Rotary Club of Twentynine Palms
Press release
For immediate Release
April 4, 2019
Contact: Gary Daigneault
 
 
TWENTYNINE PALMS ROTARIANS CLEAN A CITY BLOCK
 
Members of the Twentynine Palms Rotary Club recently spent a morning removing trash from a block of vacant properties right near the City’s downtown core.
 
Working in an area of unimproved lots just north of State Route 62 and Tamarisk, the Rotary volunteers braved prickly desert flora and the challenges of a superbloom to fill about a dozen trash bags.
 
The Clean-up is part of a program sponsored by the City of Twentynine Palms that targets blighted areas and “Attractive Nuisance” areas to make them both safe and attractive.
 
The 29 Palms Rotary Club, chartered in 1948, looks for needs in the community and assists by funding projects, scholarships, and events or mobilizing members to help where needed. Their motto is “Service Above Self”.
 
The Rotary Club meets Wednesdays at noon at the Little Church of the Desert Meeting room on Adobe Road. For information contact Rotary Club President Gary Daigneault at 760-366-8471.
 
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Photo Caption:
“Rotarians at Work” members of the Twentynine Palms Rotary Club recently cleaned up a city block of unimproved properties near the Downtown area. From left, P.J Welch, Jack Briggs, Liz Meyer, Gary Daigneault, and Dan Mintz. (not pictured is Frank Luckino). (Rotary photo)  
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Gary Daigneault
Program/News Director, KCDZ, Z107.7FM
Associated Press Hall of Fame, 2010
 
President, Theatre 29
President, Rotary Club of Twentynine Palms
 
760-366-8471
www.z1077fm.com
www.theatre29.org


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TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. (April 4, 2019) – Artist Alexander de Cadenet has curated a multi-media exhibition of inspiring works by artists living and working in the high desert in “The Soul of the Desert” at the 29 Palms Art Gallery now through April 26, 2019. Participating artists include de Cadenet, David Greene, Jennifer Palmer-Lacy, James O’Keefe, Suzanne Ross, Elizabeth Folk, Sheilah Bailey, Tal Khaner, Caron Rand and Ed Keesling. Also showing at the gallery is the exhibit “When Life Gives You Lemons,” by Catherine Barksdale and artwork by 29 Palms Artists’ Guild members.
Join the artists for wine and refreshments at an opening reception, April 6 from 5-7 p.m. The gallery is free and open to the public Thursdays through Sundays from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. De Cadenet will lead a Soul of the Desert meditation session and discussion among the artworks at the gallery, Sunday, April 7 from 4-7 p.m. The cost is $10 or $5 for gallery members.
The works in the Soul of the Desert exhibition display both originality and a sense of sacredness. “They are inspired by desert life or philosophical thoughts and feelings inspired in some way by desert life,” says de Cadenet. “They include the human experience of monumental landscape ranges, sacredness of the animals and vegetation, abandoned homesteads, car wrecks left in the desert, or thoughts about mortality that can emerge with a relationship to the desert.”
The 29 Palms Art Gallery is located at 74055 Cottonwood Drive, on the corner of National Park Drive, Twentynine Palms, CA, 92277. For details, visit www.29palmsartgallery.com or call 760-367-7819, Thursday – Sunday, 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.
   The 29 Palms Art Gallery is the oldest arts organization in the Morongo Basin and was founded by a group of desert artists and famed painter John Hilton in 1951. It is located in a historic adobe built in 1936 near the Oasis of Mara as a home for western author Tom Hopkins. Since 1963, Artists' Guild members have operated the non-profit organization, gallery and gift shop in the adobe near Joshua Tree National Park. The gallery also hosts seasonal events such as its annual art auction, holiday art & craft fair, community events and art classes for all ages. To learn more, visit www.29palmsartgallery.com    
 
MEDIA CONTACT:
Denise Tanguay
Tanguay Communications
760-274-7313
https://tanguaycommunications.com/
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JOSHUA TREE, CA — The Hi-Desert Cultural Center’s top-awarded Hi-Desert Playhouse will stage five performances April 5-14 of Bekah Brunstetter’s new play, Going To A Place Where You Already Are, at the Hi-Desert Cultural Center’s state-of-the-art Blak Box Theater in Joshua Tree.
 
In what the Los Angeles Times calls “a terrific new play”, playwright Bekah Brunstetter's delightful and thought provoking new dramedy--Going To A Place Where You Already Are—takes a whimsical look at life, asking the question “Is there a Heaven?” Playhouse Artist Director Howard Shangraw directs this warm and funny new play by the writer of TV’s Emmy Award-winning smash hit “This Is Us.”  The play stars Desert Theater League award-winning actors Jeanette Knight, Cooper Gillespie, and Howard Shangraw and also stars Playhouse favorites and Desert Star Award Nominees Doran Ray and William Hart.  It is a love story that explores the meaning of life with humor and hilariously awkward characters that serve up a magical world full of delight and surprise.  As we examine our levels of belief, faith, humanity, and our heavenly expectations in a world that may seem cynical, this play is uplifting, life-affirming, and is sure to warm the heart.
 
Going To A Place Where You Already Are plays April 5, 6, 12, and 13 at 7:30 pm, and a 2:30 matinee on Sunday, April 14.  The play has a suggested rating PG 13 due to mild adult language and content.  Doors open one half-hour prior to the performance.  Tickets range from $15 for General Admission up to $26 for Elite Seating.  A cash bar is available prior to each performance and during intermission.
 
To purchase tickets or for more information on the Hi-Desert Playhouse, visit www.hidesertculturalcenter.org, call 760.366.3777, email info@hidesertculturalcenter.org, or visit the Hi-Desert Cultural Center Box Office in person weekdays from 1-5 pm at 61231 CA-62 in Joshua Tree.  The Hi-Desert Playhouse is a program of Hi-Desert Cultural Center, a GuideStar “Gold Status” non-profit 501(c)(3) organization that serves as the regional visual and performing arts organization and arts agency for the communities of Joshua Tree National Park.
 
PHOTO CAPTION (FROM LEFT): Actors Howard Shangraw and William Hart perform in the Hi-Desert Playhouses new play, Going To A Place Where You Already Are, opening this Friday, April 5, at the Hi-Desert Cultural Center’s Blak Box Theater in Joshua Tree.
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ABOUT HI-DESERT CULTURAL CENTER
With its multi-venue performing and visual arts centers located in Joshua Tree and Yucca Valley, California, the Hi-Desert Cultural Center (HDCC) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) tax-exempt corporation (Federal Tax ID# 23-7425816) that has been serving as the regional performing and visual arts organization and arts agency for the gateway communities of Joshua Tree National Park for more than 50 years.  The Cultural Center owns and operates its own performance venues and facilities and produces award-winning community and professional live theater, concerts, art exhibits and galleries, festivals, the Joshua Tree Philharmonic symphony orchestra, a master chorus, an artist residency for veterans, an extensive educational arts and technology academy program for youth and adults, and more.  The Cultural Center is the largest and oldest non-profit arts organization in the region with several million dollars in assets, employing over 30 full-time and part-time employees, and with an annual budget exceeding half-a-million dollars.  Having achieved GuideStar Gold status and recognized as an organization of artistic excellence by the National Endowment for the Arts, it instructs over 700 adults and youth weekly and operates a significant financial aid and scholarship program so that no children are turned away from programs due to their socioeconomic situation.  Learn more at: www.hidesertculturalcenter.org
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Twentynine Palms Historical Society
Old Schoolhouse Museum
6760 National Park Drive, Twentynine Palms, CA 92277 (760) 367-2366
E-mail: 29PalmsHistorical@gmail.com
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
TWENTYNINE PALMS, CALIFORNIA – Tickets are still available for the Twentynine Palms Historical Society's 2019 Desert Retro Bash. The event is open to members and non-members and will be Saturday, April 6, from 5:00 to 8:00 pm, at the Broadview Hacienda, located at 73452 Sunnyslope Dr. in 29 Palms.
This year’s theme is Love In~Peace Out. Guests are invited and encouraged to dress in the fashion of the sixties. The evening will include hors d'oeuvre, adult libations, and desserts, as well as a silent auction and a raffle. Background music will be a play list of the most memorable songs of the day.
This event is to raise funds to help the 29 Palms Historical Society continue to preserve our local history, art, music, literature, and to help keep the doors of the Old Schoolhouse Museum open.
Tickets are $25.00 and may be obtained at the Old Schoolhouse Museum Gift Shop, Wednesday through Sunday, 1pm to 4pm. Or call 760-367-2366 and leave a message They will also be available at the door.
For more information, visit the 29 Palms Historical Society website at www.29palmshistorical.com.
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For further press information, please contact Les Snodgrass, 760-861-5801. 

April 2019
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​Press Release
Rotary Club of Twentynine Palms
For Immediate Release
Contact: Gary Daigneault
 
The Rotary Club of Twentynine Palms will provide a lot more community service after they set a success record with this year’s Rotary Spring Carnival held March 15-18 at Luckie Park.
 
Carnival Chairman Randy Councell said a combination of good weather, a high-quality Guadagno Family Carnival, and enhanced promotion resulted in a net positive cash flow for the service club from the annual fund-raiser at just over $15,000.00.
 
Councell presented the check with the proceeds to the Rotary Club at their meeting of March 27, 2019. Councell said the funds raised were a record for the club which has been presenting a spring carnival for many years.
 
The Twentynine Palms Rotary Club, which was chartered in 1948, now has 29 members and has had a very productive 2018-19 year so far.
 
With priorities of Youth Service, Community Service, and Homeless Assistance, club members have sponsored teams in every sport offered by the city’s Recreation and Parks Department, provided a new cooling system for the Little Church of the Desert meeting room, donated to High School Softball and Track teams, took part in the “Point-in-time” homeless count with food and supplies distributed, started the annual “Battle of the Ball” cross-Basin basketball game at Copper Mountain College’s Bell Center, sponsored tuition for High School students in the Philippines in conjunction with a Philippine Rotary Club, and put on the wildly successful Christmas Light Parade and Tree lighting (complete with Santa landing in a Helicopter in front of City Hall!).
 
Rotary Club President Gary Daigneault was delighted with the success of the carnival saying, “With the extra resources from the event, we are looking to bring a new level of service to our community. With our enthusiastic members, dedicated to “Service Above Self”, and additional resources we will make an even more positive impact on our community and our youth.”
 
The Twentynine palms Rotary Club meets Wednesdays at 12:00 noon at the Little Church of the Desert Meeting Hall on Adobe Road. Local business and service owners and managers are invited to attend meetings and learn more about the benefits of Rotary. For more information about the Rotary Club, call Daigneault at 760-366-8471.
 
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Photo Caption:
At the March 27 meeting of the Twentynine Palms Rotary Club, spring carnival chairman Randy Councell presents a check for $15,000.00 to Club President Gary Daigneault. (Club Photo) 
 
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Gary Daigneault
Program/News Director, KCDZ, Z107.7FM
Associated Press Hall of Fame, 2010
 
President, Theatre 29
President, Rotary Club of Twentynine Palms

The Desert Institute and the Twentynine Palms Historical Society present the monthly lecture series on Friday, April 12, with Dr. Chris McDonald and his talk on "Desert Plant Ecology or Why Does the Desert Poke Me".
Come join Chris McDonald, Ph.D., and his talk on the ecology of desert plants, identifying many of the numerous adaptations plants have to survive in hot and dry desert conditions. He will also discuss what factors cause deserts to form and which factors influence our local deserts in California and the Southwest US.

Dr. Chris McDonald is the Inland and Desert Natural Resources Advisor, University of California Cooperative Extension.

Sponsored by the Desert Institute at Joshua Tree National Park and the Twentynine Palms Historical Society, this lecture is held at the Old Schoolhouse Museum, 6760 National Park Drive, Twentynine Palms, on Friday, April 12 at 7 pm.  This lecture is open to the public and costs $5 per person at the door. Optional dinner with speaker at 5 pm at the 29 Palms Inn, reservations are limited and attendees are responsible for their own meal.  If interested in dinner please RSVP to 760-367-5539 before Wednesday, April 10.
 
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Kevin Wong
Director, Desert Institute at Joshua Tree National Park
Joshua Tree National Park Association
760-367-5539  
www.joshuatree.org
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PRESS RELEASE
Z107.7 FM Radio
Z1077FM.COM
for Immediate release
March 28, 2019
Contact: Gary Daigneault: 760-366-8471
Z107.7 FM RADIO AND Z1077FM.COM SPONSOR GRUBSTAKE DAYS BUSINESS DECORATING CONTEST


The 69th annual Grubstake Days celebration in Yucca Valley, honoring the rich and colorful history of the Morongo Basin region of California’s desert, is set for May 25-27, 2019. The theme is “Honoring our Mining, Ranching, and Pioneer Heritage.”
 
The Grubstake Days golf tournament, rodeo, and carnival kick off the weekend celebrations Friday, May 24. Saturday, the activities start early with a county firemen’s pancake breakfast at 7 a.m. at the Yucca Valley Elks Lodge. The Pony Express rides into Pioneertown with the mail at noon. Also on Saturday, there will be a tug o’ war contest, beard contest, and horseshoes tournament at the carnival grounds at Highway 62 and Hilton Avenue. And don’t forget the rodeo Saturday night. On Sunday, there’s the 10K/5K run-2K walk, starting at 7 a.m. at Yucca Valley High School, and the tug o’ war finals at the carnival grounds. Monday is Kids’ Day with games and prizes at the Boys’ and Girls’ Club on Little League Drive, and the Little Miss and Mister Miner competition, also at the Boys’ and Girls’ Club.
 
The 2019 Yucca Valley Grubstake Days celebration is being sponsored in part by Radio Station Z107.7FM and the Z1077fm.com website. “Community Radio” Z107.7 FM Radio is a local family run radio station with the same owners and format since they went on the air in 1989. Z1077fm.com is a local internet phenomenon with 250,000-page views by 55,000 different people just in March of 2019. (Source-Quantcast)
 
As the celebration approaches, to encourage Yucca Valley area businesses to get into the spirit and encourage shopping locally, Z107.7 FM Radio and Z1077fm.com have teamed up to co-sponsor a free “Western Heritage Decorating Contest” for all businesses located in the West end of the Morongo Basin.
 
Winners get hundreds of dollars in local advertising, very cool plaques, bragging rights, and, best of all, your customers will know you care about your community!


The contest will be judged by professional local artists and designers. It is free to enter and the rules are simple;
The Theme is “Honoring our Mining, Ranching, and Pioneer Heritage” The judges use a scale of 1-10 for five criteria, “overall appeal”, “Use of available Space”, Use of Color”, “inventiveness and overall theme”, and “Wow factor”. Painted windows do not qualify for this contest.

Judging will be done in 4 simple categories;

SMALL BUSINESS (up to 1,500 square feet)
Best Interior
Best Exterior

LARGE BUSINESS (1,500 square feet or over)
Best interior
Best Exterior

Awards will be given for 1st and 2nd place in all 4 categories. The judging is done on artistic merit; the decision of the judges is final.

First place winners get $250.00 in radio advertising from Z107.7* and a banner ad for 30 days at Z1077fm.com.
Second Place winners get $150.00 in radio advertising from Z107.7* and a tile ad on z1077fm.com. There are some restrictions, (see * below).

There is no charge, to enter just call Z107-7 Radio at 760-366-8471 and tell us the name and location of your business and what category you are entering in.

Entries must be businesses physically located in the “Western Morongo Basin”, defined as from Morongo Valley to the West, Joshua Tree to the East, North to Johnson Valley, and South to the border of Joshua Tree National Park.

Deadline to enter is 5:00 p.m. Friday, May 17, 2019. Winners will be announced May 24, 2019


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*(ad credit must be used by August 25, 2019)    
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Gary Daigneault
Program/News Director, KCDZ, Z107.7FM
Associated Press Hall of Fame, 2010
 
President, Theatre 29
President, Rotary Club of Twentynine Palms
 
760-366-8471
www.z1077fm.com
www.theatre29.org


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MEDIA RELEASE – March 25, 2019
ELEGANT TREASURES SALE – Don’t miss it!
Saturday, March 30 at 29 Palms Art Gallery
 
Residents and visitors are invited to the Elegant Treasures Sale on Saturday, March 30, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 29 Palms Art Gallery. Admission is free, and complimentary coffee and sweets will be available for shoppers in the morning. The afternoon will feature appetizers and a no-host beer and wine bar. 
 
The sale is one of the biggest fund-raising events of the year for the gallery and will feature donated art and treasures from the homes and studios of 29 Palms Artists’ Guild members. Tables will be set up inside the gallery with displays of upscale and artistic items, all reasonably priced and looking for a new home. 
 
Hundreds of donations for the Elegant Treasures Sale so far include a large set of vintage graniteware, beautiful ceramics and pottery, silver serving pieces, china, glassware, antiques, home décor, scarves and accessories, framed paintings and a large collection of historic art books.
 
All proceeds from the fund-raising sale will benefit the gallery operations and building maintenance fund.
 
29 Palms Art Gallery is located at 74055 Cottonwood Drive off National Park Drive, Twentynine Palms, CA 92277. For more information, contact event co-chair Vickie Waite at (760) 217-8839, or leave a message on the gallery phone (760) 367-7819.
 
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Desert Spirit Press
P.O. Box 87, Twentynine Palms, CA 92277
760-217-8839