The Latest Flash for September 14-20, 2009

The next Mira Mesa Town Council general membership meeting will be held on September 14, 2009 at the Mira Mesa library at 7p.m. Note that this is the second Monday in September since the first Monday fell on Labor Day. State Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher is scheduled to be the guest speaker. Also, our former school board representative Mitz Lee will give a presentation on her nonprofit group Alliance for Quality Education. This should be a highly informative meeting, and all Mira Mesa residents are urged to attend.

The Mira Mesa Community Planning Group will hold a meeting Tuesday, September 15, 2009 at the Woods Mobile Home Park located at 10770 Black Mountain road at 6:00 p.m. This will be a “working” meeting. From the input given by the community over the last 5 months, and the suggestions submitted via e-mail, several proposed mitigation plans were developed. Attendees at this month’s meeting will have the opportunity to view these plans and to vote on the order of preference (1st choice, 2nd choice, etc.).

The Mira Mesa Chamber of Commerce will hold their monthly Meeting/Mixer at Ashoka the Great on Tuesday, September 15 at 6:00 p.m. Sandy Smith from RC Realty (formerly  Red Carpet Realty) will be the featured Member Spotlight Speaker. We will also discuss our participation in the Mira Mesa Street Fair, and sign up members to run the Mira Mesa Farmers Market Booth for September and October.

Make sure to mark your calendars for the Mira Mesa Street Fair that will take place Saturday, September 26 from 10:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. There will be carnival rides, games, food, music, entertainment, and lots of community businesses and non-profit organizations participating in this year’s events. Best of all, it is free to the public! Of course there are plenty of opportunities to purchase food, goods, rides and services from the vendors, so bring your wallet with you and have a great day in the sun!

The Rescue House and PETCO host an Adoption Fair the Third Saturday each month from 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. at the Mira Mesa PETCO. Adoption Counselors are on hand, and in some cases you may take your adoptive cat home the same day. For more information, and to download the adoption application, visit the Rescue House website. PETCO is located at 8290 Mira Mesa Blvd.

October is just around the corner, and that means  construction has begun on the Monster Manor taking place in the Target Shopping Center Parking Lot. Voted best Haunted House in San Diego by the Union Tribune voters, the success of the Monster Manor can be associated with the Mira Mesa Theatre Guild and their dedicated group of volunteers. Each year  these talented individuals create the unique rooms and mazes that make up the Monster Manor, and they teach and train the volunteer theatrical cast that roam the halls during the month of October to the delight of thousands of patrons.

If you want to volunteer, or purchase tickets for your non-profit group through their Share the Wealth fundraiser, please use this link to the Mira Mesa Theatre Guild’s website. Although the Monster Manor is designed for ages 13 and older due to the scary nature of the event, they also run a child friendly version called Lite Frite on weekend days as a non-scary alternative that is family friendly. The theme this year is a Peter Pan themed “The Search for the Shadow. If you have little ones under 13, this is the only haunted house for them in San Diego, and it is awesome. We’ll see you under the big tent in October.