La Quinta Cove

 The Sahara Mustard plant is growing all over town!  If you see it, pull it.  That seed pod contains dozens of future menacing plants.  Please help by pulling the weed NOW, before it goes to seed.  This will happen fast, and then we would have thousands, no, MILLIONS of new plants next year. H-E-L-P——-

What’s with the orange fencing?  Well, the city is installing a sidewalk (cobblestone) and a small seating area in front of the Community Policing Office.  This Village office is staffed by volunteers and serves as a center for deputies working in the Cove.  The main office is across Highway 111.

In addition, they are redesigning the rear of the building to accommodate additional parking.  You can see it over  the fence from the post office parking lot.  Very interesting….

Our own Eddie Gilreath (Motown Man) was joined by Al Robertson and Dave Hannans to trace black rhythms from Sierra Leon to La Quinta on Friday night.  An enthusiastic crowd enjoyed the stories and songs that remain popular to this day.

Brisk weather didn’t deter nature lovers from trekking across the storm channel to listen to “Stories from the Mountains” told through geology.  Katie Barrows, local naturalist, discussed how our mountains were formed, the effects of water on the evolution of our Cove, and the probable survival of the Cove during THE BIG earthquake.  Here, Katie tells about the aquifer and those disappearing sand dunes.

Paul Hess has recently been assigned the crucial job of helping La Quinta prepare for future emergencies.  He readies not only the City’s Emergency Operations Center, where staff will coordinate activities in the event of an emergency, but he will be helping our neighborhoods get organized also.  Here’s Paul:

Katie Barrows led the group of kids and parents on the Saturday Nature Walk in search of the links of the desert food chain.  Here’s a bit of the introduction, before they started on their trek: 

Don’t forget to shop for your fresh produce, breads, flowers, olive oils and other goodies at our weekly Farmers Market in Old Town from 8:30 – noon.  More great weather, music and meet your neighbors.

First Friday was the occasion to debut the exciting “Jurassic Encounter” exhibit at the LQ Museum on February 4.  This wonderful exhibit is sponsored by the City of La Quinta, the LQ Historical Society, and the La Quinta Museum.  Here are some clips: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tGJTVZVZqc  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaN7GDi2Vrg