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Listen To Your News		Saturday, July 16, 2011		News Archive

New Caribbean at Yucca Valley Music Fest
At tonight’s installment of the Yucca Valley Summer Music Festival, enjoy calypso, soca, and reggae laid down by New Caribbean. The group mixes island sounds with those of the mainland U.S. to create a new music blend, backing vocals with Trinidadian steel pans, keyboard, and bass. The concert starts at 7 pm in the ball field behind the community center, and is free. The weather looks to be perfect, so come out and enjoy a kick-back evening.

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YVTC applicants
Auditions for this year’s second season of “So you want to be a town council member” comes to Yucca Valley this Tuesday, with several familiar faces, and some new aspirants. Managing Editor Tami Roleff lists the hopefuls. Nine Yucca Valley residents have thrown their hats into the ring for Town Council, hoping to be the one appointed to fill the seat vacated when Frank Luckino resigned from the Town Council in June. Of the nine applicants, six had applied for appointment when Chad Mayes resigned in April. They are: Planning Commissioner Michael Alberg; former Planning Commissioner David Cooper; businessman Curt Duffy; former Town Council Member Lori Herbel; former teacher Roger Johnson; and Andy Mueller, vice president of the Palm Desert Chamber of Commerce. First-time applicants include: Michal Alaniz, an information technologies project manager; Yucca valley High School teacher Jeff Drozd; and Planning Commissioner Chairman Robert Lombardo. The applicants will be interviewed by the Town Council at a special meeting to be held at 6:00 Tueday in the Yucca Room of the Community Center.

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DUI checkpoint in 29 Palms
The Sheriff’s Department, acting as the police department of 29 Palms, will be conducting at DUI and Drivers License checkpoint tonight, in an effort to reduce the number of persons killed and injured in alcohol involved crashes. All vehicles may be checked, and drivers who are under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs will be arrested. The message: Drunk Driving – Over the Limit – Under Arrest. If you see a suspected impaired driver, call 911 yourself to report it.

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Stars in the Park
Here in the Morongo Basin, we treasure our night skies, and they’re even better next door in Joshua Tree National Park. Ranger Pam Tripp tells how you can make the most of them.

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Blood Drive in 29P Sunday
Tomorrow, July 17th, you can help save a life. Lifestream is conducting a blood and bone marrow drive at the Palms Baptist Church, 2585 Adobe Road in 29 Palms, from 1 to 4 pm. To sweeten the opportunity, donors will receive a coupon for a complimentary yogurt at Utopia Yogurt in Yucca Valley. Other gifts include discount coupons and admission vouchers for Knott’s Soak City in Palm Springs. Donors also accumulate points that may be redeemed in the online store at www.lstream.org. High school students may enter a drawing for an iPad. To donate blood, you must be at least 15 years old, with signed parental consent required for 15- and 16-year olds. Donors receive a free mini-physical as part of the process. For more information call 1-800-TRY-GIVING.

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Sympodiums
When I taught at Copper Mountain College last year, I was introduced to a technological tool that made a genuine change in the way I taught math. Report Mike Lipsitz describes this exciting computer accessory. Copper Mountain College recently installed state of the art technology Sympodiums in all classrooms. The equipment replaces the traditional marker board with a computer screen and enables professors to write or draw in digital ink and project the image on a screen visible to students. The computer, document camera and DVD/VCR player are concealed in a wood cabinet at the front of classrooms. A touch screen monitor and software allow the instructor to write on the screen and save lectures in PDF format which can be uploaded to the class’s’ blackboard shell affording student access. Instructors now have the option to prepare electronic notes off site and have them available for class. Professors can incorporate video clips and anything that can be downloaded from the internet. “Today's students are totally plugged into technology - even social media has a place in the classroom, and the use of Sympodiums makes this very easy to accomplish in the classroom setting,” notes Cheryl Munsey, interim VP for Academic Affairs at CMC. For Z107.7 News, this is assignment reporter Mike Lipsitz.

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