1955 S. Camino Real, Palm Springs CA 92264 (760) 327-1881 / (760) 327-6832 Fax
Email: saharamobilehp@gmail.com
Managers: Tom Engel and Sylvia Haner
Office Hours: Mon—Fri 9am—noon / 12:30—3:30 pm
DIRECT ALL BILLING QUESTIONS TO THE ONSITE MANAGER
611 Anton Blvd., Suite 890, Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Phone: (949) 515-5100 / Fax: (949) 515-5101
http://www.millenniumhousing.com
President: George Turk
V.P. / Chief Operating Officer: Lori Carraway
Director of Asset Services: Diana Welsh
SPARC Director: Stacee Kazmierski
Weekend Emergency Contact Person (Pager Only): Jim Rountree 1 (760) 866-9995 At the Beep key in your phone number Press # then Hang Up
Katie Davis (909) 930-9750 Toll Free (877) 930-9750
kdavis@havenms.com
August 2025
Did You Know?
Eight U.S. Presidents are confirmed to have been lefthanded, including recent leaders like Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, and George H.W. Bush. Interestingly, from 1981 to 2009, five out of six Presidents were left-handed! .
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Sahara Park
Millennium Memo
“None of the Spaces in the Project shall at any time be utilized on a transient basis.”
That’s language straight out of the Regulatory Agreement between Sahara Park and the City of Palm Springs. The City imposed that requirement as a condition of approving Sahara’s conversion to nonprofit ownership.
There’s more: “none of the Spaces…are being leased or rented to a person who does not occupy such Space; and neither the Project nor any portion thereof shall be used as a hotel, motel, dormitory, fraternity house, sorority house, rooming house…”
I mention this because I’m told a few residents asked about using their home as a VRBO or Airbnb vacation rental. As the above makes clear, vacation rentals are not allowed, by either the Park Rules or the agreement with the City.
We’d also observe that spaces not occupied as a primary residence can be exempted from Rent Control, and rent on that space can be raised to market. You don’t want that!
If you suspect a space is being used as a vacation rental, please let us know.
More News
• As I’m typing this (on July 2), about half of you have returned your Annual Income Cert, which, of course, means that half of you haven’t done this yet.
Not only will your Certs help fund the improvements we’re hoping to do, but they are also necessary for Sahara to maintain its non-profit status, and all the protections that entails. If you haven’t already, please take care of this now.
• This month’s Kudo goes to our very own Maintenance Staffer Juan Delgado, who not only does a great job with his normal duties, but is “always willing to work as long as necessary if urgent or emergency situations arise.”
We hope we don’t have too many of those “situations,” but it’s comforting knowing that Juan is on hand. Thanks for your service, Juan.”
• Unkudos to those Saharans who insist on speeding in the Park. This has always been a problem, but we’re getting more complaints lately. What’s the hurry?
We could also issue an Unkudo to folks that need to clean up their homesites: clearing the clutter in their driveways & carports, getting rid of all those weeds…you aren’t one of those offenders, are you? I didn’t think so.
Talk about speeding reminds me of my late father and how slowly he would drive so slowly, in fact, that when we were on the freeway, even Amish people would honk. OK, you can go a bit faster than he did, but please Drive Safely!
Thank you for returning your Income Cert…and watch your speed!
George Turk
Manager’s Corner
Mosquito-Borne Virus Detected in Mecca – Take Precautions!
A routine mosquito sample this season has tested positive for St. Louis Encephalitis Virus (SLEV) near Hayes Street and 66th Avenue in Mecca. This is the first positive sample from the Mecca community in 2025. While no human cases have been reported in our area or across California this year, there is no vaccine for SLEV, so prevention is key.
Protect yourself and your family from mosquito bites:
• Stay indoors at dawn and dusk when mosquitoes are most active.
• Use EPA-registered insect repellents (DEET, picaridin, oil of lemon eucalyptus, or IR3535).
• Wear long sleeves and long pants when outside.
• Check and repair window and door screens to keep mosquitoes out.
Help reduce mosquitoes around your home:
• Check lawn drains for standing water and debris. Drains should be cleaned regularly.
• Empty water that collects under potted plants, birdbaths, buckets, tires, and containers.
• Rinse pet dishes and fountains weekly to prevent breeding grounds.
Park-Owned Property – Do Not Alter
Please respect all park-owned equipment and utilities. Do not touch or modify electrical pedestals, meters, pipes, or streetlights. If a streetlight bothers you, use blackout curtains or window shades. Tampering with these safety features is strictly prohibited.
Pet Courtesy Reminder
Be a good neighbor do not allow your pets to enter other residents’ yards, even if you clean up after them. Always walk your pets in designated common areas or on the street, not through other homesites.
Trash Bin Rules – Avoid Fines
Unfortunately, we continue to see misuse of the trash bins. Please remember:
• Do NOT leave trash bags or items on the ground at or inside the trash enclosure. If bins are full, take your trash home and wait for the next pickup (which happens almost daily).
• Do NOT place construction debris in the bins. Your contractor or handyman must dispose of those materials properly, off-site.
• Do NOT leave unwanted items in or around the bins “for others to take.” That is not permitted.
• Please flatten cardboard boxes before placing them in the recycling bins.
The Park may be fined for improper use, and staff are not responsible for monitoring trash behavior. It’s up to all residents to follow the rules.
Weed & Vegetation Control – Fire Safety
All homesites must be kept free of weeds, dead plants, and overgrown vegetation. These are a serious fire hazard, especially in hot, dry weather. Inspections will continue, and notices will be sent to homesites not in compliance with park rules.
Thank you for doing your part to help keep our community clean, safe, and enjoyable for everyone.
Notes from your committee…
At our last committee meeting, we worked on a year-round calendar to plan events and activities for all residents. Please mark your calendar for consistency, unless a posted notice indicates a change:
Donuts and Coffee: first Friday of each month 8am
JR’s Breakfast: second Saturday of each month 8am
Lunch with Rod: last Wednesday of each month noon
Spite Malice, Mahjong, Mexican Train remain M, W, Th 1:30pm
Tai Chi TBA, Yoga returns October
In addition, we will continue to mix in special events such as themed dinners, karaoke/ game/ trivia/movie nights, dances, lunch ‘n learns, music events, art demonstrations, SPARC events, and of course, any event you might like to host or suggest – just let us know!
Other items under discussion (not finalized) included:
Possibly changing the Fun Group/Social Group name
Designing a logo for a new tote bag
Creating a welcome package for new residents
Scheduling a community meeting with an agenda and dates, where you can share ideas, ask questions, and discuss how funds are being utilized
Everyone is welcome to attend our monthly meetings, held on the third Tuesday of each month at 10am in the clubhouse. Your votes, ideas, and questions matter – don’t be shy; see you there!
Finally, please remember your magazine is always looking for contributions – especially “Meet Your Neighbor” articles, as well as any other articles, photo of the month, poetry, jokes, recipes, or anything you’d like to share.
And by the way, how is your “Walk in the Park After Sundown” sleuthing contest coming along? A few of those pictures were down right easy, mixed in with a couple more difficult. Winners TBA at JR’s Breakfast Saturday August 9th
** Sahara Park thrives on community and connection, and our food driven social events are a big part of that! To help us plan properly and ensure there’s enough food for everyone, we kindly ask that all residents sign up in advance. This allows us to prepare accordingly, cut down on food waste, ensuring we don’t run out of food and everyone gets served also keeping the events running smoothly. If you don’t sign up ahead of time, you’re still welcome to join us – but please note you may have to wait until those who registered have been served. Thanks for helping us keep these gatherings enjoyable (and delicious!) for all. **
Meet Your
Sally Elkington
On top of the Eiffel Tower
For my
75th birthday
Hello! I'm Sally Elkington from 162 Caravan. You will always be able to recognize me, as the bald lady in the park, often wearing a baseball cap. But more about that later. I’m a lifelong Californian whose journey has been as varied and colorful as the state itself. Like many of us living here in Sahara Park, I have had more careers than some people have coffee cups.
I began my educational journey at San Jose State University, where I earned a degree in Physical Education in 1973. To fund my education, I worked as a plain clothes loss prevention officer in a major department store. Among the many strange stories I have about being in loss prevention, one unforgettable day stands out. I came upon a woman attempting to conceal small electronics in a shopping bag. She was wearing a very loose dress; dare I say Caftan. When I stopped her to discuss her little hobby, a small portable TV dropped out from under her dress and onto the ground. Obviously, she had conquered Suzanne Somer’s ThighMaster.
After graduating from SJSU and ending my loss prevention career, I taught girls’ physical education for one year. Now that was a short career. I then ventured into the corporate world at Federated Department Stores, where I spent almost a decade in Corporate Operations Management. These were the days prior to laws regarding sex discrimination in the workplace. As I watched less qualified men be promoted over me because “they had families to feed”, I decided to leave the corporate world.
I went back to school and earned a master’s degree in Speech and Communication Studies from San Francisco State University (SFSU). During this time, I taught Speech at SFSU and a number of private colleges including the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising and the San Francisco Art Institute.
While at SFSU a wonderful mentor encouraged me to apply to law school. I was just turning 40 years old and the idea of sitting in a classroom with 23- and 24-year-olds just didn’t do it for me. So I earned my JD from New College of California School of Law. It was
a progressive (read “lefty”) law school for those who had lived a little of life’s unfairness and decided to try to do something about it. Throughout law school, I continued to teach and scored my favorite job as a soda jerk at a little soda fountain in Berkeley called Ozzie’s, a little lefty enclave where I met the real heroes of the progressive movement in the flesh. It was my best educational experience of all.
After graduating and passing the Bar, I had my name painted on the door above the words Attorney at Law. It was a cozy 150-square-foot office in downtown SF. The office was so small that I had to step out of the office so my client could step inside. I initially focused on tenant rights including unlawful evictions and uninhabitable conditions where building owners thought that unworkable plumbing, holes in the walls and molding ceilings were just part of renting. As my practice grew, I expanded into downtown Oakland, tackling a diverse range of legal issues until I finally settled into Bankruptcy Law, representing debtors and small businesses as folks tried to get back on to their economic feet. Funny, Donald never called me.
By 2018, I started to wind down my practice and retired by 2020 (mostly) due to health issues and I was old! But once a lawyer, always a lawyer and I find myself giving a little legal advice when asked, usually at social gatherings.
My initial search for tranquility led me to Auburn, California, but the serenity was a bit too serene. So, with Sofie the barking dog and Charli the escaping cat, I moved to paradise. Thanks to my friends Eric and Denis, I ended up in Sahara Park at 162 Caravan. Transforming my new residence into a cozy home has been a rewarding, albeit expensive endeavor, but it has been worth it for the beauty, peace, and wonderful neighbors. I look forward to meeting all of you.
Now back to the head without hair. In 2018 I got the big “C” and thanks to chemo, I lost my hair. The cancer wasn’t satisfied with taking my breasts (TMI?) it caused a multisystematic rare autoimmune disease that causes inflammation in my lungs. So to make a very long story short, I take a medication that keeps me alive but keeps my hair from growing back. The tradeoff works for me.
With my friend , Denis Morella
Denis Morella
Meet Your
I’ve lived in California most of my life, arriving in San Francisco from Philadelphia in 1981. I built a fulfilling career in animation, working at several studios in San Francisco where I directed mostly commercials, station IDs, and content for MTV, Nickelodeon, and Disney. In the early 2000s, I co-created a preschool show for Disney called Higglytown Heroes, which eventually led to another show, Sheriff Callie’s Wild West. Though not exactly prime-time hits, both were big favorites among preschoolers at the time.
To produce Sheriff Callie, I needed to be in Southern California. Initially, I commuted from Oakland to LA, but that quickly wore me out. During one of those trips, I visited a friend who had recently bought a vintage trailer in Sahara Park. As soon as I saw it, I was hooked. Being an avid collector of vintage items, the charm of an old trailer and the peaceful, welcoming community surrounded by desert beauty spoke to me immediately.
Realizing I was ready to put down roots in SoCal, I started hunting for a trailer of my own. In June 2012, I found the perfect one. The coach was largely original and untouched, apart from some unfortunate 1990s wallpaper and carpeting. Thankfully, underneath was beautiful, intact wood paneling. The original cabinets with their classic pulls, the pink ceramic tub, and the wood-paneled ceiling all remained.
Over time, I added vintage buttercream-yellow appliances, including a GE fridge with lazy Susan shelves, a matching stove, and a Western Holly oven with a porthole window that looks more like a washing machine. I also put in a patchwork linoleum floor. It all came together to reflect my love for old Cowboy-and-Indian memorabilia and kitschy Mexicana. A friend nicknamed my place the "Giddyup Getaway" and the name stuck.
The side yard featured an unused lawn under a canopy of olive trees. It felt like the perfect spot for a patio and French doors, so I made that happen. Now, the patio is a shady oasis beneath trees that house titmice, woodpeckers, hawks, bluebirds, mourning doves, and even the occasional roadrunner. I added a fountain, which has also attracted white egrets possibly lured by my two concrete herons.
Those herons were a passion project. I rescued them from a dumpster in LA, badly damaged and barely holding together. With layers of liquid nails, concrete, and spray paint, I restored them. That kind of thing is what I love to do in my spare time: collect and bring new life to forgotten vintage treasures.
I also collect vintage toys and holiday items mostly Christmas, but also Halloween and Easter. During the holiday season, my roof is typically covered in lights, Santas, snowmen, and Nativi-
Neighbor Denis Morello
ty figures. It’s a festive display that I hope brings cheer to the neighborhood. Another favorite collection of mine is my assortment of Steiff animals, which adds a nostalgic, playful touch to my home.
My love of collecting has also led me to sell vintage treasures at the Palm Springs Antique Market. It’s a fun way to stay involved in the local vintage scene and meet others who share the same passion for old, beautiful things.
I also paint miniature desert landscapes and take pet portrait commissions. It’s a rewarding creative outlet that lets me blend my love of art with the animals and scenery I enjoy so much.
These days, I split my time between LA and the desert, going back and forth as work and life demand. Of course, no story about life at the Giddyup Getaway would be complete without mentioning my loyal companion, Fritzi. She’s my sweet and scrappy pup, always up for a walk, a nap in the sun, or keeping watch from the patio.
Sahara Park has become more than just a place to live it’s a true community, a creative refuge, and the perfect home for someone like me who cherishes the past and finds joy in giving it a second life.
The Quills of Sahara Park
Mobile Home Remodel by Monte Fisher
Created in 1972, Sahara Mobile Home Park is the second oldest mobile home park in Palm Springs. Half the 254 home sites are double wide mobile homes from the mid ‘60s and the other half are older single wide trailers from the 50s, known as "Lucy" trailers. They’re known as “Lucy” trailers because of a 1954 movie, “The Long Long Trailer,” starring Lucille Ball, that featured a similar trailer.
The "Lucy" trailers have updated add-ons that significantly expand the living space and make them more desirable among mid-century modern aficionados.
The Santiago construction company is well known in Sahara Park for its top-of-the-line mobile home remodeling.
If you spend enough, Carlos Santiago will transform your trailer into a high-end Palm Springs living space extraordinaire.
An increasing number of domiciles have become sophisticated spaces with the latest conveniences, posh furnishings, top end appliances, electronics. Few clients know of the special features Carlos offers.
You have to ask.
After he completed an extensive renovation of my mobile home, I asked Carlos if he could make it more fabulous.
"Budget's not an issue."
His team excavated underneath the home and built a state of art 1000 square-foot concrete basement in the ultra-lounge style of the best Silicon Valley basement retreats.
He added an in-ground swim spa, an entire LED wall screen that ran continuous scenery of the Brazilian rainforest with tropical birdsong, luxurious faux leather plush seating that doubled as full body massage chairs, carved silk carpeting that ran a foot up the walls.
My Palm Springs vacation home was 2500 square feet of pure luxury and I was ecstatic over the Xanadu Carlos created.
"Thanks for the amazing transformation, Carlos."
"One thing," he said.
During the excavation, Carlos discovered an old underground tunnel system, probably an old sewer system that had not been used in decades, that ran right by the exterior wall of the basement.
"We could build a secure portal into it if you wanted to explore."
I stepped into an inviting brick lined tunnel 10 feet high, dry as a bone, that enticed me further. My flashlight illuminated a remarkably clean and well-preserved passageway that was safe and secure.
It was an ancient spotlessly clean catacomb in brand new condition.
I couldn't hear any noise, we must have been 20 feet underground.
I walked 15 minutes before returning home to get supplies for an extended trip.
I followed the tunnel 2 miles before it slanted gently to the right and opened on to the Palm Springs wash that ran through the middle of town.
I stood at the exit, peered into the wash, and climbed up a rocky bank to Indian Canyon Drive.
A short stroll brought me to the most notorious gay bar in Palm Springs, Este Noche, on Arenas Boulevard.
I went in for a Shirley Temple.
All the old queens bought me drinks and treated me like a movie star.
Chatted me up like a West Hollywood twink on a weekend binge.
I glanced in the mirror and saw myself as a hot 25 year old sugar-daddy magnet.
I was 50 years younger.
I didn’t drink alcohol but was getting a contact buzz from all the adoration.
“Come to my party tomorrow,” Rodney implored, as he slipped me his address.
I noted the exclusive Palm Canyon zip code and smiled approval.
The next night I rode my electric bike through the tunnel to the Palm Springs wash outlet nearest Rodney's party.
The tunnel automatically lit up as I traveled, a soft glow from the walls, and easy listening jazz played in the background.
Rodney’s estate was beyond luxurious and I told him so.
"I can put you in touch with my architect, Carlos Santiago."
I was still being treated like a twenty-something celeb and over the next month became Rod’s special friend.
We dined at fancy restaurants and enjoyed the theater.
I returned to Sahara Park every night and when I looked in the mirror I was back to being the same 75 year old queer I was that morning.
The catacombs had become my Time Machine.
At one of Rod's soirées, a friend of his gave me an IPO tip that changed my life.
I gambled everything I owned on the initial public offering and within a week became a multimillionaire.
I fell into a double lifestyle, 75 year-old mobile home park retiree by day and 25-year-old trust fund ingenue by night.
During the day, I sat around the clubhouse pool with friends and joked about what it would be like to be a rich young queer in Palm Springs.
"In your dreams, darling."
During the night, the catacombs led to ever more extraordinary destinations all over Coachella Valley.
One tunnel ran to the base of the Aerial Tramway where a secret passageway led clear through the base of the San Jacinto mountains.
I rode a perfectly operating electric rail car from an ancient mining operation that delivered me onto the golden sands of Black's Beach near Torrey Pines, where I saw Native Americans riding horses bareback from a thousand years ago.
Another tunnel connected me to the entire underground caverns of the Agua Caliente Indians, with a Smithsonian size display of ancient artifacts and working models of indigenous villages.
I realized it was currently existing in real time just like 10,000 years ago.
Another tunnel brought me to an obscure location near Indio where, dressed in the "clean room" costume of an astro-physicist, I was admitted to a secret ICBM nuclear missile silo full of other scientists, where all systems were "green light" in the event of the next World War.
It was 30 years in the future.
Over the winter, the Time Machine took me wherever I wanted to go.
One trip took me to a space age development in Cathedral City where they were building a nanospaceship to go to the Mormon planet Kolob.
I would have gone but, obviously, gays were not allowed.
My final adventure took me clear out of the Coachella Valley and placed me in the exclusive high stakes gambling suite of a Monte Carlo Casino on the French Riviera.
I won't bore you with the details, but one enormous win followed another enormous win until I had such a stake that one of the plutocrats I was playing against bet his pre-paid private trip to the moon against one roll of the dice.
My number came up and two weeks later I rocketed to the moon with two other citizen astronauts, Carlos Santiago and Ma-Pa Tu-Tu.
We returned 3 days later, forever changed.
Then one day the portal from the basement to the catacombs disappeared. Next day the entire basement disappeared.
Like they were never there.
All that was left was my original double wide mobile home minus all the remodeling Carlos had done. Sitting around the Sahara Park clubhouse pool, I told my friends what happened. The old queens egged me on, encouraged me to tell them more.
“What fabulous stories, Monte.”
“Were you micro-dosing?”
We laughed and joked by the sparkling pool on a perfect sunny day.
"You should join the writers group." finis
Between Lives
I wait to live again as numbness engulfs me in suspended animation I breathe
Sunset
Five days
That were your last coma, paddles, hope, fear kindness, prayer, love sacred five days of life
Mistake
Words of condolence
Come pouring in I look but don’t See them They can’t be For me
Many walked before me; others will follow. It was simply my time. Ramona
Sahara Park Activities
Mini Film Fest
Taco Night
Karaoke
Chilled Avocado & Cucumber Soup
Cool sensation of cucumber combined with the creaminess of avocado makes a wonderfully refreshing cold soup. It’s light, and 100% raw!
2 small servings or one large serving
INGREDIENTS:
½ cup water
1 medium avocado
1 large cucumber (regular or english), with or without the skin
1 teaspoon cumin OR ½ teaspoon dill
1 glove garlic
Dash of mineral salt
1 lemon juice of
INSTRUCTIONS:
Cucumber: slice the cucumber in half lengthwise, cut the halves in lengthwise, and chop the cucumber slices into ½ inch pieces.
Avocado: Slice the avocado in half lengthwise, remove the seed and using a large spoon scoop the avocado flesh from the skin.
Blend: Add the cucumber, avocado, garlic, cumin OR dill, lemon, and salt in your blender or food processor. Blend until creamy.
Enjoy chilled or at room temperature. Garnish with diced tomatoes, red onions or cilantro if you like, or julienned carrots, diced peppers. Most any vegetable will make a nice garnish.
Watermelon
summer salads
The Salty creaminess of quality feta combined with the sweet and juicy crunch of summer watermelon Equals something Fabulous, Light and Refreshing!
Sweet and salty watermelon salad with a kick, my personal favorite
Measurement proportions give or take - according to your taste this will serve 4-6 people.
6 cups cubed seedless watermelon
½ to ¾ cup of feta cheese (traditional/crumbled)
½ tsp. red pepper flakes (finely chopped/grinded)
A touch of sea salt
Lightly toss ingredients in chilled glass bowl then drizzle modenaceti glaze with balsamic vinegar of Modena or any balsamic glaze you prefer.
Watermelon Salad with Feta, Cucumber, mint and honey lime dressing
½ watermelon peeled and cubed
1 English or hothouse cucumber, cubed (about 2 cups)
15 fresh mint leaves, chopped
15 basil leaves, chopped
½ - 3/4 cup crumbled feta cheese
Optional: add red onions, season salad with a dash of Aleppo-style pepper flakes which will add a bit of heat with sweet undertones – delicious!
Honey
Lime Dressing
Whisk all ingredients and set aside
2 tablespoons honey
2 tablespoons lime juice
1 – 2 tablespoons evoo (extra virgin olive oil)
Pinch of salt
Finish and serve: Toss all ingredients in a chilled bowl top with dressing
For both salads experiment with different ingredients and find your fave!
DIRECTIONS FOR ALL RECIPES
1. In a large bowl, use a hand mixer or a stand mixer to whip cream until stiff peaks occur, be careful not to over whip. The cream will be done when you pull the beaters out and the cream stands at attention.
2. In another large bowl, whisk the vanilla and salt into the sweetened condensed milk. Gently fold in the whipped cream with a spatula, slowly incorporating the two mixtures together so it stays light and aerated.
3. If making individual flavors, scoop the cream mixture into smaller bowls and gently fold in your desired mix-ins, or if making just one flavor, mix the ingredients directly into the full batch of cream mixture.
4. Transfer the mixture to an insulated tub, paper containers or a loaf pan and cover with plastic wrap or a lid.
5. Freeze 4– 6 hours.
No—Churn Ice Cream 4 Ways
INGREDIENTS:
2 cups heavy whipping cream
1 can chilled sweetened condensed milk
1 - 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Pinch of fine sea salt
Mix ins
MIX-IN IDEAS:
• Peppered Strawberry Bean: Vanilla bean, frozen strawberries, black pepper, white chocolate chips
• Key Lime Pie: White chocolate chips, graham cracker pieces, lime juice, lime zest
• Minty Mini-Chocolate Chip: Fresh minced mint leaves, peppermint extract, green food coloring, mini chocolate chips
• The Islander: Toasted coconut with pineapple chunks, macadamia nuts and salted caramel
• Gimme Some More S’mores: Mini marshmallows/toasted marshmallow, graham cracker crumbles, chocolate chunks
• The Kitchen Sink: M&M’s, toasted peanuts, popcorn, pretzels and salted caramel
• Elvis Thrust: Peanut butter, bananas, honey (Tip: Mix the peanut butter with a little cream so it stays creamy instead of turning rock hard when it freezes.)
• Lumberjack: Waffle cone, crumbled bacon, maple syrup
The headline is a clue to the answer in the diagonal.
August Sudoku
How to solve sudoku puzzles
No math is required to solve a sudoku. You only need logic and patience.
Simply make sure that each 3x3 square region has only one instance of the numbers 1-9. Similarly, each number can only
appear once in a column or row in the larger grid. The difficulty on this puzzle is easy.
TRIVIA
TEASER
Sunny Side Up
1. Sonny Crockett and Rico Tubbs were cops on what TV series? a-Miami Vice, b-Hill Street Blues, c-NYPD Blue, d-The Streets of San Francisco.
2.Who defeated Sonny Liston in 1964 to become the world heavyweight boxing champion? a-George Foreman, b-Muhammad Ali, c-Ingemar Johanssen, d-Rocky Graziano.
3. What TV show's theme song includes the lyrics "Sunny day, chasing the clouds away, on my way to where the air is sweet?" a-The Jeffersons, b-Good Times, c-Sesame Street, d-The Mary Tyler Moore Show.
4.Singer Sonny Bono served as the mayor of what California city? a-Oakland, b-Beverly Hills, c-Palm Springs, d-Pasadena.
5.Sonny Jurgensen played most of his NFL career as a quarterback for what team? a-Dallas Cowboys, b-San Francisco 49ers, c-St. Louis Cardinals, d-Washington Redskins.
6.In TV commercials, Sonny the bird is "cuckoo" about what breakfast cereal? a-Cocoa Puffs, b-Froot Loops, c-Corn Flakes, d-Honeycomb.
7.What mystery writer's creations included a fashion-conscious private eye named Sunny Randall? a-John D. MacDonald, b-Janet Evanovich, c-Robert B.Parker, d-Martin Cruz Smith.
8.What singer won a 1997 Grammy for Record of the Year for "Sunny Came Home"? a-Alison Krauss, b-Alanis Morissette, c-Shawn Colvin, d-Paula Cole.
9.What TV series was set in fictional Sunnydale, California? a-Gilmore Girls, b-Buffy the Vampire Slayer, c-One Tree Hill, d-Gossip Girl.
10. Which songwriter earned a total of 37 cents in royalties from his first published effort, "Marie From Sunny Italy"? a-Cole Porter, b-Irving Berlin, c-Woody Guthrie, d-Pete Seeger.
QUOTES
A salary is the drug they give you to forget your dreams.
Kevin O'Leary
I would visualize things coming to me. It would just make me feel better. Visualization works if you work hard. That's the thing. You can't just visualize and go eat a sandwich."
Jim Carrey
When we forget to use visualization and imagination, it is like not using our minds.
Jose Silva
You may never know what results come from your action. But if you do nothing, there will be no result.
Mahatma Gandhi
The start is what stops most people. Don Shula
I realized early on that success was tied to not giving up. Most people in this business gave up and went on to other things. If you simply didn't give up, you would outlast the people who came in on the bus with you.
Harrison Ford
Want of foresight, unwillingness to act when action would be simple and effective, lack of clear thinking, confusion of counsel until the emergency comes, until self-preservation strikes its jarring gong, these are the features which constitute the endless repetition of history.
Winston Churchill
The difference between try and triumph is a little "umph."
Author Unknown
The pessimist worries about the wind; the optimist thinks it will change; the realist adjusts the sails.
William Arthur Ward
Progress equals happiness.
Tony Robbins
The Lighter Side
Careful
A wife was making a breakfast of fried eggs for her husband.
Suddenly, her husband burst into the kitchen. "Careful," he said, "CAREFUL! Put in some more butter!
Oh my gosh! You're cooking too many at once. Turn them! TURN THEM NOW! We need more butter.
Oh my gosh! They're going to STICK! Careful. I said CAREFUL!
You NEVER listen to me when you're cooking! Never! Turn them! Hurry up! You know you always forget to salt them. Use the salt!"
The wife stared at him. "What in the world is wrong with you? You think I don't know how to fry a couple of eggs?"
The husband calmly replied, "I just wanted to show you what it feels like when I'm driving!"
GI Insurance
Airman Jones was assigned to the induction center to sell recruits GI insurance benefits.
Captain Smith noticed that Jones had a 100% record for insurance sales. It had never happened before.
The Captain then sat in the room and listened to Jones's sales pitch. Jones explained the basics of the insurance.
"If you have GI Insurance and get killed in battle, the government has to pay $200,000 to your beneficiaries. If you don't have GI insurance, and get killed in battle, the government only has to pay $6,000. Now, who do you think they send into battle first?"
