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Volume 65 | Number 40
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CELEBRATING THE RESIDENTIAL PARK COMMUNITIES FOR 65 YEARS
Palm Springs Public Library Begins to Offer Library Materials-To-Go by Appointment
In This Issue
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t the City Council meeting on Thursday, May 21st the City Council gave the OK to allow the Palm Springs Public Library to begin offering materials to be reserved and picked up at the Library. Naming this service Library-A-Go-Go the Library will allow card holders to reserve up to five (5) items at a time. Patrons will need to go online and log into their account to place holds or call the Library Monday through Thursday from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. and staff can assist. Once holds are ready, the Library staff will call and set a pick-up appointment time on Mon. – Thurs. between 10 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Once patrons arrive for their appointment, we ask that they please stay in their car and call the Library 760-322-7323—having their Library card number ready when they call. Their materials will be
1. ANATOMY: What is a more common name for the medical condition called desquamation? 2. TELEVISION: Who uttered the catchphrase “you rang?” in the sitcom “The Addams Family”? 3. GAMES: How many dominoes are in a standard set?
checked-out and staff will put them on the table outside the door. Once staff returns inside, they can exit their car to pick up their materials from the table, a contact free transaction. When items are returned, the library is asking everyone to please use the book return slot only. All materials will be quarantined for 72 hours prior to checking in and re-
turning to the shelves. “We believe this procedure will keep everyone safe, healthy and happily using the Library again,” said Jeannie Kays, Director of Library Services.
4. GEOGRAPHY: In which city is the Basilica de la Sagrada Familia located?
The library is located at 300 S. Sunrise Way, on the corner of Sunrise Way and Baristo Road. For more info call 760-322-7323 or log on to palmspringslibrary.org.
6. LITERATURE: What kind of creature was Bagheera in “The Jungle Book”?
Drive-in movies are back in vogue Social distancing in the era of pandemic isolation virtually shut down America’s movie theaters much to the dismay of motion picture buffs who prefer their films on the big screen. But a few entrepreneurs with ingenuity have come up with a solution: they’ve resurrected drive-in theaters. According to the Associa-
• Italy was the only country to issue stamps specifically for mail traveling through bank tubes until the practice was discontinued in 1966. • Kleenex tissues were originally developed as crepe paper and used for gas mask filters.
tion of Mature American Citizens at least two pop-up theaters have recently made their debuts, one in New Jersey and one in Queens, NY. The Bel Aire Diner in Queens boasts a 25-foot screen and can accommodate up to 40 vehicles, appropriately spaced apart in its parking lot and offers a special movie night menu. The Kathedral
Events Center in Hammonton, NJ can accommodate 75 socially distanced vehicles in its parking lot where movies are projected onto a 40-foot screen.
• Proof that human nature is the one thing that never really changes: The oldest “your mama” joke was discovered in 1976 on a 3,500-yearold Babylonian tablet in Iraq.
vice that included cleaning toilets and “relieving sewer blockages.” The company said it inserted the clause in its contract “to illustrate the lack of consumer awareness of what they are signing up to when they access free Wi-Fi.”
• Do you, like most people, normally skip reading the fine print? You might want to reconsider that. In 2017, 22,000 people who signed up for free public Wi-Fi from the UK-based technology firm Purple learned their lesson when they inadvertently agreed to 1,000 hours of community ser-
Association of Mature American Citizens provides the Filler Files as a service on issues of concern to Americans over 50.
• In 2014, a new species of vine was discovered in Chile that can mimic the leaves of many different host trees by changing the size, shape, color, orientation and even the vein patterns of its leaves to match
5. MOVIES: Actress Meryl Streep won her first Academy Award for which movie?
7. FOOD & DRINK: What is the primary ingredient of bouillabaisse, a type of stew? 8. PSYCHOLOGY: What fear is represented in the condition called coulrophobia? 9. MUSIC: What is the name of blues guitarist B.B. King’s Gibson guitar? 10. U.S. STATES: In which state is Elvis Presley’s estate (Graceland) located? © 2020 King Features Synd., Inc. ANSWER TO TRIVIA ON PAGE 6
the surrounding foliage. It is the only known plant that can do this. • When asked how he was able to portray battle scenes so accurately, Stephen Crane, author of “The Red Badge of Courage,” replied that he learned all he needed to know about war from football. • Women blink nearly twice as much as men. (c) 2020 King Features Synd., Inc.