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SPECIAL PALM SPRINGS FILM FESTIVAL EDITION • JANUARY 15, 2009

Palm Springs 2009 Film Festival

The final award for the evening went to legendary Oscar Winner Clint Eastwood.

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DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA- “We must have art in

public places,” said Desert Hot Springs Mayor Yvonne Parks during Tuesday night’s council meeting, as she along with three other council members agreed on getting the ball rolling for the city to finally have public art.

Already, the eight other Coachella Valley cities have some sort of art ordinances and have established fees that could be agreed upon. Plus, the city of Desert Hot Springs could generate up to $33 million over a 20 year period through bringing in public artwork, like sculptures and murals.

“It’s about time we got on board. We’re long overdue,” said Councilman Karl Baker.

This program would require fees or public art worth half a percent of the value on new residential projects, and three-quarters percent on the value of new commercial projects valued at $100,000 or more. Mayor Parks suggested that

smaller businesses should be spared from having to pay any fees.

Councilman Al Schmidt was the only one who objected, disagreeing with some of the figures. “I’ll go along with it, reluctantly,” he said.

Councilman Russell Betts added, “I think the entire town is a winner with this vote.” He felt that the plan was fine and did not need anymore tweaking. “What’s not going to work for this city is to have it continue to look the way it does,” he continued.

Although critics of the plan say that it’s watered down quite a bit fee-wise, compared to other valley cities who have higher fees, Gabriel King, one of the city’s planning commissioners, seemed pleased with the outcome. “I’m glad it passed. We finally have an art program and the councilmembers put their foot down and said ‘we’re going to see some art’,” he stated. “It’s time we have pride in our community.”

“I have a vision that it is going to work for the city,” said Janet Webber, a resident of Desert Hot Springs since 2005. “None of the purchase price that I paid for my home went to art, and I was very disappointed.” She paid $330,000 for her home at the time. Webber also praised the Skyborne development in West Desert Hot Springs for their display of public art upon the entrance of their complex.

The Building Industry Association of the Desert Cities will still consider whether or not to take legal action against the city. “The city’s worked pretty hard through this, and we’ll have to see where we will end up,” said Fred Bell, the BIA Executive Officer.

“I wish they would have taken more time to deliberate to come out with something that would be more favorable to the homebuilders,” said John Pavelak, from Century Vintage Homes, the builders of Mountain View at Mission Lakes. “It is what it is.”

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CABAZON, CA- County Supervisor

Marion Ashley came by on Wednesday to the Commu-nity Center in Cabazon to answer questions to White-water and Palm Springs res-idents in regards to a new jail being built, but he soon walked away when ques-tions began to intensify.

“Not in my backyard,” said one resident to the su-pervisor. “We think it should be in your backyard,” she said to Ashley. Many argued with him until he suddenly turned his back and walked away from the residents af-ter answering a few of their questions. Ashley insisted that the jail will not negative-ly impact Palm Springs or its tourism industry.

The new jail is set to be built at the corner of Tama-rack Road and Rushmore Avenue, north of the I-10 freeway in Whitewater and is expected to be opened by 2012. The purpose of creat-ing a new jail is to reduce the early release of convict-ed criminals. In 2007, more than 6,000 inmates were released early due to over-crowding of county jails.

Riverside County is in need of at least 1,700 new beds in order to curtail the early releases. The new jail would provide at least 2,000 in its initial phase and up to 7,200 at build out.

Riverside County of-ficials have considered 30 different locations, and have considered Whitewa-ter because of the freeway access, low environmen-tal impacts and accessibil-ity to attorneys and medi-cal personnel. According to the leaflets, 1,500 new jobs could be created with this new jail facility being built.

Robert Field, Director of the Property Facilities Man-agement, says, “This is a high priority project in the county. We’re doing every-thing we can to minimize the impacts of local residents and it will be a net benefit to the community of large.”

Although officials claim that communities near pris-ons tend to have lower crime rates, Whitewater residents disagree, with the wor-ries about crime going up and their personal safeties would be at risk. Les Starks,

Board Member of the Snow Creek Village Homeowners’ Association added, “We are unanimously opposed to this prison being built. Riverside County officials are being big bullies, not answering our questions.” He pointed out that the prison entrance would be located near the Highway 111 intersection with the I-10 Freeway.

Frank Tyson, a hotel owner from Palm Springs, added, “It’s an insane idea and it’s detrimental to the tourist industry. They don’t know what’s going on. Ev-ery hotel association are against it.”

Officials are expecting that the new jail would be challenged in court. Resi-dents have until February 9, 2009 to voice their opinions to Riverside County.

They may visit the web-site HYPERLINK for the project: “ http://saferstreets.countyofriverside.us “ for more details.

An online petition has been set up at HYPERLINK against the project: “http://www.petitiononline.com/psprison/petition.html”

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The 20th anniversary of the Palm Springs International Film Festival held its annual Gala on Tuesday, Jan. 6, at the Palm Springs Convention Center. The crowds gathered early along the fenced area across the road from the Palm Springs Convention Center along Avenida Caballeros. Celebrities walked the Red Carpet so all the fans could see them as they embarked from the limos. Each time a celebrity would make an appearance, the fans would scream and yell out the celebrity’s name. It worked magic as Anne Hathaway, Dustin Hoffman and Ben Stiller all walked across the road to greet the fans and sign autographs for many.

Notoriously camera-shy Sean Penn chose not to do that last year, so it was

a real treat when he walked the Red Carpet this year. He tried to hurry past the photographers, but they yelled loud enough that he came back for a few photos. This is his second award in two years. The list of celebrities was huge this year. A few local celebrities who were not listed came to the Red Carpet, which was a special surprise for all.

Stiller, actor and comedian presented the Chairman’s Award to actor Hoffman. He joked that Hoffman was 92 and he was the reason that short Jewish actors are allowed to be leads in movies. Hoffman came back by saying that looking around the audience the median age of the audience meant it was not the MTV awards. Actor and director Ron Howard earned the Director’s

Lifetime Achievement Award as presenter Frank Langella joked he wasn’t old enough to have made all these fabulous films to get this award.

Penn received his second award in two years. This time it was the Desert Palm Achievement Award for acting in his new film “Milk.” The final award for the evening went to legendary Oscar Winner Clint Eastwood. Actor and some-time co-star, Donald Sutherland presented the Career Achievement Award to Eastwood for all his accomplishments in the film industry from acting, producing and directing movies. He mentioned that Eastwood doesn’t mince words. For more on the event and photographs, visit www.desertcitiespeople.com

Story and photography by Pat Krause

Palm Springs Film Festival 2009

DESERT LOCAL NEWS • JANUARY 15, 2009

Penn received his second award in two years. This time it was the Desert Palm

Achievement Award for acting in his new film “Milk.”

Photo by Pat Krause

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Palm Springs Film Festival 2009Stiller, actor and comedian presented the

Chairman’s Award to actor Hoffman.Photo by Pat Krause

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Darryl MacDonald, Kathy Baker, Joel Hopkins and Helen du Toit

Cast of “Like Dandelion Dust” Maxwell Perry Cotton, Cole Hauser, Director Jon Gunn, Mira Sorvino and Barry Pepper

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Celebrities and parties were all around the Desert at the Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF). Thursday, Jan. 9, was the first official night of the Film Festival.

Arrivals of the celebrities and Film Festival officials started at 6 p.m. Baker arrived and posed for photos for the photographers and television cameras. Film Festival officials Harold Matzner, Darryl MacDonald and Helen Du Toit also walked the Red Carpet.

They stopped for photos and inter-views before heading into the theater. Another new young actor who arrived on the Red Carpet was Justin Chon from the new hit “Twilight,” Chon has another new film out soon and already

has a following of fans. “Twilight” is based on a series of four books. Friday was another big day for celebrities and parties.

The 20th PSIFF screened a world premiere of “Like Dandelion Dust” at the Regal Theatre in Palm Springs. Stars of the film, Mira Sorvino, Barry Pepper, Cole Hauser, Maxwell Perry Cotton and other members of the cast along with the director and producers, were there.

This film is about a young woman who gives up her child for adoption when her husband goes to prison. After he is set free, he uses a legal loophole to get his child back from his upper-crust adoptive parents. This heart-wrenching drama is about the lengths parents will

go to protect their kids.Friday night the PSIFF hosted a

20th anniversary screening party at the Riviera Hotel in Palm Springs. The PSIFF screened the “$5 a Day” movie to celebrate the Festival’s 20th anniver-sary.

This film is about an aging con man, portrayed by Christopher Walken, who entices his estranged son on a long-dis-tance road trip, He uses his skills as a con artist the whole way. This hilarious comedy ends with a heart-warming rec-onciliation and a huge secret divulged.

For more story and photos, visit www.desertcitiespeople.com.


Palm Springs InternationalFilm Festival Weekend 2009

Anthony Turk, Pam Price and Justin Chon

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Suzanne Somers

Anne HathawayAll Photos Pat Krause

Freida Pinto

Cast of Revolution Road Movie Lenardo DiCaprio accepts award for cast

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RANCHO MIRAGE, CA- A small but enthusiastic group of

people came out on Wednesday after-noon to take a stance against Proposi-tion 8, which outlaws gay marriage in California by walking down Highway 111 with protest signs.

This march was organized previ-ously in December but with heavy rains happening on that day, it was postponed until Wednesday. Still, people who par-ticipated were greeted by honks of sup-port, yet a few anti-gay slurs were hol-lered by a few intolerant drivers passing by at the corner of Bob Hope Drive and Highway 111 in Rancho Mirage.

Vincent Corrales was one of the march’s organizers. “I feel that we’re getting somewhere now. It’s unconsti-tutional for gays not to get married and I have hopes that the court will overturn Prop 8. I believed that from day one and I hope it does happen,” he says.

Corrales, a Palm Springs resident, wasn’t expecting a whole lot of people due to the fact that many were at work and couldn’t make the march due to scheduling. But Michelle Barfuss took time from her work to be here at this rally. She comments, “I think we have a lot of support and a lot of people do care about us. We can make a change and it will happen.”

Proposition 8 passed statewide in November 2008 with a 52 percent majority vote. In Riverside County, the measure passed by 64 percent and in adjacent Imperial County, it passed by a whopping 70 percent. Many opposi-tion groups are challenging the propo-sition in the State Supreme Court and are hoping that they will overturn it. So does State Attorney General Jerry Brown, who has publicly stated that he would like to see Proposition 8 be re-pealed.

Sara Snow came to the Coachella Valley five months ago from a rural town in North Carolina to gain oppor-tunities that she couldn’t have back at home. She is very disappointed that such a measure would pass, despite the courts legalizing gay marriage for an interim back in May of 2008. She adds, “I’m disappointed that it passed. It’s a stab in the heart. I’m a taxpayer and was born in the United States and it puts me down as a person. Every-body had to voice their opinion and it’s just hurtful.” Currently single, Snow is fighting for her future partner. “I’m fight-ing for the next generation because it’s not accepted back at home,” she con-cluded. “This is where it starts and be-gins.”

The march ended at El Paseo Drive in Palm Desert. There were no sched-uled speakers at this rally. Another one is scheduled for February.

LESLIE ANDREWS

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Christmas at Disneyland was all that was expected. But I will say that Christmas weekend in not the time to visit this great at-traction. One of the largest crowds ever was overflowing to more than capacity. When we arrived about noon, we were told that Disney-land was so crowded it would be best if we went to Adventureland first and then come back to Dis-neyland across the way at 5 in the afternoon.

We spent the afternoon visiting some of the events. We especial-ly liked the 3-D screenings of the Muppets. It is amazing to see the Muppet characters coming right at

you. No matter where you sit in the theater, it looks the same. Butter-flies come right at your face and you jump a little in your seat. Our daughter had never experienced a 3-D effect before and jumped and laughed several times.

There are so many other shows and exhibits to see. One show was interaction between the children in the audience and puppets on stage. There were so many things we were not able to see because of the crowds. Even the lines to have photos taken with the Disney Characters were long.

The streets were all lit up for Christmas with a huge Christmas

tree in the middle that changes colors. At the end of the street was the Princess’ Castle. That too changed all the time. Several times a night, the Castle changed colors, and then it had a winter effect with sparkling icicles hang-ing from the whole Castle for a truly beautiful sight. It seemed ev-erything changed color or design all the time with even a snowfall thrown in for good measure.

Maybe next time and there will be a next time!

To read more and see more Disneyland photos by Pat Krause, visit www.desertcitiespeople.com.

Christmas at the ‘Happiest Place on Earth’


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Christmas at the ‘Happiest Place on Earth’

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The Year 2009 will be challenging for Coachellabusiness owners to come up with new and cost-effective advertisement solutions. Conventional print, TV-Cable and Radio advertisement is expensive and takes special production steps.

Many small businesses still do not have websites, which precludes them from presenting timely and detailed content in the natural search results

on major search engines.

Desert Local News *Virtual Paper solves this problem by enabling these businesses to automatically convert any print-ready marketing materials (flyers, brochures, catalogs, Newsletters and more.) into search engine optimized web pages that consumers find when they conduct searches for local businesses on their favorite search engines and insert them into the regular bi-monthly virtual newsmagazine edition. Published always on the 1st and 15th of the month.

Desert Local News is making this new service available to the Coachella Valley and Palm Springs area businesses to provide an added, powerful way to reach potential buyers via the Internet.

For example, a spa or restaurant will be able to seamlessly post a brochure or menu on the Internet, making it search engine friendly, providing enhanced ranking, increased traffic, and tangible return on investment. Newsletters can be published by Desert Local News virtual edition and directly emailed to customers in the area for a fraction of the cost. Thousands of people will be reached locally, regionally and worldwide.

*Desert Local News started its Virtual paper in early 2007,and is now a bi-monthly 32-page full color newsmagazine and will be a weekly virtual paper by year-end.

With a simple click, you can browse (zoom) through the virtual publication in 3D turning page animation as if you had our regular print newspaper in front of you. The publication is alive and interactive, including clickable ads (links to web site and direct e-mail.) and video.

You can flip through the pages, search for information or articles. You can print your newspaper on the fly, or send it with a click via the e-mail button to your customers, friends and family anywhere in the world.

In Germany, the Virtual Newspaper has taken off like a storm. The world’s first virtual paper, the AvaStar was launched in early 2007. The world’s oldest newspaper in Sweden went paperless not long afterward.

Across the country, a few cities and companies have virtual e-newspapers. For the Coachella Valley, Desert Local News is the first exclusive virtual-paper.

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PALM SPRINGS, CA- Deputies from the

nearby Cabazon Station rescued two lost hikers on Sunday who were injured and complained of medical problems.

At around 5:55 p.m., deputies responded to the upper Palm Springs Aerial Tramway regarding a call for help from two lost and injured hikers. At that point, they learned that two San Bernardino County resi-dents attempted to hike the Sky Line trail to the up-per tramway. At the 7,500 foot level, the unprepared men experienced extreme

conditions, which included heavy snow and ice. One of the hikers complained that he was experiencing frost-bite symptoms along with hypothermia.

Prior to the arrival of the Riverside Mountain Res-cue Unit (RMRU), three additional hikers who were prepared for the extreme conditions located the sub-jects a half mile south of the upper tramway. These additional hikers were able to warm the pair and walk them to the upper tramway for further medical assis-tance.

CABAZON, CA- Police are looking for a

suspect or suspects who shot three men in the unincorpo-rated area of San Gorgonio on Sunday.

At around 4:17 p.m., deputies from the Cabazon Station responded to the area of Cottonwood Road and San Pierre Road regard-ing an Assault With A Deadly Weapon Call. Deputies ar-rived within minutes and lo-cated three victims who had been assaulted. Two of the victims had suffered gunshot wounds. The third victim had sustained major injuries af-ter being assaulted. All inju-

ries appeared to be non-life threatening. The three victims were transported to different local hospitals.

Two of the victims were identified as male juveniles and one was identified as an adult male. The identity of the victims is not being released due to two of them being juve-niles and notification to next of kin for all three victims.

This investigation is con-tinuing and no suspect infor-mation is immediately avail-able. Anyone with information reference these assaults is asked to contact Sgt. Tony Greer at the Cabazon Sher-iff’s Station at 951-922-7100.

Three Shot in San Gorgonio Pass Area, Suspect(s) On The Loose

Deputies Rescue Two Hikers At Top of Tramway

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SHERRIFS REPORT • DESERT LOCAL NEWS • JANUARY 15, 2009


INDIO, CA – Back by popular demand, leg-

endary singer/songwriter PAUL ANKA returns to Fantasy Springs Resort Casinos Special Events Cen-ter, for an evening full of memorable pop hits on Saturday, March 14th at 8pm.

Born in Ottawa, Canada in 1941, Anka knew at an early age that he wanted to be an entertainer. At the age of 13, Anka put together a sing-ing group, “The Bobbysoxers” and began to perform in the local clubs. By the time he was 15, Anka was in Los Angeles, trying to get a record deal. The following year, he headed to New York City and signed a con-tract with ABC-Paramount Records

and went on to record his #1 hit, “Diana.” The record sold over 10 million copies which launched Anka into teen idol stardom in 1957.

Over his 50 year career, PAUL ANKA has recorded a staggering 125 albums and sold more than 15 million worldwide. His songbook con-tains over 900 songs and over 100 of those compositions have been recorded by artists including Elvis Presley, Barbara Streisand, Linda Ronstadt and Robbie Williams.

Over the years, Anka has re-mained active in the entertainment industry, recording his own hits and writing songs for other artists includ-ing, “My Way” for Frank Sinatra and “She’s a Lady” for Tom Jones.

PAUL ANKA is one of the most dynamic performers you will ever see. He had the capacity crowd in the Special Events Center on their feet last year, and now is your chance to get your tickets to see the concert that everyone is still talking about.

Tickets to see PAUL ANKA go on sale Friday, January 2nd at 10am at the Fantasy Springs Re-sort Casino Box Office or by calling 760-342-5000. Tickets can be pur-chased on-line at www.tickets.com or www.fantasyspringsresort.com

Tickets are priced at $79, $59 and $39

PAUL ANKARETURNS TO PERFORM AT FANTASY SPRINGS RESORT CASINO’S SPECIAL EVENTS CENTER

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SAN BERNARDINO, CA- On Saturday January 10th, the first bald eagle count of the winter was conducted by local Federal and State biol-ogists and volunteers around lakes in the San Bernardino and San Jacinto Mountains. Despite extremely windy conditions, large numbers of volunteers turned out for a chance to see one of our magnificent national birds. High wind gusts made standing challenging and kept knocking over some of the spotting scopes. None-theless, the effort was suc-cessful in tallying the bald eagles spending their winter vacations at local mountain lakes.

A grand total of twelve eagles (8 adults, 4 juveniles) were observed in the four lake areas during the 1- hour count. Six eagles (4 adults, 2 juveniles) were observed in the Big Bear/Baldwin Lake area; 2 eagles (1 adult, 1 ju-venile) at Lake Arrowhead; 3 eagles (2 adults, 1 juvenile) at Silverwood Lake; and, 1 adult eagle at Lake Hemet. Juve-nile eagles are distinguished by a brown head and tail; adults are recognized by the famous white head and tail - it takes 4-5 years to acquire full adult coloration. Juvenile

eagles are the same size as the adults.

The count for Big Bear was a little lower than aver-age; probably due in part to the fact that a large portion of the lake has been frozen over for several weeks. When the lake is frozen, ducks do not stay in the area. Ducks are the main prey for bald ea-gles; so when there are low numbers of ducks, there are low numbers of bald eagles.

Approximately 140 vol-unteers participated in the 1-hour eagle census at four lakes (50 at Big Bear area; 15 at Lake Arrowhead; a re-cord 50 at Lake Hemet; and, 25 at Silverwood Lake). The Forest Service and State Recreation Area biologists would like to thank those vol-unteers!

The U.S. Forest Service and State Recreation Area biologists have coordinated counts of this federally-pro-tected species since 1978. Data from our local count will be added to the nation-wide Mid-Winter Bald Eagle cen-sus to assess recovery sta-tus of the species. We rely on volunteers to gather in-formation during the monthly winter eagle counts. Counts are conducted for a 1-hour period from 9-10 a.m. Forest

Service volunteers stationed around lakes in Big Bear, Arrowhead, and Idyllwild re-cord all observations of bald eagles. Volunteers at Silver-wood Lake State Recreation Area conduct simultaneous counts.

Bald eagles are similar to many southern Californians in that they visit the lakes of our San Bernardino and San Jacinto Mountains for their winter vacations between November and April. Instead of vacationing here for dyna-mite skiing, eagles come for the plentiful food supplies. As lakes and rivers up north freeze each winter, fish be-come unavailable under a thick layer of ice and ducks leave the frozen waters. The eagles’ “grocery stores” have essentially closed for the winter. So eagles fly south looking for open water stocked with food. The lakes of the San Bernardino and San Jacinto Mountains fit the bill perfectly--they are part of the Pacific Migratory Flyway, a migration freeway for mil-lions of ducks. Eagles like to spend their winters here be-cause of the abundant and tasty ducks and fish.

Our bald eagles normally migrate out of the San Ber-nardino and San Jacinto

Mountains in late March, heading back to summer homes in Montana, Wyo-ming, Idaho, and Alberta, Canada. In recent years, a pair of bald eagles has re-mained at Lake Hemet and successfully produced sev-eral eaglets.

Catching a glimpse of our breath-taking national bird is relatively easy during the winter months. There are also some fantastic opportu-nities for excellent close-up photography. Just look in the tallest trees around the lakeshore. Or, if the lake is partially frozen, look for ea-gles perched on the ice near small groups of ducks using open water pockets.

Remember that human presence may distract or disturb the eagles--so, try to limit your movements and don’t make loud noises when nearby. If possible, remain in your car while observing ea-gles--the car acts as a blind.

Don’t forget to mark your calendars now for the remaining Eagle Counts: February 14, and March 14. Volunteers need not have experience--just bring binoc-ulars and a watch (and dress warmly!).

STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS

Bald Eagles Seen

And Counted

In Local Mountains

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Thousand Palms, CA- The Mizell Senior Center and Ani-

mal Samaritans SPCA have joined forces to offer local animal lovers low-cost pet vaccinations and microchip-ping. Pet owners can bring their cats and dogs to the Mizell Center in Palm Springs on Saturday, January 24, from 9:00am to 2:00pm. An Animal Samari-tans veterinarian and vet technician will be on site to administer first-time, annual, and booster shots to pets.

Events such as this are designed to accommodate pet owners who have been unable to vaccinate their animals because of time, finances, or both. The goal of both organizations is to ensure that our community’s four-legged fami-ly members are protected against such killers as parvo, feline leukemia and rabies. “We want to make pet vaccina-tions both convenient and affordable,” explains Animal Samaritans Executive Director, Fred Saunders. “Vaccinations are critical for the prevention of dis-ease among animals. Part of our mis-sion is to provide quality animal care that meets everyone’s budget.”

Cats need to be transported in a carrier and dogs must be on a leash. When possible, pet owners should bring a copy of their pet’s medical history. Pet microchipping will be of-fered for $15, while vaccinations from Animal Samaritans range between $12 and $17 dollars each. A complete list of vaccinations and prices can be found online at HYPERLINK “http://www.animalsamaritans.org” www.ani-malsamaritans.org.

The Mizell Senior Center is locat-ed at 480 South Sunrise Way in Palm Springs, with parking available off Ra-mon Rd, at the corner of Ramon and Sunrise Way. With their mission to “support independence and self-suf-ficiency through an inclusive network of education, information, and assis-tance with problem solving,” it’s clear the organization is sensitive to the challenges now facing many people with pets. “The Mizell Center is very excited to partner with Animal Samari-tans to bring low-cost vaccinations to the community,” said Mark Maxwell, Program Director at The Mizell Cen-ter. “In this time of economic stress,

this is a particularly important program for those on fixed incomes such as se-niors.”

Appointments are not needed and all are welcome. Pet owners interested in having their pets vaccinated are en-couraged to contact Animal Samari-tans at 343-0837 or The Mizell Center at 323-5689.

Mizell Center to Host Low-Cost Pet VaccinationsSTAFF AND WIRE REPORTS


US President George W. Bush has formally asked Congress for the re-maining 350 billion dollars of federal financial bailout funds.

President-elect Barack Obama told reporters that he had asked Bush to make the request on his behalf. Obama said he wanted to have the funds at the ready when he takes office next week.

The overall 700-billion-dollar rescue programme was approved last October to bolster the financial industry. The first 350 billion dollars was used primarily to make direct investments in financial in-stitutions to buttress their capital.

Obama has pledged a major over-haul that would distribute the money more widely and impose tougher re-strictions on recipient companies.

Bush asks US Congress for remaining $350 Billion bailout

Israeli soldiers fought heavy battles with Hamas militants early Tuesday, as ground troops on the outskirts of Gaza City pushed deeper into southern sections of the city.

Israeli fighter jets and helicopters also carried out dozens of sorties against Palestinian militants. In a televised address, Gaza’s Hamas leader, Ismail Haniya, said his movement was willing to cooperate on any initiative that would end “the agression against his people.” Palestinian militants, however, continued their own attacks against

Israel, firing some 20 rockets on Monday. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged both sides to stop the fighting and allow humanitarian aid into the enclave.

Ban is scheduled to make a week-long trip to the Middle East beginning Wednesday.

Palestinian medics say at least 919 people have been killed and more than 4,300 wounded. Three Israeli civilians have been killed by Hamas rockets since Israel began its offensive.

Israel pushes deeper into Gaza as UN calls for ceasefire

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