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MONDAY, MARCH 16, 1998 The Desert For the record Man found dead Senior lunch menus at Joshua Tree Riverside County Office on Aging Senior Nutrition Program Menu served in Desert Hot Springs and Cathedral City. 341-0401 JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK A park ranger found a dead man inside a van at the southeast edge of the park Sunday, sheriff's deputies said. The name of the 53-year-old man was not available because relatives could not be notified, deputies said. An autopsy is pending, though deputies are treating the case as a homicide. The victim was found by the ranger parked on an aqueduct road about 2:23 p.m.

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DATE FESTIVAL 1998 WINNERS Division: COMM VEGETABLE Class: CILANTRO 1. Frank Capurro Son, Thermal Class: ENDIVE 1. Frank Capurro Son, Thermal Class: KALE 1. Frank Capurro Son, Thermal Class: KALE FLOWERING 1. Frank Capurro Son, Thermal Class: KOHLRABI 3.

Frank Capurro Son, Thermal Class: LEEKS 1. Frank Capurro Son, Thermal Class: LEAF LETTUCE, BUTTER 1. Frank Capurro Son, Thermal 2. Ocean Mist Farms, Coachella Class: LEAF LETTUCE, GREEN 1.00 Mist Farms, Coachella 2. Frank Capurro Son, Thermal Class: LEAF LETTUCE, RED 1.

Frank Capurro Son, Thermal 2. Ocean Mist Farms, Coachella Class: LEAF LETTUCE, ROMAINE 1. Ocean Mist Farms, Coachella 2. Frank Capurro Son, Thermal Class: LEAF LETTUCE, RED ROMAINE 1. Frank Capurro Son, Thermal Class: MUSTARD GREENS 1.

Frank Capurro Son, Thermal Class: ONIONS GREEN 1. Frank Capurro Son, Thermal Class: PARSLEY 1. Frank Capurro Son, Thermal Class: PARSLEY, MASS CURLED 1. Frank Capurro Son, Thermal Class: RADICCHIO 1. Frank Capurro Son, Thermal Class: SPINACH 1.

Frank Capurro Son, Thermal 2. Ocean Mist Farms, Coachella Class: ANY OTHER COMMERCIAL 1. Ocean Mist Farms, Coachella 2. Frank Capurro Son, Thermal 3. Frank Capurro Son, Thermal Division: BREADS Class: DATE BREAD 1.

Lucille Taylor, Palm Springs 2. Ilreath, Thousand Palms 3. Cynthia Lynn Green, Desert Center Class: BANANA BREAD 1. Deborah Gist, Lake Elsinore 2. Wendelee Mc Duffle, La Quinta 3.

Evelina Castaneda, Indio Class: OATMEAL BREAD 1. Patty Cadby, Indio 2. Robert. A. Forqueran, Hemet 3.

Kathy Kerr, Indio Class: PUMPKIN BREAD 1. Virginia Newell, Desert Hot Springs 2. Pauline Speer, Indio 3. Lucille Taylor, Palm Springs Class: ZUCCHINI BREAD 1. Antonio Mendoza, Indio 2.

Evelina Castaneda, Indio 3. Marian Pastemack, Indio Class: OTHER BREADS 1. Rollie Slipich, Cathedral City 2. Pamela Clute, Palm Desert 3. Antonio Mendoza, Indio Division: BISCUITS AND ROLLS Class: CINNAMON ROLLS 1.

Georgia Fish, Palm Desert 2. Ethel G. Cashman, Palm Desert 3. Patty Cadby, Indio Class: YEAST ROLLS 1. Patty Cadby, Indio Class: BRAN MUFFINS 1.

Kathy Kerr, Indio 2. Robert A. Forqueran, Hemet Class: MUFFINS 1. Evelina Castaneda, Indio 2. Pauline Indio 3.

Virginia Newell, Desert Hot Springs Class: BISCUITS 1. Evelina Castaneda, Indio 2. Robert A. Forqueran, Hemet 3. Judy Farris.

Rancho Mirage Class: OTHER BISCUITS ROLLS 1. Robert A. Forqueran, Hemet 2. R. Gene Wilson, Indio 3.

Evelina Castaneda, Indio Division: COOKIES Class: DATE 1. Louise Neeley, Palm Desert 2. Robert A. Forqueran, Hemet 3. Maureen Femandes, San Jacinto Class: BROWNIES 1.

Joan C. Lyman, Indio 2. Pamela Clute. Palm Desert 3. Lucille Taylor, Palm Springs Class: PEANUT BUTTER 2.

Lucille Taylor, Palm Springs 3. Deborah Gist, Lake Elsinore MON. TUES. 3 17 WED 3 MEAT OR ALTERNA- Stuffed Cabbage Grapefruit TIVE (3 oz. cooked, edi- Escalloped chicken and cabbage roll Vegetable lasagna ble portion) noodles (5 oz.) (one each) Whole kernel corn and Baby whole potatoes and Peas and tossed (Two cup servings) spinach baby carrots with dressing 18 THURS 3 19 FRI 3 20 SAT 3 21 Tomatoes Winter mix Swiss Winter mix cheese strata (5 oz.) Meatloaf with brown gravy (5 oz.) Meatloaf sandwich (3 oz.) Honey cornbread Wheat roll Garlic french bread Dinner roll Low fat bran muffin Wheat bread (two pieces) BREAD OR ALTERNATIVE MARGARINE OR Parkay spread Parkay spread Parkay spread BUTTER (1 serving) DESSERT Baked apple with Pumpkin pie Chilled grapefruit (1 cup or 4 oz.) whipped topping MILK (8 oz.) 1 or 2 percent low fat 1 or 2 percent low fat 1 or 2 percent Mizell Senior Center MON.

TUES. 3 17 SALAD Cole slaw Caesar salad ENTREE Oven-baked chicken Beef, macaroni and VEGETABLE SIDE Carrot coins and tater tots Zucchini DESSERT Peaches Butterscotch pudding SOURCE: Riverside County Office on Aging. Mizell Senior Center Class: CHOCOLATE 1. Louise Neeley, Palm Desert 2. Robert A.

Forqueran, Hemet 3. Deborah Gist. Lake Elsinore Class: OATMEAL 1. Patty Cadby, Indio 2. Evelina Castaneda, Indio 3.

Virginia Newell, Desert Hot Springs Class: CHOCOLATE CHIP 1. Cherty Peninger, Palm Desert 2. Pamela Clute. Palm Desert 3. CherylLynn Mingee, Cathedral City Class: RAISIN 1.

Robert A. Forqueran, Hemet 2. Evelina Castaneda, Indio 3. Wendelee Mc Duffie, La Quinta Class: NUT 1. Robert A.

Forqueran, Hemet 2. Louise Neeley, Palm Desert 3. Evelina Castaneda, Indio Class: FILLED 1. Glona Morales. Indio 2.

Ann Bracken, Indio Class: SUGAR 1. Pauline Speer, Indio 2. Robert A. Forqueran, Hemet 3. Louise Neeley, Palm Desert Class: MOLDED PRESSED COOKIES 1.

Deborah Gist. Lake Elsinore 2. Manan Pastemack, Indio 3. Robert A. Forqueran, Hemet Class: ANY OTHER COOKIES 1.

Louise Neeley, Palm Desert 2. Robert Forqueran, Hemet 3. Priscilla Gracia. Sun City Division: LAYER CAKES Class: CARROT 1. Patty Cadby, Indio 2.

Terry O'barion, Palm Springs 3. Pauline Speer, Indio Class: CHOCOLATE 1. Louise Neeley, Palm Desert 2. Wendelee Mc Duffie, La Quinta 3. Kathy Kerr, Indio Class: OTHER LAYER CAKES 1.

Gilberto Facundo Moreno, Coachella 2. Louise Neeley, Palm Desert 3. Robert Forqueran, Hemet Division: LOAF OR 1 LAYER CAKE Class: DATE 1. Robert A. Forqueran, Hemet 2.

Virginia Newell, Desert Hot Springs Class: BUNDT 1. Evelina Castaneda, Indio 2. Ethel G. Cashman, Palm Desert 3. R.

Gene Wilson, Indio Class: CHOCOLATE 1. Pauline Speer, Indio 2. Hideko Sullivan, Indio 3. Robert A. Forqueran, Hemet Class: POUND 1.

Sandra Shimizu, Indio 2. Robert A. Forqueran, Hemet 3. Deborah Gist, Lake Elsinore Class: SPICE OR APPLESAUCE 1. Gilberto Facundo Moreno, Coachella 2.

Evelina Castaneda, Indio 3. Robert A. Forqueran, Hemet Class: OTHER LOAF OR 1 LAYER 1. Frances Woodley, Cathedral City 2. Gina Volz, Cathedral City 3.

Robert A. Forqueran, Hemet Division: PIES Class: LEMON 1.0 Debbie Fullerton, Indio 2. Terry O'banon, Palm Springs 3. Flora: Mendoza, Indio Class: PECAN 1. Virginia Newell, Desert Hot Springs 2.

Manan Pastemack, Indio 3. Georgia Fish, Palm Desert Class: PUMPKIN 1. Louise Neeley, Palm Desert 2. Marian Pastemack, Indio 3. Robert A.

Forqueran, Hemet Class: OTHER 1 CRUST PIE 1. Terry O'barion, Palm Springs 2. R. Gene Wilson. Indio 3.

Debbie Fullerton, Indio Class: APPLE 1. Pauline Speer, Indio 2. Robert A. Hemet Class: OTHER 2 CRUST PIE 1. Tommie Slipich, Cathedral City 2.

Robert A. Forqueran, Hemet Division: CONFECTIONS Class: STUFFED DATES 1. Gloria Morales, Indio 2. Patty Cadby, Indio 3. Virginia Newell, Desert Hot Springs Class: DIVINITY 1.

Robert A. Forqueran, Hemet 2. Deborah Gist, Lake Elsinore Class: PRALINES 1. Terry O'barion, Palm Springs 2. Robert A.

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10. the people they believe killed a 1904. in Superior, to Charles woman and cut off her head inside and Lovetta Boyd Amberson. He her home in an unincorporated area married Marie Crapo on Feb. 18.

near Desert, Hot Springs. 1984. in Poway. The of the woman, believed He was retired from General to be in her 50s. will be withheld Motors Corp.

after 36 years with until her family is notified. An the company as a personnel autopsy is pending. director. Sheriff's deputies made the grisly He was a member of the Masons discovery in the living room of the and Chaparral Country Club. He home in the 13-000 block of Kay had lived in Palm Desert for 10 Road about 1:15 p.m.

Saturday. years. Mr. Amberson is survived by wife. Marie, of Palm Desert; a daughter and a stepson.

Nancy Ryder of Livermore and William Gaskill of Algonquin, five grandchildren: and four greatgrandchildren. He was preceded in death by his first wife. Peg Amberson: and five brothers and sisters. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at St.

Margaret's Episcopal Church in Palm Desert. Burial will be private: The family suggests memorials to St. Margaret's Episcopal Church organ fund, 47-535 Highway 74. Palm Desert, CA 92261. Arrangements are under the direction of FitzHenry Funeral Home in Indio.

Theodore Monk, 88 Theodore Glenn Monk. 88. of Rancho Mirage, died March 14. 1998. at his home.

Mr. Monk was born Sept. 16, 1909, in New York to Abraham and Libby Miller Monk. He married Audrey Lois Zellman, also known as radio singer Audrey Marsh, on June 28, 1936. in New York.

Mr. Monk was a 1930 graduate of New York University, where he received a degree in accounting. He served in the U.S. Navy as a member of the Seabees, including service on Guam during World War II. Following the war, Mr.

Monk worked in the lumber industry. He was president of Square Lumber and Supply Co. in the Bronx, N.Y.. and served as president of the New York and Suburban Lumber and Trade Association. He was a member of the Emanuel Lodge of the Masonic Order in New York.

Mr. Monk was a volunteer with the Bedside Network of the Veteran's Administration Hospital in New York and the Jerry L. Pettis Veteran's Hospital in Loma Linda. He was a longtime resident of Stamford. before moving to Rancho Mirage, where he lived for 12 years.

Mr. Monk is survived by his wife of 62 years, Audrey Marsh Monk; two daughters, Meredith Monk of New York and Tracy Monk Durland of Ojo Sarco, N.M.; a sister and a brother, Marilyn Beckwith of Locust, N.J., and Gilbert F. Monk of Roslyn Heights, N.Y.: and four grandchildren. Services will be at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday in the chapel of the Wiefels and Son Mortuary in Palm Springs.

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Forqueran, Hemet 2. Lyman, Indio 3. Deborah Gist. Lake Elsinore Class: OTHER CONFECTIONS 1. Louise Neeley, Palm Desert 2.

Maureen Femandes. San Jacinto 3. Gina Volz, Cathedral City Class: FOODS SWEEPSTAKES 1. Robert A. Forqueran, Hemet Division: DECORATED CAKES Class: DECORATED CAKES 1.

Virginia Newell. Desert Hot Springs 2. Gilberto Facundo Moreno, Coachella 3. Kimberly Fischer, La Quinta Division: CANNED FRUIT Class: APPLESAUCE 1. Michelle Valliere, Palm Spnngs 2.

Robert A. Forqueran, Hemet 3. Kathy Forqueran, Hemet Class: PEARS 1. Munel Buchan, Desert Hot Spnngs 2. Cindi Hams.

Mumeta Class: PLUMS 1. Lucille Taylor, Palm Spnngs 2. Munel Buchan, Desert Hot Spnngs 3. Robert A. Forqueran.

Hemet Class: PEACHES 1. Munel Buchan, Desert Hot Springs 2. Robert A. Forqueran, Hemet Class: OTHER CANNED FRUIT 1. Lucille Taylor, Palm Spnngs 2.

Robert A. Forqueran, Hemet 3. Kathy Forqueran, Hemet Division: CANNED VEGETABLES Class: TOMATOES 1. Maureen Femandes, San Jacinto 2. Muriel Buchan, Desert Hot Spnngs 3.

Ann Bracken, Indio Class: GREEN BEANS 1. Muriel Buchan, Desert Hot Springs Class: CARROTS 1. Muriel Buchan, Desert Hot Spnngs 2. Gwen Mc Crea, Cathedral City 3. Robert A.

Forqueran, He'met Class: PEAS 1. Robert A. Forqueran, Hemet 2. Munel Buchan, Desert Hot Springs Class: OTHER 1. Kathy Forqueran, Hemet 2.

Munel Buchan, Desert Hot Springs 3. Robert A. Forqueran, Hemet Division: PICKLE AND RELISHES Class: ANY VEGETABLE PICKLES 1. Jane Pinter, Palm Springs 2. Robert A.

Forqueran, Hemet 3. Muriel Buchan, Desert Hot Springs Class: ANY FRUIT PICKLES 1. Lucille Taylor. Palm Springs 2. Muriel Buchan, Desert Hot Springs 3.

Charles Hardesty, Indio Class: BARBECUE SAUCE 1. Robert A. Forqueran, Hemet 2. Kathy Kerr. Indio 3.

Kathy Forqueran, Hemet Class: TOMATO CHILI SAUCE 1. Lucille Taylor, Palm Spnngs 2. Robert A. Forqueran, Hemet 3. Muriel Buchan, Desert Hot Springs Class: ZUCCHINI RELISH 1.

Robert A. Forqueran, Hemet 2. Kathy Forqueran, Hemet 3. Kathy Kerr, Indio Class: OTHER-PICKLES RELISH 1. Kathy Forqueran, Hemet 2.

Lucille Taylor, Palm Springs 3. Ann Bracken. Indio Division: JAMS Class: APRICOT 1. Maureen Femandes, San Jacinto 2. Shelly Thacker, Desert Hot Springs 3.

Jamie Lee Pricer, Palm Springs Class: APRICOT COMBINATIONS 1. Robert A. Forqueran, Hemet 2. Joan C. Lyman, Indio Class: BOYSENBERRY 1.

Robert A. Forqueran, Hemet 2. Kathy Kerr, Indio 3. Joan C. Lyman, Indio Class: FIG 1.

Robert A. Forqueran, Hemet 2. Lucille Taylor, Palm Springs 3. Charles Hardesty, Indio Class: NECTARINE 1. Celerina S.

Lopez, Banning 2. Lucille Taylor, Palm Springs Class: PEACH 1. Celerina S. Lopez, Banning 2. Alyce Tovar, Palm Springs Class: PLUM 1.

Celerina S. Lopez, Banning 2. Cindi Harris. Mumeta 3. Lucille Taylor, Palm Springs Class: RASPBERRY 2.

Kathy Kerr. Indio Champs: More his Boy, 2, critical after drug overdose TWENTYNINE PALMS A 2. year -old boy continues to recover from a methamphetamine overdose, San Bernardino County Sheriff's deputies said. The boy was in critical condition at Loma Linda University Children's Hospital, a nursing supervisor said. The boy's twin brother was taken into custody by child protective services.

The boys' mother, Jean Barragan, 30. was booked into Morongo Basin Jail in Joshua Tree on susprcion of child abuse. child endanger- SUN 3 22 Grapefruit Frozen pre-plates to all HDMs (one each) Bread (one piece) Parkay spread Chilled grapefruit 1 or 2 percent low fat Palm Springs. Information: 323-8689 FRI 20 Tossed salad Country beef stew Green beans Sugar cookies (two) The Desert far decapitated; for suspects The deputies were led to the home by two construction workers who found the front door open and a foul odor coming from inside. The body was badly decomposed." said sheriff's Sgt.

Craig Kilday Authorities estimate that the woman has been dead for more than two weeks. Deputies said they had no motive or suspects on Sunday Neighbor Joel Poston said he did not see anything suspicious. 'Now W. it's a matter of finding out what happened." he said 'ment and possession of a controlled substance. deputies said Bail IS $51.350.

Deputies arrested the mother Saturday after arriving at the Hi Desert Medical Center to investigate 3 child's overdose of methemphetamine. Inside the family home in the 73- 700 block of Raymond Drive, deputies also seized a small amount of methamphetamine and drug paraphenalia. It's unclear how the child got the methamphetamine. Go ahead. Make their day.

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