La Quinta Cove

IN RESPONSE TO RECENT DISCUSSIONS ON GRAFFITI IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS, THIS COMMENT WAS POSTED BY LESLIE: 

Start a Neighborhood Watch!! Take charge and make a difference instead of complaining about how messy the Cove is. Call Code Enforcement on ugly boats and cars on lawns EVERY day until there is something done. Call the police EVERY time you see someone smoking dope or gang bangers “hanging out”. Call animal control EVERY time a neighbors dog is barking excessively. Call the graffiti hotline EVERY time you see graffiti. The squeaky wheel gets the grease. Don’t be afraid of retaliation…this is the only way we can clean up the cove. If we don’t, the bad guys win. Blogs are a great form of communication, but if you really want to make a difference GET OUT THERE!!    Graffiti hotline = 777-7095   Animal control = 777-7050  Non-emergency police line 1-800-950-2444 x 5  Emergency number = 911

THANKS, LESLIE!  “Get a grip, not a gripe!”

LaQuintaCove.org will soon complete one year of activity. The Cove Neighborhood Association would like to know your opinions on how we are doing.  Please take respond to website survey by clicking the link bellow and filling in the designated fieds.

http://www.laquintacove.org/website-survey/

Thank you,

Cove Neighborhood Association

La Quinta Museum staff report the “Tantalizing Teapots” exhibit is VERY popular (and it’s also FREE).  Bring your family and friends over to see this exciting array of one-of-a-kind teapots.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JKui97u8jw

Joe Miglione discusses the effect of our alluvial fan on the coming of the “big one”.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wngcdwnwz0

Joe Miglione discusses the “rain shadow” effect: how our mountains determine our rainfall.  Take a look:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_j_jnKq2R7Q

Our schools are alert and cautious….in order to keep our children safe.

http://www.mydesert.com/article/20090121/NEWS01/90121036/-1/yourtown06

About 50 hikers attended a walk and talk by Joe Migliore, entitled “Written in Stone”.  Take a look at a clip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIQ7IQMLzs4

The Friends of the La Quinta Library presented Susana Elena, flamenco dancer, last week at the Library.  She has studied across the U.S and in Spain, and really got the audience going (young and old).  The first clip is Susana Elena, the second leading a group of children….  (This was a free program.  Watch for a percussionist  next month. Stay tuned….)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hl892LcUHS8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YLIrb78xM4

Did you know that oral histories of ALL veterans of military service and campaigns are being collected for the Library of Congress?  Yes, indeed.  The La Quinta Museum, the La Quinta Historical Society, and Riverside County Library are collaborating on the “Veterans History Project”.  An informational meeting is being held on Friday, January 23, from 1:30 – 3:00 p.m. at the Museum.  Veterans and their families are invited to find out how to contribute to this important historical collection.  There will be light refreshments and speakers from the Historical Society and the PS Air Museum.  Free to the public.

Even the adults learned a lot from the Living Desert naturalist.  Take a look:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bReHVsolSIk