Dream Homes Sewer Project Begins December 4th!!!
A public meeting will be held on
Wednesday, November 29th at 6:00 p.m. in the Agua Caliente Elementary School
Cafeteria to update the neighborhood on the upcoming phases of this much
anticipated project. Representatives from the City, Desert Water Agency, and
Choctaw will be present to answer any questions. This is a big step forward
for the Dream Homes neighborhood!
Watch the Soccer Park
Progress
If you are interested in seeing the
progress being made on the new soccer park, visit http://www.cathedralcity.gov/soccer/soccerSS/index.html
to see a slideshow of the latest activities. The site will be updated as
work continues.
Cathedral Fest/Tree
Lighting Shapes Up
The annual Tree Lighting and Cathedral
Fest will be held Saturday, December 9th from 3:30 p.m. until dusk. In
addition to Ice Carving the event will be filled with music and dance and
high spirits with the Cathedral City Elementary School Choir, Cathedral City
High School Choir, Buddy Rogers Youth Symphony Orchestra and Motions Dance
Studio. The Cathedral City Fire Department will be handing out candy canes.
Weekend Reminders
Electronic Waste
The Electronic Waste Collection Event will
be Saturday, November 18, 2006 from 9:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. at the Lowe’s
Home Improvement Center in Palm Springs (5201 E. Ramon Road) in the parking
lot in front of the center. The Event is open to residents and businesses in
Cathedral City and Palm Springs.
Bring in old computers, monitors,
keyboards, printers, televisions, microwaves, cell phones, telephones,
answering machines and fax machines. No other materials for recycling will
be accepted.
If you are are a business and planning to
bring in more than one load of electronics to the event, please contact the
city (Cathedral City or Palm Springs) to schedule a personal pick up.
Cathedral City Businesses and Residents
contact:
760-770-0369 ·
www.cathedralcity.gov/Recycle/recyle.htm.
Palm Springs Businesses and Residents
contact:
760-323-8263 ·www.ci.palm-springs.ca.us.
Dedication of Buddy
Rogers Sculpture
Be sure to come an see the unveiling and
dedication of the new Buddy Rogers sculpture at Town Square this Sunday
November 19th at the corner of Buddy Rogers Ave and Pickfair at 2pm. The
public is invited.
Mr. Rogers was a star of stage and screen,
a big band leader, and philanthropist. Buddy Rogers was under contract with
Paramount Studios over 70 years, and was married to Mary Pickford until her
death in 1979.
He was a long-time supporter of Cathedral
City with his second wife, Beverly, until his death in 1999. Mr. and Mrs.
Rogers were instrumental in naming the Mary Pickford Theatre.
The sculpture was designed in 1997 by the
late actor and friend George Montgomery. Beverly Rogers commissioned the
George Montgomery Foundation to create the 9ft. 6 in. bronze piece for the
Town Square. Mrs. Rogers has gifted the sculpture to the City of Cathedral
City at a value of $150,000, and, underwritten the installation costs.
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