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  Snapshots for April 27, 2004
Bits and Bites
The Rancho Mirage Restaurant Association and the Rancho Mirage Chamber of Commerce’s fifth Annual Bits & Bites event at The River in Rancho Mirage Monday, April 12, from 5 to 8 p.m.
Audrey Demirijian from Marsh's Desert Deli chats with Diane Sherman of Rancho Mirage.
 Director of food and beverage for Agua Caliente Casino Celeste Navarrette hands a margerita to Desiree Lewis of Palm Desert.
 Part-time Rancho Mirage resident Barbara Skinner grabs a plate of food.
 Richard Gengo of Palm Springs is served sushi from Maki Maki emolpyee Maria Espinoza.
Yardhouse staff (l-r)Rebecca Sanatino, Jorge Gonzales, Waleska Coffman and Nicole Snow have a great time at Bits and Bites.
 Yardhouse staff (l-r)Rebecca Sanatino, Jorge Gonzales, Waleska Coffman and Nicole Snow have a great time at Bits and Bites.
 Prime 10 steakhouse Executive Shef Hervˇ Glin cooks steak.
 Fresca's Spa Chef Teresa Diaz prepairs a pizza.
Fleming's prime steakhouse and wine bar manager Wayne Hanseth serves guests.
 Lou Lassabaterve and Debora Threlfall show off a bottle of wine that can be found a t U-Winner on-premise winemaking.
 Tulip Hill Winery staff Sara Hammond pours a glass of wine.
Spring Break Camp
The Coachella Valley Recreation and Park District held spring break camp April 12 to 16 at the La Quinta Community Center.
Savannah Schabbehar, 7, of Indio and Angelica Lakatos, 7, of La Quinta play a board game.
 Cole Fulsom, 6, and Radenko Nikolich, 10, both of La Quinta, pretend they are in a grocery store.
 Myles Given, 7, of La Quinta plays Uno.
 Brenda Perez and Cole Fulsom, 6, of La Quinta play Connect Four.
Kenzie Fergon, 8, of Bermuda Dunes smiles while playing Connect Four.
 Sedona Nard, 6, of La Quinta plays with her hula hoop.
 Marina Madrid, 6, of Indio swings her hula hoop.
 Marina Madrid, 6, of Indio looks on while playing Uno.
Spencer’s Restaurant
Spencer’s Restaurant in Palm Springs featured a dinner show by recording artist and television personality Jane Norman April 14.
(top left) Jeff Britton, Renˇe Glickan, (bottom left) Marion Schaefer and Nat Glickman, all of Palm Springs, enjoy their evening at Spencer's.
 (top Left) Carolyn Becker of Indio, part-time Indio resident Carolyn Lanning, (bottom left) Vicki Heinsheimer of Indio and Rosemary Woodward of Palm Desert smile for the camera.
 Joe and Keith Wingard of Desert Hot Springs pose for a snapshot.
 Brenda Blanchard, Sue and Armour Black, and Ed Blanchard, all of Palm Springs, have a great time at Spencer's.
Anders Jansson of Palm Springs enjoys a delicious dinner with Bill and Linda Goodban of La Quinta.
Bill and Carole Hatton of Huntington Beach pose with friends Jane Noman and her husband Frank Beazley.
 (top left) Musicians Don Rice, Marshall Hawkins, Dave Hitchings, Dan Waddell stand with entertainer Jane Norman.
 Jane Norman poses for a photo with her friend Yve Evans.
Larry Collins from radio station KWXY enjoys dinner with his wife Laura.
 (l-r) JoAnn Bucklin, Shirley Rake, Burt Spivack, Shellie Reade, Christan Manning, Judith Mausser and Renˇe Glickman, all of Palm Springs, have a great time.
Libraries are Fun Festival
The Palm Desert Public Library held Libraries are Fun Festival April 14, featuring children’s storyteller Ken Frawley. Activities included games, prizes, refreshments and crafts.
Palm Desert Library volunteers Desi Okamoto and her son Kyle, 5, have a great time at the library. The Gordon family of Indio work together on their project. (r-l) Yuko Davis of Cathedral City helps her son Louis, 1, make a paper hat. Brenda Villegas, 10, of Indio glues pieces onto her art project.
Tommy Power, 4, makes a paper hat as his grandmother Penny Whittington of Palm Desert looks on.
 Lane Foli of Indio looks up at mime Ruben Gerard.
 Karina Santillan, 4, of Rancho Mirage glues buttons onto her project.
 Hannah Burley, 3, of Palm Desert colors a picture.
Cris Romero of Coachella makes balloon animals.
 Entertainer Ken Frawley of Orange plays the guitar for guests.
Sun City Singers
The Sun City Singers, a group of more than eighty Sun City Palm Desert Residents directed by Jane Lindsey, held its Spring Concert Thursday, April 15.
Soloists Morrie Applebaum and Ramona Larson sing "Born Free." Musical Director Jane Lindsey thanks the singers for a wonderful performance. The Noteables Quartet singsÕ "Wait 'Til the Sun Shines, Nellie." The Sun City Singers sing "I've Been Workin' on the Railroad."
Piano Accompanist Douglas Lindsey and his wife Musical Director Jane Lindsey pose for a photo after the performance.
 Sign Language performer with Piano Accompanist Douglas Lindsey his wife and Musical Director Jane Lindsey pose for a photo after the performance.
 A group of Sun City Singers as named The Keynotes sing "Dreams."
 The tenor section sings "Let Freedom Ring."
Soloist Ruth Compton sings "The Impossible Dream."

Stitches for Kids
Stitches for Kids, a group of quilters who make quilts for needy children of the Coachella Valley, meet weekly at the Indio Senior Center.
(l-r) Patricia Paige of La Quinta helps Char Housken of Bermuda Dunes and Frances Downs of Indio with their quilt.
 The Stitches for Kids quilting group shows off the colorful quilts and pillows they have made for children.
Bobbie Froemming of La Quinta sews patterns on the quilt.
 Frances Downs of Indio sews patches of fabric to make a quilt.
Jeanne Kinsey of La Quinta and Frances Downs of Indio measure fabric.
 Sylvia Kendall watches Gertrude Gray, both of Indio, cut a piece of fabric.
 Jean Meadows of Palm Desert picks out fabric to use in her quilt.
 Gertrude Gray of Indio smiles while arranging patterns for a quilt.
Sheri Smith of Indio pulls yarn through the quilt.
 Sylvia Kendall of Indio cuts out patches of fabric to make a quilt.
Tax Season Celebration
Lund and Guttry CPA celebrated the end of tax season with a luncheon at the Desert Willow Golf Resort April 15.
Andera Bolanos of Cathedral City chats with Sandra Rowe of Yucca Valley at the luncheon. A group says "cheers" to the end of tax season. Carole and Larry Goers of Cathedral City chat about tax season. Brigitte Davis of Palm Desert and Jim Wilson of Palm Desert laugh and have a great time.
Gary Dack talks to staff and guests.
 Keith Lyrla of Palm Desert thanks the accountants and staff for a successful tax season.
 Ann Berman of Palm Desert and Andrea Bolanos of Cathedral City enjoy the luncheon.
 Mary Brock of Palm Desert and Marie Snyder of Cathedral City have a great time at the luncheon.
A table of accountants, family and friends say "cheers" to the end of tax season.

VNA volunteer appreciation lunch
The Visiting Nurses Association held a volunteer appreciation luncheon at Brighton Gardens assisted living in Rancho Mirage Friday, April 16, to thank their volunteers for all the time and work.
VNA employees Susan Katzman of Cathedral City, Shirley Lance of Indio and Nancy Doheny of Cathedral City are grateful for the volunteers.
 Jeannette Debonne of Palm Springs volunteers her talent by playing the harp for patients for more than two years.
 VNA employees (l-r) Paula Gardner of Riverside, Elieen Witham of Cathedral City and Lori Carlson of Yucca Valley have a great time.
 VNA Volunteers (l-r) Maxine Brakebill of Palm Desert, Beryl Driediger of Palm Desert and Toni Sheldon of Rancho Mirage enjoy their lunch.
VNA Volunteers Jeanne Germond and John Walker, both of Palm Desert, chat at the reception.
 Dorothy Warren of Desert Hot Springs and Rae Capps of La Quinta enjoy the afternoon.
Mad Hatter High Tea
The Palm Desert Women’s Club honored its past presidents with a Mad Hatter High Tea at Mission Hills Country Club April 15.
Past Palm Desert Women's Club President Maurice Giffin of Cathedral City, with (bottom left) Carolyn Cardillo of Palm Desert, Shirlee Lese of Cathedral City and Marilyn Lowe of Cathedral City, pose for a snapshot. (top left) Pat Pederson of Palm Desert, Fonda Beucus, (lower left) Thalia Greening, Shirley Snyder, all of Cathedral City pose for a photo. Ruby Lapice of Palm Desert receives raffle tickes from Della Homeier of Indian Wells. Nancy Stare of Palm Desert pours a cup of tea.
(l-r) Charlene Gould, Anita Steiner, Iris Anderson and Marge Allgater, all of Palm Desert, have a great time at the event.
 (l-r) Hat judges Fonda Beucus of Cathedral City, JoAnne Merlo of Palm Desert, Pegg Smith of Palm Desert and Lucy Laipple of Cathedral City pose for a photograph.
Virginia Rapp of Palm Desert stands with club President Judy Pustizzi of Cathedral City and Charlotte Williams, also of Cathedral City.
 Palm Desert Women's Club past Presidents Jackie Guiot of Indio and Maurice Giffin stand with current President Judy Pustizzi of Cathedral City.
Mission Hills Country Club Operations Manager Jack Lutes, Betty Jane Lutes of Palm Desert, club President Judy Pustizzi and Dee McDonald of Cathedral City are happy to attend the luncheon.
 

 

 
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