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10th Annual Dessert Soiree To Benefit Morongo Basin Humane Society

February 7, 2012
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10th Annual Dessert Soiree To Benefit Morongo Basin Humane Society

YUCCA VALLEY, CA – Yucca Valley Sunset Rotary is pleased to announce that the Morongo Basin Humane Society is the beneficiary for the tenth annual Dessert Soiree.  The sweetest event in the high desert will be held Saturday February 11th at the Helen Gray Center in Joshua Tree.  Doors to fun open at 7:00 pm with superb wine and dessert pairings as well as tables set to swoon your Valentine! The mission of the Morongo Basin Humane Society is to provide a loving and safe environment for animals as...

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Funny Business In 29 Palms?

January 20, 2012
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Funny Business In 29 Palms?

City Hall Slow to Relinquish RDA Funds | January 19, 2012 29 Palms, CA -The town of Twentynine Palms is actually not a town at all, but rather a tiny city. It is situated in a very isolated portion of the Morongo Basin desert, about 15 miles East of Joshua Tree. State Route (SR) 62 runs through the modest municipality. Just outside of downtown a lone signpost on SR 62 reads “No services for 100 miles.” It’s a rustic and proud village with a rich history dating back to...

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The Big Freeze – Monrongo Basin

December 21, 2011
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The Big Freeze – Monrongo Basin

This is going to be a very cold winter – The “Morongo Big Freeze.” Insulate, insulate and insulate – Wrap and Cover. We’re having a nice little cold snap in the Morongo Basin. Thursday is the big freeze, be prepared. It’s the coldest night of the year! Yucca Valley will dip below freezing to a very cold 28 degrees. Twentynine Palms will plummet to 29 degrees. Water freezes at 32° Fahrenheit (F). The cold snap may be with us during the better part of winter, say experts. The downside...

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Tis the Season for Sharing and Caring. Ho-Ho-Ho

December 15, 2011
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Tis the Season for Sharing and Caring. Ho-Ho-Ho

Tender Loving Christmas Seeking Meat Sponsors Tender Loving Christmas (TLC) Director Mara Cantelo is seeking meat sponsors for the TLC Christmas Day event, to be held from 12:30 to 6:00 p.m. at the Yucca Valley Community Center. Each year, 1,200 pounds of turkeys and hams must be purchased for this event, which typically costs around $3,000. 28th Annual Christmas Extravaganza at the Yucca Valley Town Community Tender Love*ing Christmas is [also} looking to the Morongo Basin community for donations in support of our Center on Christmas Day 2011.  We're...

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What’s with that tar pot and all them feathers?

December 4, 2011
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Contributor’s Note (12-06-11): The introductory text to this article did not move the story forward and it fell short of adding clarity to the subject matter.  It was removed. A Dashboard backup of the original is saved.   By Branson The Big Swindle.  Cora was right! Early this morning I was researching Cactus Thorns archives. Two articles caught my attention. Blogger Cora Hieser, much like Paul Revere, sounded an early warning. It wasn’t the British she warned the city about, it was the chicanery of Twentynine Palms City Council...

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The Caligula Factor

December 2, 2011
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The Caligula Factor, the plundering of public funds  TWENTYNINE PALMS (12-02-11)  – Today on the KCDZ Close-Up Show Theater 29 Board Member, Gary Daigneault, once again announced that the City’s planned performing arts theater complex would be turned over to Theatre 29. But when I spoke earlier this week to Theater Board Member, Brian Tabeling,  he said “it’s up in the air”. Which Theater Directors is dispensing correct information? Why is it the public has to rely on special interest individuals to get public information? The city council isn’t...

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Project Phoenix Community Meeting: Birth of an Albatross

November 30, 2011
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Project Phoenix Community Meeting: Birth of an Albatross

TWENTYNINE PALMS (Nov 30, 2011)  – It’s reborn! A proposed all new “Community Center Complex” of massive proportions staggering to the mind. I wonder what James Cagney would think?  A treasured 29 Palms theatrical  icon who lived through the Great Depression unlike bloomers of today. Being frugal isn’t an option with the 29 Palms City Council or the City Manager. The cost of running this massive steel superstructure, with a proposed beehive of multi-activities housed in its guts,  is going to be akin to running a casino. The costs...

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Morongo Basin Cultural Arts Council to Celebrate Ten Years of Renowned Art Tours

October 14, 2011
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Morongo Basin Cultural Arts Council to Celebrate Ten Years of Renowned Art Tours

JOSHUA TREE, CA – The Morongo Basin Cultural Arts Council (MBCAC) and the arts communities surrounding Joshua Tree, from Morongo Valley to Wonder Valley – including Landers, 29 Palms, Yucca Valley and Pioneertown – are proud to announce their premier arts event of the season, a gala celebration party heralded as “The Hwy 62 Art Tours: A Celebration of a Decade.”  This gala party will celebrate the opening of the tenth anniversary of the renowned “Hwy 62 Art Tours”.  The gala party is jointly hosted by the MBCAC and...

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RDAs: Is it time to fire a few of Theater 29′s ringleaders?

August 12, 2011
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RDAs: Is it time to fire a few of Theater 29′s ringleaders?

The legal arguments before the California high court are clearly explained in the following article. This article seems to speak directly to 29 Palms such that its massive “RDA projects are so far outside the intended scope of what the agencies were created for.” Imbued on money like drunken teens, has the 29′s RDA has lost it core values? At Tuesday’s council meeting, the council raised questions concerning matching funds as promoted and promised by Theater 29  ringleaders, but where is the money? Show the council the money. It’s...

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Hi-Desert Water Distict in hot water?

July 9, 2011
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Hi-Desert Water Distict in hot water?

YUCCA VALLEY, CA – Hi-Desert Star Reader’s Editorial Letter: Another year would be many too many By David Peach, Joshua Tree | July 5, 2011 The Yucca Valley and Hi-Desert Water Company senior administrators have demonstrated themselves as neither adept nor trustworthy. Both are stacked with with a circle of cronies who remain oblivious to anything other than well-recognizable insider rhetoric. Dawn Rowe didn’t suddenly wake up and decide it would be nice to destroy large segments of our environment. Sarann Graham and Roger Mayes won’t likely find a...

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