

The other is adequate and affordable medical care.

Please know that I do not work for any brokerage company and earn no commissions as I do not sell any products. I try to help my clients find opportunities with a favorable risk/reward ratios and Facebook has now fallen into that category.

Please consult with your professional advisor before acting on anything that we might point out in any article. All investments can and do lose money at different times. There is a risk that an investor could lose all their money when they invest in individual stocks. So please give this a lot of consideration before acting on it.

Kevin Powell has been a financial advisor for the past 27 years working with clients and businesses nationwide.

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INDIO, CA - A benefit concert for Well in the Desert performed by Jefferson Airplane/Starship guitarist Craig Chaquico will be held at the Fantasy Springs Resort Casino on Friday, Nov. 30 in the LIT Lounge at 7 p.m..

Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship and Starship guitarist Craig Chaquico was instrumental in making that combination one of the most successful bands in history.

In the 1990s, after finding himself at the top of the national charts in each of three consecutive decades with his first band, Chaquico left the fast-paced pop world and reinvented

REDH T Holidays!

How many times do you see these words during the day? It’s even on the front page of the Desert Star Weekly’s home page.

Your grocery store, local veterinarian and even politicians likely have similar links on their web sites. As you celebrate Thanksgiving with your family, did anyone post pictures on Facebook?

From March of 2011 through March of 2012, Facebook users grew by 171 million or 26 percent. By October of 2012 (six short months later), Facebook had added another 170 million users that pushed their total subscriber base to more than one trillion. No company has ever reached that level.

That’s about half of the worlds 2.5 billion Internet users. Facebook is having an impact on our society and culture like nothing before.

Nearly 81 percent of Facebook users live outside the U.S. and Canada. 600 million are mobile users.

New users to Facebook have an average age of 22. The majority of new users hail from Brazil, India, Indonesia, Mexico and the U.S. Amazingly, Facebook has no users in China; home of the world’s largest population and highest percentage of Internet users.

Facebook stock started trading in March of this year.

It was a much ballyhooed opening. The price was set at $38 and quickly ran up to $45 a share. It has since been on a downward spiral bottoming out at $17.55 in September. It was trading in the $22 range last week.

Facebook had a very strong day last Wednesday after it rallied by about 12 percent when the stock market fell nearly -2 percent.

That gain was a bit of an anomaly as 770 million new Facebook shares came to market. Normally when a

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himself as an award winning, #1 Grammy-nominated solo artist, songwriter, producer, and band leader. Jazziz Magazine lists Chaquico as

charity organization that provides thousands of daily meals to those in need.

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one of the Top 100 Most Influential Guitarists of All Time.

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STARCommunity EPA Launches “SepticSmart” Prevent Costly Septic System Problems, Protect Environment WASHINGTON, D.C. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) launched “SepticSmart,” a new program encouraging homeowners to take steps to maintain their home septic systems, preventing costly repairs, inconvenience and pollution to local waterways, which poses risks to public health and the environment.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, nearly 25 percent of U.S. households— more than 26 million homes—and almost onethird of new developments are serviced by septic systems.

E PA launched SepticSmart to promote proper septic system care and maintenance. This national program aims to

educate homeowners about proper daily system use and the need for periodic

septic system maintenance.

SepticSmart also provides industry practitioners, local governments and community organizations with tools and materials to educate their clients and residents.

SepticSmart tips include: Spread out laundry and dishwasher loads throughout the day. Consider

fixing plumbing leaks and installing faucet aerators and water-efficient products.

Too much water use at once can overload your system, particularly if it hasn’t been pumped in the last couple of years.

Avoid pouring fats, grease and solids down the drain, which can clog your system.

Homeowners should have their septic system inspected every three years by a licensed contractor and have their tank pumped when necessary, generally every three to five years.

Regular inspection and pumping of a septic system can save homeowners from costly repairs—on average, it costs homeowners $250 to pump their septic system,

while the average cost of replacing a conventional septic system is $5,000 $10,000. As the holidays approach, consider having your tank inspected and pumped.

Ask guests to only to put things in the toilet that belong there. Dental floss, disposable diapers and wipes, feminine hygiene products, cigarette butts, and cat litter can clog and potentially damage septic systems.

Remind guests not to park or drive on your system’s drainfield because the vehicle weight could damage buried pipes or disrupt underground flow causing system backups and floods.

For more information, visit www.epa. gov/septicsmart.

FREE and Confidential HIV Testing Nov. 24–25 PALM SPRINGS, CA - The Palm Springs Gay Softball League and Desert AIDS Project invite anyone wishing to get a free and confidential HIV test to visit the mobile testing unit that will be parked at Demuth Park Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 24-25 at the Palm Springs Turkey Shootout.

All tests are free and confidential. No blood is drawn, since the test is conducted with a simple swab of the inside of the cheek and results are available in about 20 minutes. Testing hours will be 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sunday. Demuth Park is located on Mesquite, between El Cielo and Gene Autry Trail, where the Palm Springs Turkey Shootout will be played on six ball fields, beginning on Friday, Nov. 23.

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HIV are unaware that they carry the virus. Locally, it’s estimated that nearly 2,000 people in the Coachella Valley are unaware that they are HIV-positive. HIV testing is the only way to know if you are infected.

Desert AIDS Project encourages everyone to “Know Your Status” by getting a free and confidential HIV test.

“We were so encouraged at the recent Pride Festival when we tested 138 people over two days. Lots of people told us they like to periodically reassure themselves they are still HIV-negative,” said Robin Johnson, Director of

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Social Services at Desert AIDS Project.

“But there’s real power in knowing if you are positive as well. A study that was called the ‘breakthrough of the year’ in 2011 found conclusively that people taking medications soon after being infected with HIV are 96 percent less likely to spread the virus to others.

HIV no longer has to be a death sentence but it’s important to get connected to care as soon as possible after being infected.”

Desert AIDS Project serves people living with HIV and AIDS by providing comprehensive support, including medical care, case management, and social services, like food, housing, and counseling. D.A.P. also offers free and confidential

HIV testing at a number of locations throughout the communities it serves. To learn more about Desert AIDS Project, call 760-323-2118, visit www.desertaidsproject. org or find them on Facebook, Twitter, and You Tube.

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COD Street Fair Open Extra Day Thanksgiving Weekend PALM DESERT, CA— College of the Desert Alumni Association will expand its popular Street Fair to three-days on Thanksgiving weekend. In addition to the regular Saturday-Sunday schedule, the Street Fair will also open Friday, Nov. 23. Hours each day are 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The Alumni is presenting “The Desert Carolers” who will be strolling through the large Street Fair singing holiday favorites from 10 a.m. to noon on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 23 and 24.

The Desert Carolers” wear authentic Dickens era costumes and perform in quartets singing traditional carols and lively new arrangements of holiday songs. For the past 20 years, this group of professional performers has been enhancing events in the Coachella Valley including office parties, banquets, country clubs, private parties, shopping malls, tree lighting ceremonies and other special events.

The Street Fair is open every Saturday and Sunday from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. It is a great outdoor experience featuring more than 300 merchant vendors with a unique selection of gifts for all occasions.

Do not miss the farmer’s market, arts and crafts section or the food court plaza. There is free admission, free parking and free entertainment.

The COD Alumni Association uses proceeds from the Street Fair to donate grants, gifts and scholarships to College of the Desert.

Since its inception 29 years ago, the Alumni Association has donated more than $9.3 million to the college. For more information, call the Alumni Association at 760.636.7957.

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Palate PleasersSTAR Harvest Smiles with Thanksgiving-Inspired Treats

With autumn comes cooler temperatures, colorful sunsets and the beginning of the holiday season. The food crafting experts at Wilton Enterprises have festive ideas to transform typical Thanksgiving desserts into unique creations.

Start by adding a special touch to a basic spice cake using Autumn Cupcake and Cookie Stencils. Simply place the stencil – choose from turkeys, pilgrim hats, pumpkins and more – over your iced cake and sprinkle with colored sugars.

The stencils are easy to use and will make your baked goods a feast for the eyes.

Try substituting Harvest Whoopie Pies for pumpkin pie – cream cheese icing

sandwiched between bite-sized cakes will definitely have guests giving thanks. Or, make Festive Fall Leaf Cookies to resemble the vibrant leaves of the season.

Prepare dough and tint portions green, red, orange and yellow.

When the dough is lightly kneaded together, it creates color-splashed cookies sure to be a favorite of hungry pilgrims around your table. Plus, this treat can be made in advance, allowing more time for day-of preparations and activities.

Remember to save room, and pair goodies with seasonal beverages like warm apple cider, pumpkin spice lattes or hot cocoa. For a fun take home, wrap Fall Popcorn Balls in Pumpkin Patch Party Bags

– guests will be joy-FULL and thank-FULL. For more Thanksgiving decorating ideas and recipes, or to purchase bakeware and other products, visit www. wilton.com.

Autumn Spice Stencil Cake

Favorite spice cake recipe 4 cups Buttercream Icing (recipe available on www. wilton.com) Ivory and Golden Yellow Icing Colors Autumn Cupcake and Cookie Stencils Red, Orange, Black and Green Colored Sugars Brown Color Dust Colorful Leaves Sprinkle

Mix

Spray 9 in. x 13 in. baking pan with vegetable pan spray.

Bake spice cake in prepared pan following recipe instructions.

Cool completely.

Tint about 1 cup icing yellow; tint remainder ivory.

Using a spatula, smooth ice the cake with ivory buttercream.

Pipe tip #21 yellow buttercream shell bottom border; pipe tip #14 shells in straight lines on top of the cake. Use decorating stencils, sugars and Color Dust to create Thanksgiving images in each square following instructions on the package.

Gently press leaf sprinkles onto sides of cake.

Let your guests admire your creation nefore serving

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Plates of melt-in-yourmouth cookies; baskets of warm, spiced breads; tins of dark, creamy fudge…the holidays are full of delicious and inspired ways to share the spirit of the season. If you’re planning on making sweet holiday gifts this year, why not add an element of style by presenting your goodies in a hand-crafted holiday gift basket that’s easy to make and fun to give.

“When you take the time to make a gift, the person receiving it feels special and your thoughtfulness really shows,” said Cheryl Indelicato, 3rd generation vintner and

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proprietor of HandCraft Artisan Collection Wines. “And, gift baskets like these can be made with simple, beautiful things you have around the house or are easy to find.” Here are some easy, festive ideas to get you started: Reuse decorative boxes, bags and baskets that you already have. Line them with colorful shredded paper, or even seasonal fabric, and add a handmade label.

Package your sweet treats in holiday tins, simple wood or paper boxes, or even mason jars.

Add cheery finishing

touches with colorful ribbons, holiday greenery, or pretty ornaments.

This Pinot Noir gift basket idea is inspired by HandCraft Artisan Collection wines which include four distinctive California wines to enjoy while celebrating with friends and family.

Start with a bottle of Pinot Noir. This medium bodied wine is elegant, supple, smooth and balanced – delicious by itself or perfect with food. Gorgeous cherry, vanilla and strawberry aromas are followed by ripe black cherry, sweet spice, vanilla and chocolate flavors.

The finish is soft and lingering with a perfect integration of structure, fruit and spice.

For a beautiful presentation, tuck the wine and your wrapped treats into a metal tin or basket and add some holiday greenery.

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STARAt the Movies ‘Rise of the Guardians’

A Perfect Holiday Treat for the Entire Family When I think of Christmas I still remember Dad telling us Santa would like a glass of Schnapps rather than milk to keep him warm on his cold holiday flight, after all we were in Ohio and we usually had snow by Dec. 25. Mom always left cookies which “Santa” always managed to eat, leaving crumbs on the plate to prove he was there. One night my little sisters and I even heard a loud “Ho! Ho! Ho!” that echoed up to our bedrooms and we all knew it had to be Santa.

“Rise of the Guardians” captures those

warm cozy memories of childhood when we believed in magical beings like Santa, the Easter Bunny and of course the Tooth Fairy.

The film also adds the fears of our youth in the form of the Boogeyman (voiced by Jude Law).

Another fun-loving myth from the past is Jack Frost and as this engaging, beautifully animated 3D film begins, snowflakes come spiraling into our faces and lacy icy designs decorate the screen.

Jack (Chris Pine) is a young boy with frost colored hair who loves to play tricks and make

children happy, but even as he mixes with people, no one sees him because no one believes he is actually real.

This is not the case with Santa (voiced with great gusto by Alec Baldwin) who lives and works at the North Pole, creating fantastic new toys every year to delight the children of the world.

Suddenly, out of nowhere, a crisis arises as youngsters all over the planet fall under a dark spell created by a dark spirit named Pitch, aka the Boogeyman. He has begun to turn happy dreams into nightmares which are

personified by pitch black horses made of filmy dark smoke. These frightening wisps of terror invade childish dreams. Soon young boys and girls stop believing in the Guardians of youthful joy as they give in to their unhappy fears about everything.

To avert this crisis all of the holiday Super Heroes come together at the request of the Man in the Moon. This also includes the Sand Man who provides sweet dreams and the beautiful Tooth Fairy. As the heroes of happiness converge they unanimously attribute the universal catastrophe to Pitch, aka the Boogeyman, and they are right.

Then, through a special portal, they are joined by Jack Frost who was sent to join them by the Man in the Moon.

Mystified, Jack and all of the other heroes wonder

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why he has been called to join in the “Quest” to save holiday joy. At this point, Santa takes Jack into his gigantic work room where he tells the boy there has to be a reason he has been summoned to join the Guardians. As they talk privately Santa encourages Jack to look deep inside to find his center. For Santa that core is “Wonder” which inspires him to work tirelessly for 364 days a year in order to envision

holiday magic that will remain in the human heart long past childhood.

The animation, crafted by artists from around the world, is whimsical, colorful and imaginative, filled with images like lacy patterns that frost windows, trees and ponds and the colorful Easter Island workshop of the 6 foot tall Easter Bunny (voiced by Hugh Jackman).

The little kid in all of us will relate as the playful Jack Frost takes a group of children on a whirlwind adventure over the icy streets of a small Midwestern town in the USA. Tiny elf like creatures dressed in red also provide lots of laughter and personality to the story as they scurry around the North Pole, but the big surprise is who really does all of the hard work along with Santa.

The film is rated PG for some scary action caused by Pitch and his dark minions, but little ones who don’t scare easily will enjoy the fright.

DVD Update: Holiday shoppers, be advised that “The Dark Knight Rises” comes to Blu-ray and DVD on Dec. 4. This too is a superhero movie (from Warner Bros). It is definitely on the dark side, but it will make a perfect holiday gift.

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DHS to Create ‘New Parade Memories’ DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA – The 2012 Desert Hot Springs Holiday Parade entry forms and packet are now available and this year’s parade committee has made it really easy for everyone to participate.

“We are looking forward to a really nice event,” said Joe McKee, this year’s parade chairman. “The committee has been working hard and all that’s left is for people to show up for a really good time.”

McKee said the committee has already signed up marching bands, car clubs, community groups and residents planning to enter floats.

“If you ever wanted to be in a parade, it could not be easier,” said McKee. “Sign up sheets are at the Visitor Center. There is a small fee for businesses that want to enter but for just about everyone else there is no charge to enter.”

This year’s parade marks the 25th anniversary of the Desert Hot Springs Parade and the return of the parade to the city after a four year break. The parade route follows Desert Hot Springs holiday tradition with a march down Palm Drive.

Making this year’s parade possible are several

corporate and other sponsors, including Desert Valley Disposal, Wintec, Mission Springs Water District and Miracle Springs Resort & Spa. The parade will start at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 15 and will travel Palm Drive from Desert View Avenue to Two Bunch Palms Trail and ending in the Kmart center.

‘It has been a lot of work to make this parade possible and with so many people volunteering to help it is hard to mention them all,” said McKee. “I really look forward to see the parade floats I hear are in the works.”

If you would like to be in the parade, there is still plenty of time to decorate your golf cart or pick up, turn your garden trailer into a float or polish up your classic car. The last day to register is Dec. 12.

But, the 2012 Holiday Parade will be limited to the first 100 entries and McKee recommends registering early to insure a place in the parade.

The deadline to register for the Christmas Parade is Monday, Nov. 26.

For additional information about the Holiday Parade, please call 760 671-4063 and leave a message or visit www.deserthotsprings.mobi/

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Story and Photos by Pat Krause PALM SPRINGS,CA - The 10th annual Opening Night Benefit Concert was held on Nov. 17 at the Annenberg Theatre in the Palm Springs Art Museum. A reception and dinner followed the performance on the main level of the museum. The presenting sponsor was Wells Fargo Bank again this year. The Annenberg Theatre Council presented the entertainment by Sutton Foster. The theater was filled to capacity for her performance.

Foster is an Tony Award-winner and stars in ABC’s TV series “Bunheads.” Foster had played many roles on Broadway and has performed on many prominent stages like Carnegie Hall and Kennedy Center to name just a few. Her performance included songs

by Cole Porter and Duke Ellington and many from Stage Plays.

At one point she brought out her little dog on stage and sang to him. She said she has never been to Palm Springs before and was

hoping she would be asked to return as it is such a beautiful area. She brought her own band which consisted of a pianist, Guitarist and bass player.

Proceeds from this concert will support theatrical programs for the 2012-2013 season.

Programs include events for our local children and schools in the Valley. More than $200,000 was raised during this dinner concert.

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PALM DESERT, CA - The Palm Desert Area Chamber of Commerce hosted the annual Valley-wide Peace Officer & Public Safety Appreciation Lunch on Tuesday Nov. 20 at the Hyatt Regency in Indian Wells. The Palm Desert Area Chamber of Commerce along with a wide array of valley business sponsors honored members of our local Police Departments, Fire Departments, Highway Patrol & Border Patrol offices, from throughout the entire Coachella Valley.

Awa rd e e s were nominated by their peers within each of their city departments or regional departments, and members of the business community take the day to come out and say “Thank You” to our everyday heroes. Sixty-three men and women, along with a few canine heroes were awarded on this special day. They were surrounded by their peers, friends and members of the community

as everyone learned a little bit more about why they were being honored. This event is

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with TV Funnyman Ross Matthews and his partner Salvadore Camarena.

Eight local contestants learned two dances from professional dance partners. Steve Quintanilla, Jerry Green, Kerry Hendrix, Teri Ketover, Dr. Suzanne Quardt, Bianca Rae, Marco Rossetti and Margie Taft spent many hours on the dance floor learning ballroom style. Professional

dancers included: Joshua King, Kristin Staszek, Taylor Trad, Dennis Gimenez, Charles Thomas, Britta Sperber, Joanna Lys, and Isa Lapaj.

There was friendly rivalry as each dancer became a serious fundraiser by selling tickets and groups of tables to earn points. All money raised went to the Desert AIDS Project, 100 Women Group.

100 Women’s organization funds many services to women such as pap smears, mammograms and healthcare to children.

John Barrowman emceed the dance contest. Trophies were given. Judges awarded the winner’s trophy to Bianca Rae and her partner Joshua King. Several other pairs were awarded trophies. The judges had a difficult time as the dancers were very good this year.

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AutomotiveSTAR 2013 MINI Roadster Two-Seater Is All About Open-Top Fun Of all the six models of MINI vehicles, by far the most fun and cool is the soft-top roadster - described

by MINI as “a devilishly fast soft top built for two.” It’s all that - and much more.

We are now eleven years since the re-introduction of the MINI to the US market, and the BMW-owned British brand has established itself as a byword for infectious driving fun within compact dimensions and earned itself a growing community of fans. Which was already quite large considering the cult following of the original little MINI’s.

I’ve driven both the oldschool MINI Cooper, and this new model is every bit

a kick in the pants to drive as the oldie is. It’s much like driving a very fast shifter gocart, it sticks to the ground, loves tight and fast turns, and will turn any frown immediately upside-down (while the car remains upright and poised).

The MINI Roadster is a sporty driving experience of pure and spontaneous opentop fun for two. Its smileinducing agility, compact dimensions and low fuel consumption make it one of the best road trip cars that also converts even the daily commute to an entertaining event.

The body design of the two-seater MINI carries on with the design language

of the brand’s cars, but repackaged within the proportions of a compact roadster. Parallel lines, athletically taut surfaces and harmonious curves combine with a distinctive, lowslung silhouette to give the MINI Roadster an elegantly stretched figure. You’ll easily spot MINI characteristics, such as its large circular headlights, hexagonal radiator grille, side indicator surrounds and vertically stacked rear lights. However, the Roadster also adds some distinguishing features of its own to the mix, including a stepped boot extending from behind the passenger compartment and a heavily raked windscreen. All that

2013 Mini Roadster said, the roadster looks its best with top down.

S t y l i s t i c a l l y, t h e soft-top roof of the MINI Roadster follows in the classic British roadster tradition. When opened, it folds down flat behind the seats, keeping the car’s sweeping lines intact. This

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layout encompasses a clear visual separation of the trunk from the passenger compartment, while a wide through-loading system behind the seats.

The reinforced windscreen frame and two stainless steel roll-over bars provide occupant

Cooper S Roadster can also be specified with a six-speed automatic as an option (tested). Fuel economy ranges from 28 to 35-mpg across the range of models.

Chassis set-up is impressive - it is wellengineered and includes electric power steering,

protection in the event of the car turning over. The safety equipment on board the new MINI Roadster also includes front airbags and head-thorax airbags integrated into the outer sides of the seat backrests, three-point inertia-reel seatbelts including belt force limiters and belt tensioners, and a tire defect indicator.

The model line-up ranges from the MINI Cooper Roadster (121-hp) to the MINI Cooper S Roadster (181-hp) to the sharpest performer of all, the MINI John Cooper Works Roadster, whose powerplant develops 208-hp. In customary MINI style, the Roadster channels the engine’s power through to the front wheels via a six-speed manual gearbox.

Alternatively, the MINI Cooper Roadster and MINI

dynamic stability control, combined with the torsionally rigid body and the car’s lower center of gravity all work to deliver addictive agility and highend active and passive safety. The aerodynamic balance of the MINI Roadster is optimized by an active rear spoiler, which extends automatically when the car reaches 50-mph.

Rivals include the Audi TT roadster and Volkswagen Beetle convertible. Pricing starts at $25,850. for the Cooper convertible, $29,250. for the Cooper S Roadster (tested), and $36,000. for the John Cooper Works model.

For more information, see your local MINI dealer, or visit MiniUSA.com.

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STARCommunity Veterans and Guide Dogs CarFit Event Graduate at College Helps Older PALM SPRINGS, CA Five military veterans and their specially-trained guide dogs graduated from the Guide Dogs of the Desert training program on Saturday, Nov.18.

Three of the veterans attended the graduation ceremony on Sunday, Nov. 18 at the Whitewater campus of Guide Dogs of the Desert.

All five graduates are veterans of military service: two Army veterans, a Marine veteran, a Navy veteran and a veteran of service in Nigeria crossed the stage in a special ceremony honoring their service and well as their new-found independence through life with a guide dog.

Three of the five – Smart Eze of Eichgraben, Austria; Robert Silva of Indio, CA; Ronald Hudson of Ogden, UT and their dogs trained together at the Whitewater campus for 28 days. John Lee Taylor of Longmont, CO and James Faust of Beloit, WI were trained in their home environments.

While at the Guide Dogs of the Desert training center, the blind vets learned to walk with their dogs in residential areas, negotiate heavily traveled areas with traffic, cross streets, ride buses and light rail, use stairways, elevators, and escalators, and maneuver through crowded hotels, restaurants and shopping malls. In a nod to modern-day travel realities, client/dog pairs also learn how to go through security at an airport, thanks to cooperation from the Palm Springs I n te r n a t i o n a l A i r p o r t and local Transportation Security Administration

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Smart Eze, a resident of Eichgruben, Austria, was a Sergeant serving as combat infantry engineer in an engineering battalion in the Biafra War, otherwise known as the Nigerian Civil War. Smart also worked for the United Nations and retired in 2005. He is currently a good will ambassador for Light for the World – an organization dedicated to ensuring the rights of persons with disabilities in developing countries, without discrimination of gender, ethnicity, social group or religion. He is

also the author of a book entitled “My Four Wo rl d s ” a b o u t overcoming the challenges of physical and mental disabilities. He has been training with his guide dog Johnny D, a male Black Labrador Retriever.

Robert Silva, of Indio, CA served as an E-4 in the United States Navy and has been training with Lowe, a male Chocolate Labrador Retriever.

Ronald Hudson, of Ogden, UT, served as an E-4 supply sergeant in the United States Army and has been training with Greg, a male Yellow Labrador Retriever.

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John Lee Taylor, of Longmont, CO served as an E-3 and an E-7 in the United States Marine Corps, and has been training with Flossie, a female Standard Poodle in his home town.

John and Flossie will not attend the graduation ceremony.

James Faust of Beloit, WI, served as in the Army as a Spec. 5 in the Vietnam War. James was with the 173rd Airborne. James trained with Tommy, a male Golden Retriever in his home town. James and Tommy will not be attending the graduation.

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ceremony, Bruce Topp, a member of the Palm Springs Pipe Band volunteered to pipe in the colors as presented

by Boy Scout Troop 163 from Running Springs.

Topp has 57 years experience as a piper; he has served as Pipe Major of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and with many other major bagpipe marching bands. The Palm Springs Pipe Band provides Celtic music throughout the

Coachella Valley and offers free bagpipe lessons to individuals and groups.

For the blind, a guide

dog means increased freedom, companionship and safety.Since 1972, Guide Dogs of the Desert has worked to connect people in need with the tools they require for success. Guide Dogs of the Desert is a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization, that improves the lives of the blind by creating opportunities for life-changing independence, and by conducting community o u t r e a c h and education programs. We offer safe mobility, loving companionship and the “miracle of independence” to the blind through the use of a guide dog. Guide Dogs of the Desert breeds, raises and trains dogs and then trains their blind clients to work with their hand selected dog at no cost to their clients.

November 22, 2012

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CarFit crew on the obstacle course PALM DESERT, CA - Supervisor John J. Benoit partnered with the Riverside County Office on Aging to host a CarFit event for older drivers at Sun City Palm Desert on Tuesday, Nov. 13 at the Mountain View Clubhouse Parking Lot located at 38-180 Del Webb Blvd.

CarFit was developed by the American Society on Aging to help senior drivers learn how the effects of aging change the way they fit in their vehicles and how their driving can be affected.

More than 30 older drivers received free 20-minute personal CarFit reviews. Driving specialists helped drivers focus on things they could do to improve safety and comfort while driving their vehicle, and make sure that mirrors, seatbelts and foot pedals are adjusted in the right place to improve the vision of the road and of other cars.

“The CarFit initiative helps older adults become safer and more comfortable behind the wheel,” said Supervisor Benoit. With a growing population of senior citizens in Riverside County, events like these are important to enhancing their independence in our community.”

There will be no driving tests administered at CarFit. Supervisor Benoit addressed drivers, volunteers, Office on Aging staff and the media.

Supervisor John J. Benoit represents the Fourth District on the Riverside County Board of Supervisors stretching from Palm Springs south to the Salton Sea and east to the Colorado River and is the largest geographical district in the county.

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How To Organize In recent weeks I have been studying the writings of Shad Helmstetter, a Florida psychologist engaged in teaching the best tools for personal growth, financial success and flourishing happiness.

His methods are simple to use, specific, clear and extremely effective. They include positive selftalk, active goal-setting and action planning.

I recommend any of Helmstetter’s books and particularly “What To Say When You Talk To Yourself.” His self-talk program is based on the most recent science of how the human brain receives and accepts information.

Following is one of Helmstetter’s positive selftalk scripts for organizing one’s thoughts, time and activities in ways that help a person reach their goals. He suggests reading a script like this three or four times a day for three weeks, silently or voiced.

He states that a lesser time of repetition may not sufficiently program the subconscious mind into achieving the desired behavioral changes. He also suggests recording the script with a portable tape recorder and then listening

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to the script while involved in one’s daily activities.

You can modify and personalize this script to accord with your own goals and manner of speaking.

everything I need to do when I need to do it.

-I program my mind to make the maximum use of my time. I am in control of my time and how to use it. I like being organized, efficient and on top of things.

-I never waste time.

Because I plan my time, I always have time to do the things I choose to do.

-Every day I become more organized and in control of all areas of my life – at home, at work, in my mind and in my thoughts, in everything that I do.

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-I am organized and in control of my life. I am in control of myself, my thoughts, my time, my actions and my future.

-I know what to do and when to do it. I do

-I am very well organized. Each night I make a list of things I need to do the next day. I set my priorities and I follow them.

-I am always on time.

I am always where I need

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to be exactly when I need to be there. Being on time is easy for me. The more I control my time and the more organized I become, the easier this is.

-I am in control of my feelings, my emotions and my attitudes. I choose to live my life by choice, not chance. Therefore, I take the time to be in control.

-I have an organized and orderly mind. Because I think in an organized way, I conduct my life in an organized manner.

-I think in the most positive and productive way at all times and in all things. The way I think is the way I live.

-I am the director of my destiny. I know where I am going and why I am going there. My life is in my hands and in my control.

-I control my goals and the achievement of my goals. I organize my goals by writing each of them down, along with the steps I need to reach them. One of the reasons for my success is that my goals are clearly defined and organized.

-I am in complete control of what I think and how I think. Therefore, I choose to think only those thoughts that help me and that are of genuine benefit to me.

Art Kunkin is the 84-year young journalist who founded, published and edited the Los Angeles Free Press. He later became president of the Philosophical Research Society of Los Angeles. A free download of a magazine cover story interview with Art about his research into stopping aging is available at www. alchemyrevealed.com.

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Horoscope Healthy Nov. 22 - 29, 2012 November 22- Sun Into Sagittarius

Most Affected are Sagittarius and All Fire Signs.

The month will begin in the sign of Sagittarius, for Vedic – Scorpio.

For Sagittarius: All Jupiter themes such as opportunity, expansion, honesty, leadership, higher learning, tremendous vision and elevation will rule supreme this month until Dec. 22. A more heightened awareness of optimism, awareness itself, to see beyond the immediate. The best side of Sagittarius is seen in their teaching manner done in “their own way”. The key is to not be so benevolent, to know when to let go by leaving justice in the hands of the Universe.

For All Signs: Celebrate this month with respect, action with and towards Fire around you, Fire within you; experience the transformational power of Fire in your 3rd Chakra by practicing Yoga, Solar-Plex, Core techniques.

Best Sacred Geometry: Tetrahedron (Fire).

Best Yantra: The colors Indigo Blue and Violet.

November 26 – Mercury Goes Direct

Most Affected are Sagittarius, Gemini and Virgo.

For All Signs: This transit began on Nov. 6 and now comes to an end, a shift towards re-direction. As Mercury begins direct motion, its’ cycle begins slowly then it picks up speed. In about a week or so things begin to feel more balanced in matters related to communications, the written, typed, tweeted, text word, travel, energy and electromagnetic energy related to your neurological system.

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affects Ren Yogamaya, M.A. E-RYT 500

important documents. Expect some fall out from this recent MIR, meaning, some things were not meant to last, it is best to accept the changes and move on. The best offering in understanding the aftermath is to see the opportunities from this retrograde that may have held you down, slowed you down and perhaps changed you for the better.

Best Meditation Mudra: Buddha, (Mercury, thumb over the 5th finger).

Nov. 28 – Full Moon – Lunar Eclipse in Gemini

Most affected are Gemini and All Air Signs.

For Gemini: The Moon is in your sign and it is a Super Full Moon that will bring changes. See yourself change for the better with your priorities in focus. As Gemini is represented in the 5th Chakra, (the throat) you should honor and appreciate the new you who can begin to see the difference in others voices, speech and actions. You can also appreciate the differences between sound and silence.

With Jupiter still in your sign, expect some fortunate news that can expand your options.

For All Signs: A Lunar Eclipse is a super-Full Moon.

This Lunar Eclipse has super intensity and it brings transformation. We need to question our doubts and remember who we truly are; by the choices that you make, either you are spiritual royalty or you are something less. A

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better choice would be to live in truth, remember your soul’s purpose. From a threedimensional point of view, we live in dualistic thought, from a higher-dimensional view, everything is connected and everyone is a part of the bigger picture. Most of humanity is ready to move into a heartcentered paradigm.

The practice of primordial meditation and vocal mantras, chanting or a simple call for help is what is best now.

Best Mantra: HAM / HUM Best Colors: Light Blue or Indigo Blue.

On-Going Affects: Uranus Retrograde

Most affected are Aquarius. This transit began on July 12 and will continue until Dec. 13.

For Aquarius: Your ruling planet is retrograde; the energies are inward. Refrain from displaying negative emotions in front of others.

Your best answers will come from within, not always from outside.

For All Signs: We need to continue to review some of our ideas, especially if it involves the off-beat, the unusual or the collective group. The revolution continues a little more quietly; rather than hurling it in the faces of others, it turns inward, reaching for inner freedom from psychological limits.

Occupy your inner wisdom, your third-eye.

Venus In Scorpio

Most Affected are Scorpio, Libra and Taurus. (This includes Libra and Taurus, as the planet Venus is their ruling sign) This transit began on Nov. 21 and will continue until Dec. 15.

For Scorpio: Great News!

The planet of Love and beauty is in your sign; you may now enjoy your new popularity

and the good possibility of romantic interests. If you are already involved, this can be a very romantic or creative time for you, one of the best times of the year for your love Life. However, when Venus is in any sign of the Zodiac, the senses are heightened as well.

Exercise and refresh yourself: Take yourself to an art gallery or museum. Walk and enjoy the beauty of the season. The signs of Libra and Taurus may figure more prominently.

For Libra: You may feel an emotional shift as your planet enters the water sign of Scorpio. Try to go with the flow of the changes that are beneficial in your Life; there is beauty in the mysterious and the unknown.

For Taurus: Your sexuality may get a boost with intensity as an established relationship can go to the next level. If single, you have a choice to delve into the unseen, unexplored or you can channel those energies into meaningful creativity.

For All Signs: In our relationships, the term “A little pain, a little gain” may feel much more intense now. If you were one to let go and let God, then expect to see justice occur by natural forces. If not, obsessing over a relationship will only bring more suffering and wrinkles.

Be an outstanding example, turn off the dramas, quiet the tweets, texts, the emails and just be. When in doubt, practice silence.

Ren Yogamaya is a Yoga teacher registered at the highest level with the Yoga Alliance, a writer, the published author of EAT

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By Jackie Devereaux Statewide, CA – Injured workers suffering under a plagued workers compensation insurance system may find some relief now that the governor signed Senate Bill 863 into law, bringing some much-needed reforms to the beleaguered insurance industry.

SB 863 represents a historic compromise between employers and employees that provides a rare opportunity to both increase benefits for injured workers and reduce insurance costs for employers.

SB 863 provides consistency and certainty in a ballooning $16 billion workers’ compensation system. By reducing administrative costs and closing loopholes to eliminate conflicts of interest and price gouging. The bill provides for financing a longoverdue permanent disability benefit increase for injured workers. This benefit increase is estimated to be more than $700 million and will translate into a 30 percent increase in permanent disability benefits for all categories of injured workers.

This legislation also creates a $120 million catastrophic injury program that is designed to enhance the benefits for the small group of injured employees whose permanent disability ratings are disproportionately low as compared to their earnings loss due to the injury.

By establishing a binding independent medical review (IMR) system to use evidencebased medical principles to resolve medical disputes this reform shortens the timeline for approval of treatment to 30 days, greatly speeding up the courts process that can currently take up to two years.

SB 863 represents a

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balanced approach to issues within the California’s workers’ compensation system. It provides employers with cost-saving proposals that reduce frictional costs while providing injured workers with much-needed benefit increases. Additionally, the administration has committed to an expeditious regulatory process that seeks to achieve the full extent of the projected savings associated with SB 863. The bill was drafted by Democratic State Senator Kevin De León of the 22nd District representing Los Angeles.

Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. commended the Legislature for “an extraordinary workers’ compensation reform bill that helps injured workers and averts an imminent crisis of skyrocketing rates. Again, Republicans have joined Democrats to work together— perhaps, a portent of good things to come,” he said.

CalChamber recognizes that the California workers’ compensation system was on an unsustainable trajectory. In particular, cost pressures in the system mitigated much of the savings realized in the

last round of reforms. As a result, California employers’ premiums were increasing as the overall cost of the system continued to rise. “CalChamber believes that benefits for some injured workers to be inadequate and, therefore, supports a benefit increase where appropriate.”

SB 863 addresses both of these issues: it offers proposals that reduce system costs in order to offset a benefit increase; it specifically addresses the lien epidemic; it shortens the medical-legal process; it implements an independent medical review system, and streamlines the permanent disability schedule. These reforms reduce frictional costs by reducing delays in the system and litigation.

Additionally, the bill provides injured workers an increase in permanent disability benefits.

Anyone with an open claim or in litigation with a Workers’ Compensation insurance company, should consider these new reforms before settling their case. It could mean the difference of a 30 percent increase in the benefits paid.

JOSHUA TREE, CA - The Joshua Tree Retreat Center at the Institute of Mentalphysics will host a community drum circle celebrating the Full Moon from 7 – 9 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 28.

Well-known Joshua Tree percussionist Sam Sloneker will facilitate the gathering, which will be held in the center’s Friendship Hall.

“Well, we have plunged more deeply into fall here in the desert, bringing us some definitely cooler temperatures, and I’m looking forward to our drumming together beneath the energy of November’s Full Moon,” said Sloneker.

“The polarity effect created by the Sun and Moon pulling in opposing directions with Earth in the middle can bring on a period of intense energy and precarious balance, and playing together in our circle can help to ground and center us during this time of heightened energies.

“This event will kickoff our fifth year of monthly community drum circles at the Retreat Center. It offers us a wonderful opportunity to reconnect with ourselves, and with each other, as we round the bend and head toward the coming of winter and the holiday season. As we’re so near Thanksgiving, the theme of our circle will be gratitude.

Our drum circles are always lots of fun, so come and play with us in celebration of this special time of aliveness and vibrancy, and invite your family and friends to join in our celebration.”

Studies have shown participation in group drumming to offer a number of worthwhile benefits, including artistic self-expression, community connection and interaction, an expanded sense of self and heightened sense of belonging, increased rapport with others, relief of stress,

emotional balancing, and strengthening of the immune system.

Participants are encouraged to bring drums, shakers, tambourines, etc.

A number of instruments will also be available at the event. There is no charge to attend, though a suggested donation of $5 per participant or $10 per family will be welcomed and appreciated.

The Joshua Tree Retreat Center is located at 59700 Twentynine Palms Hwy. in Joshua Tree, on the north side of the Highway, just east of the intersection of La Contenta Rd./Yucca Mesa Rd. Turn right after entering the Center and take the first left; Friendship Hall will be on your left toward the middle of the long building (follow the signs). For additional information, please call the Center at 760-365-8371.

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balance sheet to operating in the black. In reality, it’s the last three months of the year and not just the one day that merchants rely on for strong retail sales.

This year, as we celebrate the season and Thanksgiving with our families, you’re encouraged to give some thought to how and where you shop. It really does matter – especially

to authentically local businesses benefits you and the town in a number of important ways. Consider this: Shopping local creates jobs.

Shops in our town create local employment and self-employment.

These people in turn spend in the local economy, fueling the economic health of the community. More of every dollar spent at a local business stays in the town. It’s more than

shops and services in small towns but don’t equate this with how they spend their money. It’s a lot like imagining how you’d pay our mortgage if you lost your income. It’s that real, and that close to the success of every local business.

Shopping locally retains our distinctiveness. Independent shops create distinctive shopping experiences and stock different products. Local businesses respond

survive by their reputation and repeat business, which means you get a higher standard of service.

And if you’re not satisfied – chances are the person across the counter is empowered to make things right.

Shopping local saves services.

Private and public services cluster around shops. As shops disappear so do hairdressers, banks, restaurants and other businesses. This clustering that we enjoy in our town is so successful that it’s created in artificial environments called malls.

The backbone of all of this

shopping variety and excitement is the genuine, authentic small business.

“Small Business Saturday” celebrates small business and the contribution to the health of our local and national economy. According to the U.S. Small Business Administration, there were nearly 28 million small businesses in the United States last year. Over the past two decades, they created 65 percent of net new jobs. Their importance to local communities extends even further. For every $100 spent in locally-owned, independent stores, $68 returns to the community

through taxes, payroll and other expenditures.

Small business is the engine of job creation in the US economy.

By thinking first of local, small business, you are making a direct contribution to the health of the community. Small businesses are the backbone of our economy and the glue that holds communities together – so this year, as we all celebrate the season and think about where and why we’re going to shop – shop first locally - at a small business.

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in today’s economy. We often hear “shop local,” and “shop small,” but what does that really mean, and how does it have a direct positive impact on you? We’ll answer some of those questions, and give you some shopping food for thought: First, it’s important to identify and understand exactly what “local” means. Today, as national media and big box retailers struggle to survive – “local” has become a fashionable marketing catchphrase. But local isn’t scalable. Local isn’t any nationallyknown brand, even if it has a locally convenient location. Local means your neighbors, who also own and operate a real business in your town. It’s the kind of local business that you’d first talk about when explaining our town to distant relatives, it’s the business you’d miss most if they were gone.

Shopping local – authentically local – means you’re investing in your own quality of life.

When shopping “locally,” try to distinguish between large national brands that operate a locally convenient business, and those that are authentically local - meaning home-grown, home-spun, homeowned, all that.

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a cliché to say that shopping local creates jobs – and the job you save may be your own.

Local independent shops invest more in our communities. Local businesses are proportionally more generous in their support of local charities, schools, and community events. So supporting local shops means a financial contribution to your community.

Local shops sell great products at affordable prices. Some people get out of the habit of shopping locally and are then surprised by the range of products available. A great example of this is Haidet’s Hardware, on Pierson Blvd., in Desert Hot Springs, and they routinely beat and match prices of other bigger stores – and they carry thousands of separate “SKU’s” (units of merchandise, including varying sizes, colors, etc). And what they don’t carry – they’ll get it, and fast.

Shopping locally saves you time and money. You travel less, saving on time and fuel. With fuel prices over $3.90 per gallon, a five-mile round trip in the average car will likely cost you more than what you think you might be saving – not to mention lost time.

Shopping locally retains our communities. People don’t like losing

more quickly to the needs of local customers, stocking products to meet changing population needs. In our community – we have a bigger diversity of local shops than most small towns our size.

Shopping locally saves the environment. Local shops often stock a high percentage of locally sourced goods that do not require long-distance transportation, helping to reduce our global footprint. Plus, you’ll travel less and use less fuel getting to large shopping centers.

Look around our town – closely – and you’ll be surprised at the goods that are sources so close to home.

Local shops are for everyone.

Most people can get to their local shops easily. This is especially important for the elderly, young people and others who rely on public transportation. A stroll through downtown and surrounding areas are full of shopping opportunities that many people travel from far away to get to – and wish they had – in their own town. Shopping here preserves that.

Local shops value you more.

Evidence from numerous surveys show people get better customer care and service locally. These businesses

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By Chris Hermann, ASLA, CLARB Certified Landscape Architect In addition to small succulents that are used in bowls or rock gardens, there are hundreds of larger succulents that grow in the Coachella Valley; many of them are used in desert landscaping designs.

The larger species of succulents, especially many of the agaves, are good choices for mid-century style architecture because their shape and form help reinforce a geometrical plan.

In the contemporary planting below there is Agave americana “Variegata”, Hesperaloeparviflora, Ocotillo (not of the succulent family) and Pachycereusmarginatus.

The agavaceaefamily includes approximately 19 genera and 550 species, mostly growing in dry, warm regions of the western hemisphere and many native to Mexico. This makes agaves a great choice here in the Coachella Valley. The most recognizable member of the family is agaveamericana, also known as century

Agave Medio plan. The leaves have a thick epidermis and cuticle to prevent water loss. The way the leaves are structures on the upper surface makes it so that even the slightest rainfall is direct toward the roots of the plant. After 10

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agave mediopicta. Other agave family members include: agave geminiflora agave angustifolia, agave parryii, agave Victoriaer e g i n a e , a n d a g av e desmettiana. All provide a strong form and statement in your landscape. Not all, however, can take full sun.

And here is a surprise plant that many people

years or more a branched, 15-40 foot stalk appears.

This is the agave’s single reproductive act, after which time it will die. There are a couple varieties of agave americana, including agave americana variegate and

think is a palm or a cactus, but actually, it is considered a succulent – Pachypodiumlamerei – Madagascar palm. This easy to grow shrub has an impressive silhouette: spiny, succulent branched

Here in our desert environment, be mindful of placing succulents where they will have to bear the extreme heat of our summers. While succulents will do well in just about any placement during “the season,” most succulents will need protection from the summer sun. Keep in mind, too, the shifting of sun exposures. The sun your yard receives in November may be different than the sun it receives in July. Many snowbirds are surprised to

come back to the desert after leaving a lovely garden in May to find that plants were sizzled during the summer. If you’re going to place succulents in a full sun environment during season, it is best to put them in pots so that you can relocate them for the summer. Another solution is to tent the succulents with shade cloth during the hot summer months.

Succulents like fast draining soil. If you will be potting your succulents, it is best to use cactus mix instead of potting soil. Keep in mind that while most succulents are drought-tolerant, prolonged periods without water will cause their leaves to shrivel, drop or lose color.

If you are placing your succulents near plants that need more water, position the succulents at a higher elevation so that the water drains away from the root system. When feeding, one light feeding at the start of the growth season is enough for most succulents. Plants in pots may benefit from additional fertilization.

Chris Hermann is part owner of Aunt Effie’s Gardens in Palm Springs which is located at 2393 N. Palm Canyon Drive. He has been a landscape architect for 30 years and is also a CLARB certified landscape architect.

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