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THE DESERT MOBILE HOME NEWS CELEBRATING THE DESERT COMMUNITIES FOR 65 YEARS

Vote for The Living Desert

The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens has been nominated for “USA TODAY’S” 10 Best Readers’ Choice Travel Award in two categories

In This Issue

Lessons From Buying Online...............2 Palm Springs Library Reopens.............3 Zucchini Meatloaf Muffins.....................5 Chita River at Luminary Matchup..........8

he Living Desert Zoo and Gardens has been nominated for USA TODAY’S 10Best Readers’ Choice Travel Award in two categories: Best Zoo and Best Botanical Garden. The public is encouraged to cast their vote and help The Living Desert take the top spots. The contest allows for the public to vote once a day starting today, through Monday, May 24 at www.10best.com/awards/travel/ best-botanical-garden-2021/ and www.10best.com/awards/travel/zoo/ According to the 10Best website, “North America is home to hundreds of zoological parks, including more than 200 facilities accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA). Short of heading out into the world’s wild places, nothing beats a visit to the zoo to foster an appreciation for the striking animal diversity of our planet. We asked our readers to vote for their favorite North American AZA-accredited zoos – facilities that excel in the fields of animal care and enrichment, while also facilitating meaningful interactions between animals and human visitors.” “Being nominated for best zoo in the Readers’ Choice Travel Awards has become an annual honor for which we are so proud. And this year, being recognized as a favorite botanical garden in

1. GEOGRAPHY: Once known as the Gilbert Islands, what is the current name of the island nation? 2. ADVERTISING SLOGANS: What product’s slogan is, “It gives you wings”? 3. U.S. PRESIDENTS: Who was the first president to die in office? Photo courtesy of The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens

North America speaks to our growing recognition,” said Erin Scott, Senior Marketing and Public Relations Manager at The Living Desert. “Once again we are asking for the community’s help in voting for us in both categories, every day during the contest, to help us take a top spot on the list.” The 10Best website also notes, “The best gardens and arboretums on the continent help to promote and conserve the plant diversity of our planet, all while showcasing their vast collections in stunning, visitor friendly ways.” USA Today’s 10Best.com provides users with original, unbiased, and experiential travel content of top attractions, things to see and do, and restaurants for top destinations in the U.S. and

around the world. The core of the site’s uniqueness is its team of local travel experts: a well-traveled and well-educated group who are not only experts in their fields and their cities, but also discriminating in their tastes. These local experts live in the city they write about so the content is constantly updated, and 10Best.com averages 5 million visitors per month. The top 10 of the 20 nominated will be announced on Friday, June 4. The Living Desert is open daily from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Some attractions require additional fees. Face coverings are required for guests over three years old. Advanced purchase is required. Purchase online at livingdesert.org or by calling (760) 346-5694.

numbing agent for people who are allergic to regular anesthetics.

• Just as earth has earthquakes, the moon has -- you guessed it -moonquakes. While less common and less intense than the shakes we know and dread, they’re believed to result from tidal stresses connected to the distance between the two bodies.

• Only two countries use the color purple in their national flags -Dominica and Nicaragua. • Are you a fan of hot peppers? One you might want to avoid is the Dragon’s Breath chili pepper, which could kill you by causing a type of anaphylactic shock, burning and even closing your airway. But Mike Smith, its inventor, never intended it to be eaten: It was actually developed for use as a topical

• Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of Peter Benchley’s “Jaws” made a lot of folks afraid to go back in the water, but perhaps what they should have been more concerned about is the fact that the sea is also home to nearly 200,000 different kinds of viruses!

4. MOVIES: What was the town’s name in the movie “It’s a Wonderful Life”? 5. ANATOMY: In what part of the human body is the ulna located? 6. TELEVISION: Which 1960s sitcom featured the catchphrase, “Sorry about that, chief”? 7. HISTORY: In which century did England’s War of the Roses take place? 8. LITERATURE: The setting of which children’s book is a place called Puddleby-on-the-Marsh? 9. MATH: What Arabic number is represented by the Roman numerals DCIX? 10. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What does a cytologist study? © 2021 King Features Synd., Inc. ANSWER TO TRIVIA ON PAGE 6

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So many things have changed in how we live our lives in the time of COVID. It’s been a year since it all began in earnest and, despite the vaccines, nothing has really gone back to normal. Even small tasks have a layer of “more difficult” on them ... such as buying a new handheld vacuum cleaner. My little handheld vac began dying after just a short time. I tried to baby it along, but now even with a full overnight charge, it only runs for 42 seconds before it quits again and wants another long charge. Used to be I’d go off to a local store, examine several possibilities and buy one. This time I went online, where thousands of selections awaited me, as well as hundreds of

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reviews for each item. I changed the list to lowest price first. I changed the list to most popular. I searched for only the manufacturer of my current handheld vac. It didn’t help. Here are some things I learned along the way. If you’re faced with making a purchase online and are hit with too many choices, call your local stores and ask what they recommend. Then look up the item online. If an item description (such as for a big fry pan) says it weighs 5.2 pounds, take your current fry pan into the bathroom and weigh it on your scale for comparison. If you want new shirts and the sizing chart online is iffy, order more of what you already have, but in different colors. The end result of this saga is that I purchased the same brand and model as my current vacuum. If nothing else, I know it will last approximately 2.5 years, which is right after the warranty expires. But at least I’ll know what to expect while it works. (c) 2021 King Features Synd., Inc.

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On May 6, 1994, a rail tunnel under the English Channel officially opens, connecting Britain and the European mainland for the first time since the Ice Age. The “Chunnel” runs under water for 23 miles, with an average depth of 150 feet below the seabed. On May 7, 1915, the British ocean liner Lusitania is torpedoed by a German submarine off the coast of Ireland, sinking within 20 minutes. Of the 1,959 passengers and crew, 1,198 people were drowned. The British Admiralty had warned the ship to avoid the area, but the Lusitania’s captain ignored the recommendations. On May 8, 1792, Congress passes the second portion of the Militia Act, requiring that able-bod-

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ied males between the ages of 18 and 45 be enrolled in the militia. The act was quickly tested when farmers in Pennsylvania, angered by a tax on whiskey, attacked the home of a tax collector. President George Washington responded with 15,000 militia members. On May 9, 1950, L. Ron Hubbard publishes “Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health.” The book introduced a selfhelp psychology called Dianetics, which morphed into a belief system called Scientology, popular due to its high profile in Hollywood. On May 10, 1869, the presidents of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads meet in Promontory, Utah, and drive a ceremonial last spike into a rail line that con-

3 nects their railroads. This made transcontinental railroad travel possible for the first time in U.S. history. On May 11, 1934, a massive dust storm sends millions of tons of topsoil flying across the parched Great Plains to the East Coast and as far away as ships 300 miles offshore. Farmers had pushed their fields to the limit, plowing under more and more grassland. On May 12, 1975, the American freighter Mayaguez is captured by communist government forces gunboats in Cambodia. Two days later President Ford ordered the bombing of the Cambodian port where the gunboats had come from. Forty-one Americans died, many in an accidental explosion during the attack. (c) 2021 Hearst Communications, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Palm Springs Library reopens

With COVID-19 cases decreasing throughout Riverside County, the City of Palm Springs is pleased to announce that the Palm Springs Public Library has reopen to the public this week. Hours of operation will be Monday - Thursday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Friday – Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Face coverings are required for everyone over the age of 2-years-old. Computers will also be available again for use. Due to popularity and convenience, the Library-A-Go-Go pickup service will continue to operate. Additionally, passport service is anticipated to resume again in the near future. For more information, please visit PalmSpringsLibrary.org.

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ACROSS 1. Large, flightless birds 5. Lifts and moves heavy objects 10. Hyundai sedan 12. Wear away by erosion 14. Arranged alphabetically 16. Top prosecutor 18. __-de-sac: Short dead-end street 19. Digital audiotape 20. Linguistics pioneer 22. Singer DiFranco 23. Arms of the sea 25. Near-reach weapon (abbr.) 26. Ballplayer’s accessory 27. You get one at the beach

ANSWER TO PUZZLE ON PAGE 6 28. U.S. founding 53. Monetary units father 55. A place to crash 30. W. Australia 56. Many indigenous subconsciousses people 57. Group of countries 31. Amounts of time 58. About line 33. Put on the shelf of latitude 35. Russian dynasty 63. Female follower member of Bacchus 37. City along the 65. A dentist can Elbe River treat it 38. A peninsula 66. Dull brown fabrics between the 67. Int’l nonprofit Red Sea and the Persian Gulf DOWN 40. Actor Damon 41. __ King Cole, 1. Midway between musician northeast and east 42. Company that 2. Partner to cheese rings receipts 3. One from Utah 44. Scatter 4. A way to move 45. Basics 5. Playing cards 48. Part of a door 50. Indicates silence 6. Baseball stat 7. Long river in 52. Moved quickly western Asia on foot

8. Grandmothers 9. Entertainment legend Sullivan 10. Steam bath room 11. One who kills 13. Food 15. Swiss river 17. Fleet 18. Taxi 21. Working class 23. More (Spanish) 24. High schoolers’ test 27. Large heavily built goat antelope 29. Murdered in his bathtub 32. Tease good-naturedly 34. Morsel 35. Cause persistent resentment 36. A radioactive element 39. Perform in a play 40. Witty remark: Bon __ 43. A great place to kayak 44. Conclude by reasoning 46. In an unfavorable way 47. Complex of nerve tissues (abbr.) 49. Machine for making paper 51. Feline 54. Yugo’s hatchback 59. Check 60. Press against lightly 61. Wind pollinated plants 62. __compoop 64. Commercial

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Brain Teaser

I’m lighter than a feather yet the strongest person can’t hold me for more than six minutes. What am I? SEE ANSWER ON PAGE 6

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‘Two birds with one stone’ If 12-year-old Mike Wimmer was like most kids his age you’d find him in grammar school in the sixth or seventh grade, says the Association of Mature American Citizens. But Mike is not like most kids his age when it comes to the academic side of his life. The Salisbury, NC “tween” is an achiever who is graduating with a 5.45 Grade Point Average from high school at the end of this semester. He’s is also getting his associate degree from Rowan-Cabarrus Community College with a 4.0 GPA. The boy says he’s got the Co-

vid pandemic to thank for his scholarly achievement. It gave him the time he needed to take extra classes. In fact, he had enough spare time to also create a technology start-up company called Reflect Social. But don’t think for a minute that Mike is boring. As he put it, “A lot of people think I’ve given up my childhood or somehow lost it and I say to them that I’m having the time of my life.” The Association of Mature American Citizens [www.amac.us] provides the Filler Files as a service on issues of concern to Americans over 50.

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Cute Zucchini Meatloaf Muffins • 16 ounces extra-lean ground turkey or beef • 1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon dried fine breadcrumbs • 1/4 cup finely chopped onion • 3/4 cup shredded unpeeled zucchini • 2 teaspoons Italian seasoning • One 8-ounce can tomato sauce • Sugar substitute suitable for baking to equal 1 tbsp. sugar • 1/3 cup shredded reduced-fat mozzarella cheese 1. Preheat oven to 375 F. Spray a 6-well muffin pan with olive oilflavored cooking spray. 2. In a large bowl, combine meat, breadcrumbs, onion, zucchini, 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning and

1/2 cup tomato sauce. Mix well to combine. Evenly divide meat mixture between prepared muffin cups and make indentation in the center of each. 3. In a small bowl, combine remaining 1/2 cup tomato sauce, sugar substitute and remaining 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning. Stir in mozzarella cheese. Evenly spoon about 1 tablespoon sauce mixture over top of each “muffin.” 4. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes. Place muffin pan on wire rack and let set for 5 minutes. Remove “muffins” from pan and serve at once. Freezes well. Serves 6. Each serving equals: 188 calories, 8g fat, 17g protein, 12g carb., 457mg sodium, 1g fiber; Diabetic Exchanges: 2 Meat, 1 Vegetable, 1/2 Starch. (c) 2021 King Features Syndicate, Inc.

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WordSearch Answer

CryptoQuip Answer If the D.J. were to go wild on the job, I suppose he could be spinning out of control.

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Crossword Answer

Stickelers Answer There are 47 individual cubes.

Inspirational Quote “Even if you cannot change all the people around you, you can change the people you choose to be around. Life is too short to waste your time on people who don’t respect, appreciate, and value you. Spend your life with people who make you smile, laugh, and feel loved.”

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— Roy T. Bennett —

Go Figure Answer

Trivia Answers 1. Kiribati

6. “Get Smart”

2. Red Bull

7. 15th

3. William Henry Harrison

8. “The Story of Dr. Dolittle”

4. Bedford Falls

9. 609

5. Forearm

10. Cells

Hitori Answer

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Still Waiting on Records? Weeks ago, I wrote about the National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) being mostly closed due to COVID-19 with staff unable to process requests for information. I warned that unless you have one of a very short list of essential reasons for asking, your request is going back on the pile to be handled later. Now, the Department of Veterans Affairs is going to work with the National Archives and Records Administration to get COVID-19 vaccines to on-site staff so that

they can return to work to process compensation claims. The VA is going to provide enrollment specialists and medical staff with vaccines provided by the Department of Health and Human Services. The short list of requests the NPRC is able to handle are true emergencies: records information so veterans can get medical treatment, burials and homeless veterans trying to get into homeless shelters. And, no, in answer to one Missouri veteran who asked if he could just show up in St. Louis and do his own research. All National Archives research rooms are closed. All museums are closed. No tours, no school visits, nothing involving the public strolling in. If you have a genuine emergency, you’ll need to fax them Standard Form 180, Request Pertaining to Military Records. The NPRC’s web-

site says its fax machines are down, but here are alternate fax numbers to send your emergency request: 314-801-0764, 314-801-0762, 314801-0569, 314-801-0984, 314-8019195. Include an email address. On the off chance the records you need have already been digitized online, check www.archives.gov, click Veterans’ Service Records. Unfortunately, at this point, all records digitizing has come to a halt. One has to wonder about the true size of the records request backlog. A letter signed by 185 members of Congress gave the number as 480,000. It also mentions the $15 million given to NPRC to help get the backlog cleared, the emergency number that isn’t answered and the call center that isn’t staffed. What did we get for that $15 million? (c) 2021 King Features Synd., Inc.

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• “I put dryer sheets in any size wastebasket. One can put three or four folded out to stand up and put a bag in the basket for a fresher smell. Change dryer sheets as often as you like.” — S.H. in Minnesota • B.H. in Washington has an interesting tactic to keep ants off her hummingbird feeder, which hangs from a pole. “Cut a small hole out of the bottom of a grocery sack, thread the hole on the pole, slide down about two-thirds

• Get lots of extra bathroom storage by hanging an organizer over the back of the door. Look online and you’ll find fancy versions made with drawers and hooks, or just use a good old-fashioned plastic shoe organizer that you can pick up at your local big box for less than $10. • To remove a persistent smell from a lunchbox, wash thoroughly with baking soda and dish soap, then hang to dry. Stuff the lunchbox with crumpled up newspaper and seal for a day. Remove the newspaper, and hopefully the smell with it. (c) 2021 King Features Synd., Inc.

They dug down to the bone The Perkins family of Las Vegas, NV were having a pool put in their backyard recently and joked about the excavators finding a dinosaur, according to the Association of Mature American Citizens. But the diggers weren’t laughing when they stopped digging after finding unidentified skeletal remains just four or five feet underground. The police were called and they quickly determined the bones were not hu-

man but that they were mighty old, indeed. So, Matt Perkins contacted the Nevada Science Center and paleontologist Joshua Bonde was sent to investigate. He reported that it wasn’t a dinosaur but that the bones did belong to a large animal -- perhaps a horse -- that met its demise as much as 14,000 years ago. The Association of Mature American Citizens [www.amac.us] provides the Filler Files as a service on issues of concern to Americans over 50.

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Chita Rivera & Raymond Del Barrio take part in final Luminary Matchup of the season

Chita Rivera

Raymond Del Barrio

CVRep Presents: Theatre Thursdays concludes its 54-week run with an exclusive Luminary Matchup featuring the legendary Chita Rivera and Director Choreographer Raymond Del Barrio. Join CVRep at a special time for finale of Theatre Thursdays. On Thursday, May 6 at 6:00 p.m. Pacific, experience an intimate discussion between Tony Awardwinning, legendary actress, singer and dancer Chita Rivera and choreographer of the Academy Award winning film short West Bank Story; stage director and chore-

ographer, Raymond Del Barrio. During this one hour discussion, Rivera and Del Barrio will join CVRep viewers via Zoom to reminisce about memorable moments in their careers, share on what they are working, and give insight into the incredible times they have worked together. At the end of the presentation, the audience will have an opportunity to join Artistic Director Ron Celona for a Q & A session. Both Rivera and Del Barrio will respond to viewers’ questions. Register for this free, virtual event at cvrep.org.

Jimmie Allen to perform at Crossroads Jimmie Allen, the Academy of Country Music Awards New Male Artist of the Year of 2021, will be the opening act for the upcoming Toby Keith “Country Comes to Town” tour to be held at Coachella Crossroads in Coachella, CA, on Sat-

urday, May 15. This will be the firstever music act to perform at this new entertainment venue. Allen will open the show at 7:30 p.m. Tickets for this performance are selling quickly. For info and tickets, visit www.CoachellaCrossroads.com