Change in Council Meeting Schedule
Beginning with its May 24th session, the Cathedral City Council Meeting
will open at 3 p.m. for Roll and then immediately adjourn to Closed Session.
The Council then plans to start its Study Session at 5:30 p.m. The Regular
Meeting remains unchanged, begining at 6:30 p.m.
Silent Auction and Free
Concert!
Support the Cathedral City High School Bands by attending their annual
Silent Auction and Free Concert. The event begins at 5:30 p.m., May 25th in
the High School Theatre. Silent auction items are located in the hallway
adjacent to the Theatre. In addition to rousing music, there will be seven
raffles as well as many unique donated items for the silent auction.
Proceeds go to support the bands’ activities including this year’s
participation in the State Street Thanksgiving Parade in Chicago.
Bon
Appétit
Mad French Lady Gourmet Food opened this week – the latest new shop to
open in Pickfair Plaza. The shop features enticing sandwiches and salads
with a French twist – perfect for a picnic, for example, in a shady corner
of Town Square. Specialty food items such as chocolates, cheeses, oils to
preserves are also available. Be tres chic and check it out.
Students
Honored With Street Names
Each year Cathedral City High Schools each honor students who demonstrate
academic and leadership achievement by naming a street after them. This
year’s honorees are Ulysses Rosas from Cathedral City High School, Danielle
Chesterman from Calvary Christian High School, and Diana Raya from Mt. San
Jacinto High School. The honor events will be held Thursday June 1st as
follows:
8:00 a.m.
(Cathedral City High School ~ corner of Date Palm & Dave Kelley)
9:30 a.m.
(Calvary Christian High School ~ corner of Dinah Shore & Wishing Well)
11:00 a.m.
(Mt. San Jacinto High School ~ corner of Landau & McCallum)
Gentle Reminders of Upcoming Events
The Cathedral City Planning Department is holding a public workshop
meeting on Tuesday, May 23rd in the Study Session Room at City Hall to get
input from local businesses as it updates the City’s sign ordinance. Please
RSVP to Nancy Greene at 770-0370.
The Joffrey Ballet Project is coming to
Cathedral City. Come see local students from Cathedral City and Palm
Springs’ Boys & Girls Cubs dance the “Boot Dance”, and Pierre Lockett and
Cameron Basden of the Joffrey Ballet dance a Pas de Deaux. The event is
sponsored by the Cathedral City Public Arts Commission and will be held
Sunday, May 21st from 4:15 – 5:00 p.m. in at Cathedral City High School.
Burger and Onion Rings, Please
An application was received by Cathedral City Planning for a 1,718 square
foot Sonic Burger restaurant on the west side of Date Palm between 30th and
McCallum. Sonic Burger is new to the Valley and soon you’ll be able to get
their burgers and delicious onion rings just like they do in Las Vegas.
Chill!
As the weather warms up, why not glide in to the Ice Garden ice skating
rink at 68307 East Date Palm Canyon Drive. You can practice just keeping
your balance or perfect your triple Lutz – all in cool comfort.
County Press Conference
The Riverside County District Attorney’s Office along with the Riverside
County Sheriff’s Department, the Riverside County Probaation Department and
Supervisor Jeff Stone is proposing a multi-agency Sexual Predator Team to
combat sex offenders throughout Riverside County. The California Department
of Justice is also a partner in this program. The new task force will be
announced at a press conference on May 25, 2000 at 9:00 a.m. at the
Riverside Historic Courthouse.
A Proverbial Shred-a-thon
Last Saturday’s Shredding Event was a big success. The event took place
outside of the IMAX Theatre and was part of Cathedral City’s Stop Identity
Theft program organized by Deanna Pressgrove in the City’s Environmental
Conservation office. People, bringing their materials for shredding were
lined up from the IMAX Theatre all the way to the Aveda Hi-Lites Salon. The
shredding truck was completely filled – roughly equivalent to filling fifty
96-gallon recycling containers.
Do Your Duty
Primary elections throughout California will be held on Tuesday, June
6th. Mark your calendars and Vote.
There’s No Place Like Home
Habitat for Humanity of the Coachella Valley will dedicate two homes this
Saturday, May 20th at 10:00 a.m. The homes are located at 32395 & 32399
Canyon Vista in Cathedral City. Habitat for Humanity's sole mission is to
build decent, affordable housing for those in need. Since the inception of
the affiliate in Coachella Valley, Habitat for Humanity has built 20 houses
for local area needy families in: Palm Desert, Cathedral City, Coachella and
Desert Hot Springs. The Cathedral City Redevelopment Agency provided the
land for the two homes, as it has for about eight other Habitat for Humanity
projects in the City. The homes were built by volunteers. The Arreola and
Osborn families, who will be living in the houses, have spent the past six
months working together on constructing their new homes, as well.
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