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Posts Tagged ‘ Yucca Valley ’

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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Joshua Tree Philharmonic Spring Season Begins February 13 – Musicians Encouraged to Audition for Open Positions

February 5, 2012
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JOSHUA TREE, CA – Following the extremely popular performances of Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker this past December, the Joshua Tree Philharmonic Orchestra reconvenes to begin its spring rehearsal schedule and performances on Monday, February 13th at 6:00 pm. The JPHIL has grown to over 50 members and extends an invitation for new potential members to dust off their instruments, tune up, and join returning members for an organizational meeting beginning at 6 pm that night in the Blak Box Theater at the Hi-Desert Cultural Center in Joshua Tree. This season...

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Cultural Center & Morongo Basin Rotary Clubs Announce 2012 Music Scholarship & Regional Winners

January 26, 2012
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Cultural Center & Morongo Basin Rotary Clubs Announce 2012 Music Scholarship & Regional Winners

JOSHUA TREE, CA – The Hi-Desert Cultural Center’s Desert Music Foundation celebrated the 10th Anniversary of its Scholarship Concerts and Recitals by awarding $800.00 in music scholarships on Saturday, January 21st at the Center’s Blak Box Theater. The first place scholarship award went to vocalist Sasha Reavis from Palm Springs; second place went to violinist Hannah Yaghoubian from Rancho Mirage; and third place went to pianist Alyssa Peacock from 29 Palms. In addition to the three scholarships awarded, twenty-one participants performed in front of a live audience, of which...

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Councilman Moving Up, About and Out

January 10, 2012
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A high desert town councilman suffering under the microscope of late due to his questionable business dealings has taken up residence on the property of another council member. While Isaac Hagerman is running silent, his ambitions remain legendary: The young man seems hell bent on climbing the ladders of success. An examination into where goes Hagerman from here.

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Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, Eric Burdon, joins exciting slate of artists performing for Desert Stories V in Joshua Tree

January 8, 2012
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Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, Eric Burdon, joins exciting slate of artists performing for Desert Stories V in Joshua Tree

JOSHUA TREE, CA – The legendary Desert Stories spoken word event returns for its fifth year to the Hi-Desert Cultural Center’s Blak Box Theater on Saturday, January 28, 2012 at 7pm.  The event traditionally sells out, and this year is expected to be no exception as the event features exciting new eclectic and celebrity artists.  Tickets are now on sale for Desert Stories V, a benefit fundraiser to help rebuild the historic and newly named Kaye Ballard Theater. “Spoken Word” is a popular form of literary art or artistic...

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Kaye Ballard Theater Receives $175,000 Matching Challenge Donation – Launches 90-Day Fundraising Drive to Complete Theater’s Rebuild

December 30, 2011
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Kaye Ballard Theater Receives $175,000 Matching Challenge Donation – Launches 90-Day Fundraising Drive to Complete Theater’s Rebuild

JOSHUA TREE, CA – This is truly an exciting time for everyone who once experienced live theater and music at the Hi-Desert Cultural Center’s iconic large theater, now named the Kaye Ballard Theater.  Because of the incredible business plan developed by business professionals who volunteer their time for the Center – a plan that creates a self-sustaining cultural arts center – an unparalleled opportunity has been presented to the Center. Following a generous $25,000 donation made by William Gillespie of the William Gillespie Foundation, where Gillespie recognized the Center’s...

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Alleged Fire Hazards at NATIONAL CORE Senior Housing

December 28, 2011
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Alleged Fire Hazards at NATIONAL CORE Senior Housing

This is the second of two articles concerning NATIONAL CORE Affordable Senior Housing pertaining to an alleged substandard facilitiy, fire hazards, and gross mismanagement. CORE has the green light to construct, manage and maintain an  Affordable Senior Housing Project in Yucca Valley. “Who is to blame … the City of Escondido, their fire department, or the management over at JSVA?”   By Clifford Lindquist, Senior Citizen Resident National CORE Renaissance Affordable Senior Housing Juniper Senior Village Apartments (JSVA), Escondido, CA Posted 2011/12/28 It should be noted that National CORE...

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The Ghost of Ebenezer Scrooge, NATIONAL CORE Senior Housing

December 25, 2011
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The Ghost of Ebenezer Scrooge, NATIONAL CORE Senior Housing

UPDATED 12-25-2011, 8:10 pm-PST: National Community Renaissance CORE affordable senior housing is coming to Yucca Valley, California. “Management failed to listen to health and safety complaints,  giving the excuse they had no money in the budget. And now they are evicting me.” National CORE (hereafter CORE) is the genetic Doppelgänger of Ebenezer Scrooge according to Cliff Lindquist, a senior who lives at the CORE’s Juniper Senior Village Apartments in Escondido, California. Lindquist says, “It’s a hell house”.  Lindquist is so disgusted with CORE’s he adds, “It’s some kind of...

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Another Braswell’s Nursing Home busted, Attorney General charges elder abuse

December 23, 2011
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Another Braswell’s Nursing Home busted, Attorney General charges elder abuse

The California Attorney General filed felony criminal charges against Braswell Senior Care Facility and others named individuals. The December 16, 2011 complaint charges include “elder abuse causing great bodily injury”.  The charges are filed  in San Bernardino County  according to court records.  Braswells  Assisted living, nursing homes and care facilities seem to be under the looking glass. Cactus Thorns this week broke a similar story that went unreported in the Morongo Basin concerning  a $10 million law suit against Santa Fe Assisted Living, et al. Early this morning, I...

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Redistricting: Yucca Valley left without a Senator!

December 19, 2011
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Redistricting: Yucca Valley left without a Senator!

“They’re basically depriving you of your vote. I don’t believe I should have to wait another two years,” said Jack B. Berg, 79, of Lake Elsinore. Can you actually believe that under the newly-drawn redistricting plan that millions of Californians will be represented by two senators in 2013 and 2014 — while YUCCA VALLEY will have no Senator? It’s true.  Goto the Google Map as shown in the Press Enterprise Link, expand it and there is our own little Yucca Valley without Representation. The California courts have ruled taxation...

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