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Volume 65 | Number 36
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CELEBRATING THE RESIDENTIAL PARK COMMUNITIES FOR 65 YEARS
Palm Springs Public Library launches a YouTube Channel
In This Issue
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Stay-in-touch through online story times, how-to-videos and more, plus a catalog of historical interviews
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he Palm Springs Public Library staff have been working hard to reach out to residents by recording online story times in both English and Spanish (accessible from a link on our web site due to publishers restrictions), how-to classes and videos giving instruction on how to ‘cut the cord’ walking you through the basics of streaming, to using the Libby ebook app and Freegal the free and legal music downloading service. The Library also converted the ‘Prickly Pear’ his-toric video series with Palm Springs founding family members, influential resi-dents and others. These interviews with people like Mayor Frank Bogert, the Prieto family, E. Stewart Williams, Harold Hicks, Albert Frey, Francis Crocker, and almost 50 interviews in total, are interesting and give a glimpse into the historic past of Palm Springs. For those looking for more movie suggestions we also have a series of ‘movie talks’ where one of our Librarians highlights ‘5 movies’ based on different topics or themes including ‘Beyond A Star Is Born: 5 Movies about Pop Music’ and ‘Beyond Disney: 5 Family Friendly Movies’ just to name a few. “We are excited about this new avenue to offer services to our
• Sigurd the Mighty, a ninthcentury Norse earl of Orkney, was killed by an enemy he had beheaded several hours earlier. He’d tied the man’s head to his horse’s saddle, but while riding home one of its protruding teeth grazed his leg, causing an infection from which the unlucky Sigurd died.
1. GEOGRAPHY: What percentage of the world’s population lives in the Northern Hemisphere? 2. MATH: In geometry, what shape is a torus? 3. TELEVISION: What was the name of the character played by Tina Fey on “30 Rock”? 4. SCIENCE: How many earthquakes are detected in the world each year?
community,” said Jeannie Kays, Library Director, “it is important to stay connected during this challenging time.” Library staff will continue to add content to our YouTube channel and provide services to our community in Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley as much as possible. Don’t forget that although the Palm Springs Public Library is currently closed to the public until further notice due to COVID-19 precautions, we are ’open’ online 24/7. Digital resources are available with your library card including ebooks, audiobooks, streaming TV and documentaries, online homework help and online learning tools, emagazines, downloadable music and more! And if you don’t currently
have a library card, the Library is offering a temporary digital card, valid for 90 days. To sign up for a temporary digital card, residents can visit PalmSpringsLibrary.org/ MyAccount and click on the link at the top of the screen that says ‘click here to register now’, complete the form and submit. After completing the online library card registration staff will then activate the library card and PIN number within one business day and email the card information. These credentials can be used to access all the library eResources.
5. U.S. PRESIDENTS: What was Barack Obama’s Secret Service code name?
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10. HISTORY: Who served as the first postmaster general of the Continental Congress?
• Irish author and politician Edmund Burke was not a skilled public speaker. In fact, his speeches at the House of Commons were so boring, many MPs left the building once he stood up.
string injury, the Dodgers secretly replaced him with Herschel Morowitz, a white man in black face.
invented the first at-home washer as a birthday gift for his wife.
• In 1907, an ad campaign for Kellogg’s Corn Flakes offered a free box of cereal to any woman who would wink at her grocer. • While Jackie Robinson was laid up for two weeks in 1948 with a ham-
• The average human body contains enough iron to make a 3-inchlong nail. It also contains enough fat to produce seven bars of soap. • The first washing machine was invented in 1782 by H. Sidgier of Great Britain. His design was later honed by other inventors, including William Blackstone, who
6. LANGUAGE: What is the opposite of a synonym, words with similar meanings? 7. MOVIES: Who played the role of Tess McGill in the 1988 film “Working Girl”? 8. BIBLE: How many plagues were unleashed on Egypt, according to the Book of Exodus? 9. LITERATURE: Who was the author of the novella “The Time Machine”?
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• Drinking seawater will cause rapid dehydration and, if enough is consumed, eventually death. Frozen seawater is a much safer alternative, since it contains only a tenth as much salt as the liquid form, due to the fact that the salt is separated from the water when freezing as it does not fit into the crystalline structure of ice. (c) 2020 King Features Synd., Inc.