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Seeds at City Farmers Market
Stop by San Diego City College every Tuesday between 9:30-11:00a and shop for organic produce grown Downtown.
Organic produce currently growing: tomatoes, sunflowers, salad greens, walking stick kale, dandelion greens, chicory greens, brussel sprouts, bok choy, garlic, carrots, bush beans, pole beans, zucchini, yellow crook neck squash, fava beans. Planted for future harvest are artichokes, wheat, grapes, raspberries, blueberries, and corn.
The farm is constantly changing. Stop by each week and enjoy something new and delicious!
For more information, go to Seeds at City.
Downtowner Manny Cepeda Makes Beautiful Music
Downtowners Manny Cepeda has been called “El Salsero Clasico” (the classic salsa performer) of San Diego.
He’s much more than just a performer who plays the genre of Salsa music; Manny is an accomplished composer with a wide range of musical styles to his name. He writes lyrics, creates music, makes his own arrangements and is an accomplished Latin Percussionist and all around drummer.
Shortly after retirement, Manny Cepeda became an adjunct professor of music in Grossmont College. He teaches a class in Afro-Cuban/Caribbean Percussion.
He is number 2 on ReverbNation Latin charts! Congratulations to Manny!
Single to Soulmate by Becky S. Wissbaum-Harmer
During her many years of being a single mother of two children while working full-time in corporate America, Becky S. Wissbaum-Harmer gained great insight into the many issues facing women in the dating arena.
In her honest and straightforward new book, Single to Soulmate, she shares with readers her experiences in the dating scene, the mistakes made, and the lessons learned.
Becky’s book is a fun read about the life of a single woman and her quest for a soulmate.
Becky and I go back to 1986 when we both were closing commercial escrow in Portland. We reunited, quite by accident when a friend of hers from Portland walked into the Downtown Information Center asking if I knew where he could find Becky Wissbaum. "Becky Wissbaum?!!" I incredulously asked. I discovered she indeed lived in San Diego, and was currently on her honeymoon.
Becky and her husband Sherm Harmer lived in CityWalk. Congratulations to my friend Becky!
Local Author Publishes Book
After two award-winning debut novels, Roger L. Conlee returns with his best work yet, the historical novel, The Hindenburg Letter.
An impetuous report for William Randolph Hearst risks his very life to steal into Nazi Germany during World War II in a desperate hope of righting a great wrong committed against his family. Looking over his shoulder every minute, he learns hard lessons about maturity and responsibility that will serve him the rest of his life-however long that might be.
Roger is a resident of Columbia Place and of times can be seen reading in Pantoja Park. Congratulations Roger!
East
Village Community Action
Network
EVCAN is a community group representing East Village’s diverse mix of residents, businesses, and social service agencies.
This network, consisting of various agencies and local residents, meets and discusses the concerns of East Village residents. Their goal is to improve the quality of life in their neighborhood by beautifying East Village through art projects while working on the challenging social issues.
For more information about EVCAN, visit www.evcan.net.
Little
Italy Residents Association
Little Italy Residents Association offers residents the opportunity to get involved with local events, give input on new civic projects.
Congratulations to community leaders on their newly elected positions:
President: Chris Bott
Vice-President: Barbara Benson
Secretary: Kathleen Hallahan
Meeting Outreach and Publicity Chair: Robin Cepeda
For more information about Little Italy Residents Association, visit www.littleitalyresidents.org.
Cortez Neighbors
Cortez Neighbors share thoughts, ideas, and concerns resulting in the creation of action plans to make the Cortez neighborhood a safe, friendly, and an enjoyable place to live.
The neighborhood continues to work on keeping the historic El Cortez from being desecrated by a large new building on the terrace north of the historical structure.
Residents interested in participating in the neighborhood community group, contact Rita Collier at ritacollier@cox.net.
Community Book Clubs
Renaissance Book Club meets the second Tuesday of each month at 7:30p. Interested readers contact Barb Fatheree at 3fsattheren@sbcglobal.net.
Discovery at Cortez Hill Book Club meets the third Monday of each month at 7:00p. Interested readers contact Helen Otis at helenotis@cox.net.
Do you participate in a book club? Would you like to join one?
Downtown
Children
Playgroups and more
For more information on these activities and events, contact Marie or Todd at mail@sd-fun.org, or visit www.sd-fun.org.
• Playgroup for all ages meets Wednesday at 4:00p. All are welcome!
City Toddlers
Connect with babies born in April between 2004 and 2005 and their parents. For more information on these events, contact Nanci at 2004@sd-fun.org.
• City Toddlers meet at 9:00a on Monday.
• City Toddlers meet at 2:00p on Friday.
City Babes
Connect
with babies born between
May 2005 and August
2006 and their parents.
For more information
on these
events, contact
Christine
at 2005@sd-fun.org.
• City Babes meet at 10:00a on Wednesday.
East Village Parents Organization
Coming soon, a morning group of parents and children in the East Village Neighborhood. For more information, contact info@evparents.org.
Cub
Scouts
Cub Scout Pack 15 holds weekly Den meetings at the First Presbyterian Church, 320 Date. Young boys learn crafts, sports, camping, and outdoor activities in a structured environment. For more information, email pack15@hotmail.com.
• Tigers Den (1st) –Tuesday
• Wolves and Bears Den (2nd graders and 3rd graders) – Monday
• Webelos Den (4th and 5th graders) – Thursday
Support
Cortez Hill Family
Center
The YWCA of San Diego is soliciting your help in supporting the Cortez Hill Family Center’s Children’s Therapy Program. This program focuses on providing intensive counseling services to the children residing at the Cortez Hill Family Center, the YWCA’s residential program for homeless families.
In order to ensure that the program is a success, the YWCA is in need of a variety of new supplies, including: therapy games; art supplies, including crayons, markers, construction paper, scissors, glue, paints, clay, pipe cleaners, and popsicle sticks; costumes; books; toys, including dolls, puppets, doctor kits, cars, trucks, play money, animal figures, telephones, action figures, plastic binoculars, sunglasses, and Legos; and storage containers.
If you are interested in donating cash or items to this very worthy cause, please contact Caitlyn McTaggart at (619) 239-0355 ext. 250, or cmctaggart@ywcasandiego.org. - Last update January 2008
Volunteer Your Time, Talent, Money
There are a myriad of opportunities to help improve local life and give back to the place we call home - our Downtown.