La Quinta Cove

Has anyone heard the rumbling last few days, coming from the west?  Not thunder, not an earthquake, not sonic booms.  Major equipment in the Bear Creek storm channel, courtsey of CVWD, our flood control folks.  They are cleaning up the debris and moving boulders back into the desert areas.  A clean storm channel means that flood water will quickly pass through the channel, and not back up into the detention basins at the top of the Cove.  By the way, after Katrina, FEMA commanded all U.S. flood control districts to check their channels, detention basins, etc. for possible weaknesses.  You’ll be happy to know that the stystem that protects our Cove has surpassed the standards dictated by FEMA.   You can sleep securely tonight…..zzzzz

Friday and Saturday evenings (July 18 & 19) are a real treat for the community.  Air conditioned stores, galleries, eateries welcome strollers from 6-9 p.m.  Bump into your neighbors. Get an entry card, get it “stamped” at the businesses and enter the drawing for a biiiiiiiiiiig prize.  Lots of happy friends enjoying the balmy evening.    Come on down!

Surprise concert in Old Town among the art pieces.  Many more surprises await art walkers.

In an effort to determine if larger and more reflective street signs will help us find our way around town, the City has just installed pilot signs along Nogales at three intersections, starting at Obregon driving to the west.  The old signs are 6″ with 4″ lettering.  The new ones are 9″ signs with 6″ lettering and much more reflective.  Also, one obelisk has been repainted with reflective paint.  see if you can spot it!

Drive by (day and ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT) and vote for the combination you like best.

1.  At Obregon and Nogales, the new signs are mounted on each of the four stop signs.

2.  At Rubio and Nogales, one is mounted on the current stop sign (SW corner) and one installed at the mid-curve of the corner (NW)

3. At Alvarado, one new one is installed at mid-curve, and the stop sign has the old size sign.

4.  See if you can spot which corner has the obelisk with new reflective paint.  How does it work?  Can you see it better than the new street signs?

OK.  NOW DRIVE BY AT NIGHT (AND DAY) AND SEE WHICH CONFIGURATION IS EASIEST TO READ.  VOTE HERE, BY MAKING YOUR COMMENT.

On July 12, our Museum hosted a talk by a naturalist from the Santa Rosa & San Jacinto Mountains National Monument, which covers thousands of acres across the Coachella Valley.  Part of this monument, a preserved natural area, is in La Quinta.  Here is an introduction to the talk…..

Interpretive Specialist from the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument introduces the Monument before the roadrunner show.

Artist Andre Blanche continues his work on 33 x 13 mural at the Museum.

The SilverRock summer clinic for juniors will be held every Monday and Friday beginning on Monday, July 7, and will conclude on Friday, August 15.
Clinic Schedule:
7:30 a.m. Check in
8:00 - 10:00 a.m. Instruction and practice
$20 per Junior per day
For more information call SilverRock at 777-8884.

The City and YMCA swimming lessons were posted last week on this website, and publicized today in The Desert Sun.  There are special rates for La Quinta residents.  We are “members” who enjoy a discount rate of $65 for the series, with out-of-towners (”non-members”) paying $75.  Check these out, folks!

Some people leave their cats outside in the heat with no water. Also, there is a cat killer up here in the cove, people should be keeping their cats inside the house.  Also, other people let their dogs outside, in their front yards without a lease.  These dogs chase you when you are walking and could get run over by a car.  Can we write a message in reference to this subject?  NOTE TO SD:  Fortunately the killed cats are NOT in the Cove, but in North La Quinta and Bermuda Dunes.  However, we must all be vigilant about the safety of our animals—- Moderator #2