40 ~ Sunday, January 26, 1992 —- North Shore News OPTIONS FOR VOLUNTEERS THE FOLLOWING is a selection of many volunteer opportunities available through North Shore Community Services (NSCS). A SOCIABLE woman who en- joys seniors is needed to assist with the mobile gift cart in a private hospital. The volunteer will sell fruit, cookies and gift items to residents who are unable to leave the facility. The hours are from 10 a.m. to noon on Wed- nesdays. MUSICIANS AND entertainers are invited to join a group of entertainers called the Silver Stars. This group of seniors entertains at Silver Harbour Centre and other care facilities. Musicians, skit writers and costume assistants are needed and practice sessions are from 1t a.m. to noon on Tues- days. Performance times are flex- ible. A RELIABLE office worker with computer skills and a good telephone manner is wanted to book appointments, answer phones and type reports at a crisis intervention office. The volunteer will work four hours per week. Orientation is provided. AN ART gallery is having a silent auction on Saturday, April 11 and people are needed to draw signs, posters and bid sheets either manually or with desktop publishing. Aa experienced auc- tioneer is also needed. Tramway climbs to wilderness park From page 36 Don’t be too proud to talk to her; you'll come away with a lot more than a souvenir scorpion sealed in resin for a paperweight. A visit to The Living Desert will also prepare you for a day trip to Joshua Tree National Monument park, an hour’s drive east of the Palm-Springs Indio corridor on Route 62 to the northern en- trances at Joshua Tree and Twen- tynine Palms, or via Interstate 10 to the back door at Cottonwood Springs. A leisurely 50-mile drive through the park, with frequent stops at well-marked roadside ex- hibits like the bizarre Cholla ‘(choy-ah) ‘‘deserts’’; the low stark hills of the hotter Colorado Desert and the cooler ‘high’? Mojave Desert with its twisted Joshua Trees and wildly eroded rock formations. Here, the shortest stroll from your car, and the briefest silence and stiliness are rewarded; small lizards dart from one shade-patch to another, birds whistle from the ' seemingly lifeless hills, tiny bur- rows appear in the sand, coyote and fox: tracks materialize in every dry wash. There is life everywhere; the mind-draining emptiness is an il- lusion, the ultimate protective camouflage. After Joshua Tree, if you've really had enough desert, a totally different environment is a mere 14 minutes and 6,000 vertical feet from Palm Springs. The Palm Springs Aerial Tramway climbs twice as high as the Grouse Mountain Skyride, from 2,643 ft. at the Valley Sta- tion to 8,516 ft. into the 13,000- acre San Jacinto Wilderness State Park. The ride up offers not only a nosebleed-induciag panorama of the valiey, but a knee-weakening view of the canyons and crags surmounted during the building of the tram, finally opened in 1963. Mountaineers will salivate over the rock formazions; everyone else will take a tighter grip on theic companions, or total strangers. At the top, walking trails permit enjoyment of the view with the security of terra firma underfoot. The temperature in this magnificent pine forest averages 30°F cooler than the valley, so take a sweater. Between Nov. 15 and April 15, yon may even be able to add cross-country skiing to golf, ten- nis and swimming, snow permit- ting. - If there’s no snow, there are 54 miles of hiking trails, including a route that ends in the idyilic alpine community appropriately named Idyllwild. Over breakfast in the Idyllwild Cafe, | ecavesdropped on a hiker who'd just completed the trail; his thapsodic commentary nearly drove me to melt the Visa card and head for the hills, regardless of inconvenient logistics. Idyllwild, Lake Hemet and the Garner Valiey, where thorough- bred horses are raised, can also be reached by taking an only slightly more prosaic drive up Route 74 out of Paim Desert. Stop at the viewpoints on the way up; mated pairs of hawks conduct aerial patrols of the can- yons virtually at eye-level and the drive, emerging at Banning, com- fortably east of Riverside, makes a great day-trip that will get you back in time for a pre-dinner plunge in the pool. DUCK RACE volunteers are needed to sell tickets at North Shore matls from Saturday, Feb. 8 to Saturday, March 14. There will be a training seminar on Wednes- day, Feb. 5 at Silver Harbour Centre at 7 p.m. The hours are flexible. A MATURE, sensitive woman who has good listening skills and is 25 to 44 years of age is needed to provide guidance to mothers who are in need of positive role I eo models. The volunteer will assist the mothers in developing good parenting skills and self-esteem. MUSICIANS, jugglers and other street performers are re- quired to entertain walkathon par- ticipants along a route during a one-day fundraiser for the Multi- ple Sclerosis Society. The hours are from 8:30 a.m. to noon on Sunday, April 5. If you are interested in volun- teering call 985-7138. PAS SOB CE LEW a SUE NaH ELLE OR GA OSI rhe I tarhesSalal cieatectorterhertortorl Aoarhd ete pea ct ba ame aie Cutz « Company . SALE Hurry — only 6 days left! 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