La Quinta Cove

Mariachi players, Rafael and Katia, will enliven the Library at 3:00 today (29th).  Don’t miss this free fun for the entire family.

Fire personnel, Blakemore and Douglas explain the functions of the third area of the new fire station:

Great little gifts are quite affordable right at the Museum…..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2I7leKiUiQ

The first Hollywood connection with the Desert Club was its architect!  Spend a cool morning or afternoon at the Museum and learn some Desert Club trivia.  Here’s a look: 

Yes, La Quinta Cove will have its own bay….. Here’s what Captain Blakemore and fire safety specialist/city inspector Jason Stubble have to say: 

Chris Douglas, Firefighter/Paramedic, takes us on a tour of the soon-to-be-completed new fire station on Avenue 52.

Lots of fun at the opening of “Old Hollywood and the Desert Club” on Friday evening (July 19).  Mae West, Clark Gable, and Lucille Ball impersonators charmed the attendees who braved the heat to see the new exhibit. 

Grand entrance of the “stars”     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GALVXR5SXQE

We love Lucy     http://www.youtube.com/user/CovePotato#p/a/u/0/VAeZJI-ffgg

This is the first in a series of six glimpses of tside he LQ Fire Station at Avenue 52 and Desert Club Drive.  Battalion Chief Pete Blakemore gives us an introduction.

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Licensed golf carts are now legal on SOME streets in La Quinta, many in the Cove and the Village.  (Country clubs/gated communities have their own regulations.)  Licenses can be obtained at City Hall for $20, good for two years.

What carts can be licensed?  Owners must present proof of insurance, and carts must have seat belts, windshield, headlights and red reflectors, turn signals, parking brake, horn and mirrors.  Only carts designed for two passengers with a covered passenger compartment are eligible.  If your cart fits this profile, you can get a license and use the designated streets.  For all information on the City Golf Cart Program go to http://www.la-quinta.org/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=10089 and click on “Brochurs is available HERE”.   A permit sticker for approved carts looks like THIS:

Approved carts will have this sticker, be driven by licensed drivers (over 16), and obeying all of the California laws for automobiles.  There will be no 4-seater carts, nor back-facing seats, and they will be operated on the approved streets (not Montezuma, Eisenhower, Bermudas or Tecate).  Consult your map carefully, as there IS a route to get you into the Village.  If you see what appears to be an ILLEGAL CART, contact the police, not City Hall. 

Having carts on our streets will be a challenge to automobile and truck drivers, so be careful.  Carts will do a lot to diminish the use of gasoline, and provide a fun means of transportation around our beautiful Cove.

Museum Manager, Johanna Wickman, tells about the “family circus” and how they influenced PT Barnam and other large three-ring circuses.