April 2016 La Mesa Blog Posts (8)

WHAT A DISH !  is moving on…

After three years in La Mesa Village, “What A Dish!” Dinnerware They’ll Talk About, is closing up and moving on into the sunset.  It has been quite a learning experience and a lot of fun too!  For those readers who don’t know about my small shop on La Mesa Boulevard’s west end, ‘What A Dish!” is/was a dinnerware, home décor and garden shop who specialized in Fiesta Dinnerware.  Sorry I missed you!

It is bitter sweet, in a way, watching a…

Senior Health Fair Set For Friday

LA MESA -- The 17th annual East County Senior Health Fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Friday, April 29, at Sonrise Community Church, 8805 Magnolia Ave. in Santee. Admission is free. No advance registration is necessary. The City of La Mesa and the Grossmont Healthcare District are among the event sponsors. For event information, phone the La Mesa Adult Enrichment…

 May Day Is Lei Day

Don Blanding, Hawaii’s “poet laureate” had a great idea, one that led to the creation of a new holiday, Lei Day.  Held annually on May 1, Lei Day celebrates the making and wearing of the traditional lei fashioned from  flowers, shells, nuts, leaves, or feathers.  Thus the…

Organ And Tissue Donors Needed

GENEVA -- In honor of National Donate Life Month in April, the Grossmont Healthcare District’s Dr. William C. Herrick Community Health Care Library, 9001 Wakarusa St. in La Mesa, will host “Dispelling Myths About Organ and Tissue Donation,” a free…

Opera-Kadabra!

A Night of Music, Magic and Auction Fun:

Benefitting Camperships for Children, 2016

5:30pm, Saturday, May 14, 2016

Solos and sleight of hand…

“Presto!” and Il Trovatore…

“Abracadabra!” and Don…

Banker Walking For MS Fight

LA MESA -- San Diego Country Credit Union, San Diego’s largest locally-owned financial institution with three local East County branches in El Cajon, La Mesa and Santee, is returning as the title sponsor of two National Multiple Sclerosis Society Walk MS…

Boys & Girls Club Turns To Sun

LA MESA -- The Boys and Girls Clubs of East County (BGCEC) has announced installation of a solar power system has been completed at its Santee clubhouse, 8820 Tamberly Way. San Diego-based Empowered Energy Solutions said its solar system costing $184,000 to…

Racial Justice in San Diego:  A Discussion Series

“Do Justice, Love Mercy, Walk Humbly with God”

Presented by the Partnership for Racial Justice

In 2015 the Partnership for Racial Justice presented a widely attended series of Sacred Conversations on Race.  In 2016, continuing and expanding the conversation, they are pleased to offer four new…