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  Snapshots for February 24, 2004
Affair of the Heart
The Cardiovascular Institute of Palm Springs at Desert Regional Medical Center held its fourth annual Affair of the Heart Feb. 13 from 10 am. to 2 p.m. The affair hosted medical booths, free screenings, guest speakers, and a fashion show.
Desert Regional Medical Center employee Bea Martinez models the newest fashions. Britney Schroeder, 6, of Palm Springs and Pat Foster of Desert Hot Springs walk down the runway.
 (l-r) Sherrie Mercer and Gwen Schroeder attend the event to raise awareness healthy hearts.
Desert Regional Medical Center nurse Tracy Sanchez of Banning checks the blood sugar level of Sharon Hillard of Cathedral City.
(l-r) Pauline and Allen Rosenberg with Sylvia Grossman, all of Cathedral City, listen to the guest speaker.
 Red Hat Society members (l-r) Diann Kemp of Indio, Mona Belster of Cathedral City and Eileen Ronning of Cathedral City attend the event.
 Guest speaker Tracey Conway talks about her personal experience with heart disease.
Date Festival artist reception
The Riverside County Fair National Date Festival held its artist reception showcasing local artist work that will be displayed at the fair. The art is judged in two categories, fine art and photography.
Sonja Price Ravet of Palm Desert Connie Collins of Palm Desert and Valerie Trozelle of Bermuda Dunes won for the Best of Show beginner category.
 Bonnie Ruttah of Palm Springs and Clif Hadfield won for the advanced best of show category.
 Troy Pence of Mountian Center sits with his metal sculptures.
 Virginia Booker of Banning and Lynne Brady of La Quinta stand by one of the pieces of art.
Best of Show photographers (l-r) Seth Hoffman and Gerald Dupree stand next to their work.
 Date Festival Photography Supervisior, Roberta Gittens stands next to her work.
 Sandra Kalas of Indian Wells won the award for beginner non-traditional.
 Artists Teri Smith of Anza, Carol Wilkerson of Palm Desert and Pamela Bartholomew of Anza attend the reception.
Steven McWilliams stands with his photograh (top) that won first place in the amateur color print catagory.
 Barbara Burnett of La Quinta stands with her painting titled "Nature's Perfection."
Las Casuelas Terraza anniversary
Las Casuelas Terraza in Palm Springs held its 25th anniversary with a three-day celebration of entertainment, food and drinks. Founded in 1979, Las Casuelas is a Palm Springs Landmark serving more than 400,000 customers per year.
Ernst and Walburga Wagner, part-time Palm Springs residents, enjoy silver margaritas to commemorate Las Casuelas 25th anniversary. The Hot Rox Band plays at the Las Casuelas Cantina Wednesday through Sunday evenings. Bob and Becky LaVenia of Palm Springs have a great time at the anniversary celebration. Mariachi Estralla from Coachella play in front of the restaurant.
(l-r) Jeff Hocker, Lydia Kremer and Gary Wines, all of Palm Springs, have fun at the Las Casuleas Terraza Anniversary.
 Las Casuelas Terraza employees gather for a photo while celebrating the restaurants' 25th anniversary.
 Janie Hughes of Palm Springs and Maya Gurrero, 9, of Palm Desert enjoy the music.
 Brenda and Terry Tokley, part-time residents of Palm Springs, enjoy drinks at the bar.
CDMOD Toddler Talent Show
The Childrens Discovery Museum of the Desert held a toddler talent show Feb. 14 at 10:30 am. with local a children’s author and a news personality as judges.
Madeline Doze, 5, of Palm Desert shows off her Valentine painting.
 Madeline Doze, 5, of Palm Desert and Hanna Wright, 4, of La Quinta gives "sunny" a hug.
 Max Sonnebor, 2, of Cathedral City throws the ball.
 Gerry Chili of Desert Hot Springs and Brenda Sloan of Palm Springs enjoy the Old Spanish-style atmosphere.Ashley Williams sings "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star."
Hanna Wright, 4, of La Quinta makes funny faces at the audience.
 Madeline Doze, 5, of Palm Desert sings a song.
 CDMOD Education Program Coordinator Ann Kato introduces the performers.
 Maddy Jackson, 2, of La Quinta sings her abc's.
Sarah Ahsan, 2, of Palm Desert crawls around on stage.
 Sisters Sophie Brown, 2, and Halle Brown, 4, Brown of Indio snack on cookies after their performance.
 Talent show winner Emma Jackson, 4, of La Quinta sang take me out to the ball game. The basket on the left was the grand prize.
 Talent show judges (top left) childrenŐs book author Ruthie K. and CBS 2 news weather caster Jenifer Daniels pose with a group of children.
Palm Springs Classic
Lennar Communities and Empire Cos. hosted the ground breaking ceremony for Palm Springs Classic, the first golf course community built in the city of Palm Springs in almost two decades. The groundbreaking ceremony was held at the building site.
(l-r) Empire Company President and CEO James Previti, city of Palm Springs employee Alex Meyerhoff, Valley Crest employee Christina Briggs and Lennar Homes employee Norn Gasman greet at the event.
 (l-r) Ken Feenstra of PSIC Inc., Pat Blew of PSIC Inc., Van Stephens of Forma Co., Douglas from the city of Palm Springs and Bill Widmeyer of PSIC Inc., gather for a snapshot.
 City of Palm Springs employees (l-r) Cathy Van Horn, Alex Meyerhoff and Lee Husfeldt enjoy the event.
 The audience listens to the ground breaking speeches.
Palm Springs City Council Member Chris Mills, Palm Springs Mayor Ron Oden and Lennar Communities Inland Empire Division President Tom Banks on the site that will soon be home to the Palm Springs Classic golf course community.
 Palm Springs City Council Member Chris Mills hits a golf ball to commemorate the ground breaking of the Palm Springs Classic.
 City of Palm Springs employees (l-r) Jerry Grence, Larry Hochanadel, Alex Meyerhoff and Desert Water Agency Board Member William Byrne.
 (l-r) Chuck DeGarmo from Valley Crest and Jason Perrin from Lennar Communities attend the event in support of the development.
Building Horizons
The Desert Contractors’ Association presented Building Horizons’ 10th Anniversary Dinner hosted by El Paseo bank at Desert Falls Country Club Feb. 11 at 5:30 p.m. Building Horizons was developed by the Boys and Girls Club of Coachella Valley, the accredited educational program allows students to learn valuable skills while constructing homes.
John Lewis of Cathedral City and Cheri David of Indian Wells pass out name tags to guests.
 Amiee Shook of La Quinta, passes out raffle tickets to Nancy Madson and Rex Seawright of Thousand Palms.
 BIA Desert Chapter employee Lisa Slam of Palm Desert, with Bill and Bonnie Taylor from Treemendous Solutions, The Taylors live in Palm Desert.
 George Huntington of Yucca Valley, Mark Fredrickson of Yucca Valley and Sherry Sale of Palm Springs support the youth by attending the event.
Attendees have a fun time during the reception.
 Desert Contractors Assocation board members gather for a photo during the mixer.
 Larry Gonick of Glendale and Larry Barajas of La Quinta attend the dinner to support Desert Horizons.
 Alliance Protection employees Mary Urbina and Ken Roberts, both of Palm Springs, attend the anniversary celebration.
Arnold Palmer at Mountain View Country Club
Arnold Palmer made a special appearance at the grand opening of the Mountain View Country Club golf course Feb. 13. The Mountain View Country Club is a 365-acre gated community featuring an Arnold Palmer Signature Golf Course, which spans more than 7,300 yards with a par 72.
(l-r) Bob and Robin Wachtel of Bermuda Dunes watch the play with friends Wyn and Tad Fessenden of Indian Wells. Golfing legend Arnold Palmer drives a golf ball. The audience watches Arnold Palmer play. Arnold Palmer swings a club.
Mountian View Country Club General Manager and Director Todd Connelly caddies for Arnold Palmer.
 Art Garner of La Quinta gets an autograph from Arnold Palmer.
 John, Eric and Connie Bunge of Hemet are here in support of their favorite golfer. Eric Bunge is an aspiring golfing professional.
 (l-r) Nancy Aaronson of La Quinta, Susie McAllister of Rancho Mirage, and Suzy Dion of Indian Wells stand together. McAllister played on the LPGA tour for 26 years.
(l-r) Pat Foldager of Orange County, Derek Lathrop of Orange County and Roberta Jones of La Quinta had Lathrop's grandfather's Arnold Palmer doll autographed.

PSUSD visual performing arts show
The Palm Springs Unified School District Visual Performing Arts show was held on Feb. 12, at 7:00 pm at the Palm Springs High School auditorium. The show presented the visual performing arts of flags, guard, jazz, dance, baton and drill, from schools throughout the valley.
Ashley Breen, 12, of Palm Springs and Samantha Mattoon, 11, of Palm Springs hold their flags before going on stage.
 The Raymond Cree Visual Corps dances to"I Wanna Be Like You."
 Emily Clapper, 14, of Palm Springs performs "It's Rainin' Men."
 The Desert Springs Middle School Drill/Dance Team perform "Wide World/Enough of You."
The Cathedral City Color Guard perform "Gimme Some Lovin'."
 The Palm Springs High School Visual Corps performs "The Lion King."
 Emily Clapper, 14, of Palm Springs twirls a baton formed in a circle representing the "circle of life" during "The Lion King" performance.
 Chantal Johnson, 16, of Palm Springs dances on stage.
The Palm Springs High School Visual Corps performs with wing-shaped flags.
 The Palm Springs High School Visual Corps pose at the end of the performance.
 Tony, Tracy, 13, and Trina Curtis, of Desert Hot Springs pose for a photo. Tracy is part of The Desert Springs Middle School drill/dance team.
Valentines Card making
The Cathedral City Public Library held valentine card making Feb. 12 from 10 to 11 a.m. in the children’s room. The kids had a fun time making cards for their family and friends.
Carolina Vasquez, 6, of Cathedral City holds a package of Valentine candy. Siblings Lily, 4, Miguel, 5, Veronica, 6, Gallegos and cousin Carolina Vasquez, 6, all of Cathedral City, show off their Valentine's cards. Diana Mendiola, 10, of Cathedral City picks out hearts to use on her card. Belen Anguol, 7, of Cathedral City constructs her ValentineŐs card.
Amanda Cardenasa, 8, and sister Lily Cardenasa, 6, both of cathedral City, have a great Valentine's day.
 Amanda Cardenasa, 8, of Cathedtral City reads a Valentine card.
 Evelyn Avina, 8, of Cathedral City holds up the card she made.
 Arely Mendiola, 4, of Cathedral City pastes decorations on her card.
Paolo, 5, and Tina Medina of Cathedral City share a Valentine hug.
 (l-r) Diana Mendiola, 10, of Cathedral City and Belen Angulo, 7, of Cathedral City have a fun time at the library.
 

 

 
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