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Volume 65 | Number 34
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CELEBRATING THE RESIDENTIAL PARK COMMUNITIES FOR 65 YEARS
College of the Desert’s PaCE offering online program
In This Issue
Senior News Line.................................2 Prep Your Pantry..................................4 Craft: “Rose in Bloom”..........................5 Here to Serve You................................8
Take advantage of a number of personal enrichment training courses through the college’s Partnership and Community Education program
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oachella Valley residents homebound under COVID-19 restrictions can connect with others while taking advantage of a number of personal enrichment training courses through the College’s Partnership and Community Education program. “We offer a wide range of highly interactive training courses that can be taken entirely over the internet,” said Veronica Izurieta, PaCE program manager. “All are led by expert instructors, many of whom are nationally known authors.” Open to the general public, training sessions are designed in six-week blocks and can be completed in either a self-paced or instructor-led online classroom environment. Prices vary, with the average cost being just $115.
1. ACRONYMS: What does the ZIP postal code stand for? 2. GEOGRAPHY: What is the longest river in the United States? 3. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What was Walt Disney’s middle name?
Some of the more popular trainings include: • Photography • Computers • Writing/Publishing • Nutrition/Healthy Living • Meditation/Mindfulness • Music Therapy & Sound Healing • Stress Management • Foreign Languages • Blogging & Podcasting
Book Club at a Distance
Join UCR Palm Desert online-only book club
Join the UCR Palm Desert’s online-only book club as the club reads Michael Zapata’s “The Lost Book of Adana Moreau. Discussion will take place on the UCR Palm Desert Facebook page, including a live Q&A with the author. To join the club, visit facebook.com/ucrpalmdesert
• Achieving Success with Difficult People • Drawing • Genealogy • Handling Medical Emergencies • Healthy Relationships New training sessions are forming daily. For more information or to register online, visit PaCE’s Lifelong Learning & Personal Enrichment page at ed2go.com/cod
Palm Springs Art Museum See two online exhibitions from your home
The Palm Springs Art Museum has launched two online exhibitions featuring the works of celebrity photographer Bill Anderson (store-psmuseum.org/anderson) that encapsulates the emergence of Palm Springs. Second is the Faye Sarkowsky Sculpture Garden in Palm Desert (psmuseum.org/visit/faye-sarkowsky-sculpture-garden-2)
ized the Old Brewers Logo Was a Ball & Glove and the Letters M & B.” • Humans are the only primates without pigment in the palms of their hands. • American alligator blood contains a serum that is so effective at combating bacteria and viruses, even alligators that lose limbs in mucky swamps often avoid infection.
• Irish author James Joyce was a great fan of Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen’s plays. How great? He learned basic Norwegian just to send Ibsen a fan letter.
• There’s a Facebook group called “Best Day of My Life: When I Real-
• China has the largest population of smokers in the world --
316 million people -- accounting for nearly one-third of the world’s smokers and 40% of tobacco consumption worldwide. But just more than 2% of Chinese women smoke, compared with more than half of all Chinese men. • The term “deadline” dates to the American Civil War. Lines in the dirt would be drawn around prisoners. If they crossed one, they would be executed by their guards. Not surprisingly, both
4. BUSINESS: Which company owns the Lamborghini line of sports cars and SUVs? 5. FOOD & DRINK: What is the primary ingredient in the snack hummus? 6. MYTHOLOGY: Where was Achilles’ vulnerable spot? 7. MOVIES: In the thriller “Die Hard,” what was the name of the high-rise building where the action took place? 8. SCIENCE: Which part of the atom has no electrical charge? 9. ENTERTAINERS: Which actress/singer’s nickname was The Divine Miss M? 10. TELEVISION: Which 1970s comedy series spawned the spinoff series “Maude”? © 2020 King Features Synd., Inc. ANSWER TO TRIVIA ON PAGE 6
prisoners and guards soon took to calling such a line the “deadline.” • Philematology is the scientific study of kissing. • Research has shown that men who kiss their wives goodbye live about five years longer, make up to 30% more money and are involved in fewer car accidents than those who don’t. (c) 2020 King Features Synd., Inc.