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Made in America… but which one?
Over the past couple decades or so I have attempted to elicit answers to the ever growing question: Who, in our western hemisphere, is an American and who are not Americans? Suffice it to say that no one seems to … Continue reading
JT Nat’l Park officials close popular Park sites
Graffiti forces closure of popular Joshua Tree Nat’l Park sites The Associated Press Posted: 04/13/2013 08:12:22 PM PDT April 14, 2013 3:48 AM GMT – Updated: 04/13/2013 08:48:25 PM PDT JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. - Acts of graffiti … Continue reading
Posted in A guide to Joshua Tree Nat'l Park, Local Miscellaneous Topics, Local Senior Citizen Forum, Misc Topics, Our Deserts Wild Scenery, The Local Things, Tourism in our Morongo Basin region, Visitor/Tourist Resources
Tagged 92252, Basin, boulders, can, criminal, deface, defacing, destruction, giant, grafitti, granite, Joshua, morongo, National, paint, Park, spray, tagger, Tree, Valley, vandal, vandalism, visual, Yucca
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Dan “O” & BirthDays
Hey there Dan-O !! Cactus-Thorns has it you just got older. Listen, if yer having difficulty in judging if yer “old” or not, you’ll know yer gittin’ old when ya plop down in that rockin’ chair and can’t git the damn thing going. Have another … Continue reading
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GOIN’ POSTAL ain’t “gone”
Is Yucca Valley’s “Goin’ Postal” Gone? Ans: Absolutely NOT !! Yucca Valley business “Goin’ Postal” is presumed “gone.” Friday Sept 30, 2011………… (view the original short article HERE) Today, Monday February 25, 2013, I received a “comment” regarding Lisa Thompson’s … Continue reading
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NO TRESPASSING signs – Calif law
No Trespassing – Hunting, Trapping This article is in response to the discovery of the BobCat trap on Tom O’Key’s private Joshua Tree property (click for orig story) and adjoining the northern boundary line of the Joshua Tree National Park. While advocates for … Continue reading
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BOBCAT ATROCITY Discovered by local JT resident
Local resident, Tom O’Key, discovers a hidden Bobcat live-trap on his private property, set to capture a Bobcat (disregarding size, age, gender) solely for stripping the skin and fur off the animal to be sold to a buyer in a foreign … Continue reading
Posted in Local Government Issues, Our Desert's Wild Critters, Tourism in our Morongo Basin region
Tagged bobcat, butcher, cage, foreign buyers, fur, hunt, kill, pelts, traps
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Julius Ceasar Casting Call
JOSHUA TREE, CA – In the Cultural Center’s second casting call this month in support of its almost fifty-year tradition of staging the Desert’s best in live theatre, the Hi-Desert Cultural Center in association with The Yucca Valley Shakespeare Guild is … Continue reading
Posted in Local Community Happenings, Local Culture & Music Forum, Local Miscellaneous Topics, Local Senior Citizen Forum, Misc Topics, The Local Things, Tourism in our Morongo Basin region, Visitor/Tourist Resources
Tagged 2013, actor, audition, Caesar, calif, casting, center, cultural, cultural center, Guild, Hi Desert, January 19, Joshua, Julius, live theatre, Shakespeare, Tree, Valley, Yucca
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Leonid Meteor Shower
Leonid Meteor Shower Peaked Monday November 19, 2012 Local professional photographer, David McChesney, captures unusual “double” celestial event Monday night. David writes: “Hi - I Facebooked this but wanted to share with you this fortunate capture last night. It was the … Continue reading
Posted in Local Miscellaneous Topics, Misc Topics, The Local Things, Visitor/Tourist Resources
Tagged astro, gazer, Leonids, shooting star, Sky
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