Support 4th of July Fireworks at Casino Night on March 12th

“Casino Night”, the annual fundraiser to support the Mira Mesa Community 4th of July, returns this year with the theme “Mardi Gras”.  Casino Night is scheduled for Friday, March 12, beginning at 5 p.m. The Country Inn and Suites, 5975 Lusk Blvd., will again be the site of this fun-filled fund-raiser.

This year, Casino Night will get a boost from the Mira Mesa Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber is committed to supporting the Mira Mesa Community, and the annual 4th of July event is one of Mira Mesa’s most popular community events. The event is also an excellent chance for Mira Mesa businesses to say “thank you” to their employees and clients, by sponsoring a game table or auction item.

Businesses and individuals interested in sponsoring game tables can download a sponsorship form from the Mira Mesa Town Council website. Additionally, auction items are being sought for Casino Night and donors will receive tickets to the event. Donation forms are also available at the MMTC website.

For additional information, or to sponsor a table or donate an auction item, contact Bonnie Apple at 858-784-3676 or Bonnie.Apple@expresspros.com, or Sandy Smith at 858-361-5229 or sandysmt@san.rr.com.

Mira Mesa Farmer’s Market is Back!

After a couple month winter hiatus, the Mira Mesa Farmer’s Market is back open and ready for business.

If you are looking for some farm fresh vegetables, fruits, flowers, specialty foods, farm fresh eggs, fish, baked goods, cheeses, olive oils, honey, jams and jellies, arts & crafts, boutique items, clothing, accessories, and more… then make sure you stop by each week.

The Market is open every Tuesday from 3-6pm and I believe it will be staying open until 7 with the next time change.

It is located right in front of Mira Mesa High School at the corner of Mira Mesa Blvd. and Reagan Rd.

Sandy Smith – Mira Mesa 2009 Volunteer of the Year

We would like to congratulate Sandy Smith for being the 2009 Volunteer of the Year in Mira Mesa. Sandy has been a very active volunteer in the community for many years now, and this annual award is very well deserved.

She is the current chairperson (last year as well) of the 4th of July Committee and has been a very active member for several years. You would think that that alone would be enough volunteer work for one person, as it takes a ton of effort to put on events to raise money and organize the festivities of the 4th of July, but she does that and so much more.

I could go on and on about the different groups and committees she is on and been on, so instead… I will just list the groups she has been a member of over the years. She is still active in many of these groups and is serving on the board of some as well. I am sure I probably missed a few, but you’ll see why she is so deserving of being the Mira Mesa Volunteer of the Year for 2009…

Mira Mesa Town Council
Mira Mesa Chamber of Commerce
Mira Mesa HEROES
Mira Mesa Theater Guild
Stakeholders Committee
Kiwanis
NEC
Mira Mesa High School Business Partnership Council
Mira Mesa Community Planning Group
Hillery DAR Subcommittee

CONGRATULATIONS SANDY… Keep up the GREAT WORK!

Don’t Miss Breakfast with Mrs. Claus!

Mira Mesa Boy Scout Troop 1212 presents Breakfast with Mrs. Claus on Saturday, Dec. 12th at the Souplantation from 9am to 11am. Don’t miss this wonderful annual event.

(See Flyer below for details)

Feed Your Family For Only $30 a Week… Seriously?

We can all use a little help making ends meet, and I just found out about a great way to stretch your grocery dollars through our friend Pastor Darrell from the Christ Community Church. He shared with me a program called The Treasure Box, which provides a box full of food that can feed a family of 4 for almost a  week for only $30. This is a great program which doesn’t have any restrictions in order to participate. You can purchase more than one box per month, and the quality of food is amazing. Here is how the program works:

The Treasure Box provides families and individuals with a substantial box of grocery store quality food retailing between $65-100 for just $30 each. The Treasure Box cultivates relationships with more than 500 major food manufacturers across the country to purchase and provide top quality, nutritious food at sizeable volume discounts to the general public.

Each Treasure Box contains between 21-25 pounds of high quality, frozen foods, including chicken, pork, beef, or seafood, as well as vegetables, fruit, a side dish and a dessert. One Treasure Box is enough food to nutritiously feed a family of four lunch and dinner for almost a week or a senior citizen for nearly a month.

Wonder what you get for only $30? Here is an example of the November Treasure Box:
•    3-3.5 lbs. Whole Chicken
•    2 lbs. Boneless Ham Slices
•    2 lbs. Turkey & Pork Breakfast Sausage Links
•    1.625 lbs. Old Fashioned Beef Meatloaf
•    1 lb. Ground Turkey
•    40 oz. Macaroni & Cheese
•    1 pkg. Orange Clove Glaze
•    1.4 lbs. Hash Brown Patties
•    1 lb. Frozen Peas
•    1 lb. Frozen Green Beans
•    1 lb. Frozen Corn
•    1 lb. Buttermilk Biscuit Mix
•    1 each Dessert

That is a lot of food for only $30! To participate, you can contact The Treasure Box through their website and pay with a credit card, or from the Christ Community Church (cash/check) or from Walker Elementary PTA (cash/check). This is an amazing organization and program that can benefit anyone in our community, whether they are in a financial hardship or not. When people come to pick up their Treasure Box each month, you can see the smiles on their faces and know this program is working.

Orders can be made each month, as there is only one delivery made each month. There is a cut-off date for the current month, and for the November 21st shipment, the cut-off date is November 8. Don’t delay and miss out on such a great deal. They also have a Holiday Treasure Box available that features a whole turkey and all the fixings!

For more details, please visit the website at www.thetreasurebox.org, or you can contact Pastor Darrell M. Dunlap at Christ Community Church by: email, telephone: (858) 549-2479 or online: www.gotoChrist.com.

Local On-ramp will be closed Thursday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Please be advised that the southbound Interstate 15 (I-15) on-ramp from westbound Miramar Road/Pomerado Road will be closed Thursday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Motorists traveling to I-15 south from westbound Pomerado Road will be detoured south on Kearny Villa Road to east on Miramar Way onto southbound I-15. Detour signs will be posted to direct motorists. This daytime ramp closure will allow construction crews to pave the on-ramp and prepare for the signal coordination project at Pomerado Road.  If you have any questions regarding this closure or construction on I-15, please feel free to contact me at 858-668-3368.

Sincerely,
Antoinette Meier
Public Information Officer
I-15 Express Lanes Project
858-668-3368 office
858-688-1445 mobile

For construction updates, questions and road closure information, log-on to www.KeepSanDiegoMoving.com or call the Interstate 15 Project Information Hotline at 866-890-1397

The Grand Opening of Dance & Company, Performing Arts Studio

The Grand Opening of Dance & Company, Performing Arts Studio begins Monday July 27th. We will be open from 10am until 8pm, for this week only to answer any questions, or for pre-registration, and viewing the studio spaces. Please visit our website at www.danceandcompany.com to view our class schedules, and for all other information regarding Grand Opening Week.

We will be offering free classes the entire week of July 27-August 1, so feel free to come and try any and every class you’d like! Mention this add, and also receive $10 off your membership fee. For any other questions, feel free to email us at inquiries@danceandcompany.net. We look forward to seeing you there!

Used Tire Recycling Event at Mira Mesa High School

Do you have some old tire laying around your garage that you want to get rid of? Well your in luck. On Saturday, June 20th… from 9am – 2pm you can bring your old tires to Mira Mesa High School and have them recycled for FREE. That’s much easier than hauling them down to the dump! So mark the day on your calendar and make it a point to bring those old tires down. Make sure to let your neighbors know as well.

This Event is Funded by the Development Services Department Solid Waste Local Enforcement Agency (LEA) Funded by the City of San Diego and a grant from the California Integrated Waste Management Board. ZERO WASTE—You Make It HAPPEN!

You can view their flyer by Clicking Here.

Customer Appreciation Day at the Mira Mesa Extreme Pita

Do you want to eat some great tasting healthy food and save some money at the same time? Well you can this Thursday, May 7th at the Mira Mesa EXTREME Pita in the Mira Mesa Mall. They are celebrating their Customer Appreciation Day and will be offering many different flavors of their 6” pitas for ONLY $3.00 each, from 10am – 9pm. Flavors to include Grilled Chicken, Gyro, Veggie, Maple Dijon, Mandarin Chicken, Buffalo Chicken, Tuna, Turkey, Ham or Meatball.

So make your lunch and/or dinner plans to grab at least one of those terrific pitas. I know that’s where we will be going to lunch on Thursday. Hopefully we will see you there!

Miramar will be Conducting Night Time Training this Mon – Thur

The Miramar Community Plans and Liaison Office wishes to alert you that MCAS Miramar will be conducting the following night time training operations this week:

From April 6th through April 9th, there will be standard fixed-wing operations using the Field Carrier Landing Practice (FCLP) flight pattern from 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm.

Helicopters will be transiting to and from the site. However, weather conditions could propagate aircraft noise and you may experience varying degrees of noise and vibration within adjacent communities.

If you could please notify other members of the community, the CP&L Office would be most appreciative. Thank you all for your understanding and if you have any questions, please feel free to contact our office.

Juan Lias
MCAS Miramar CP&L Office
Community Planner
(858) 577-6603

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