Yep, I said rad. Some of our Fire Mountain locals helped plan the new MLK skatepark (as well as the two others going in at a later date) and we are psyched to have a new spot for the young-uns (and old dudes) to shred.
Oceanside is starting to plan for the future of our young people and we all appreciate that. Let’s keep it rolling!
Eternal Hills held an informative meeting October 29th, to update on their progress and the beginning of the grading and expansion. Chuck Lowry was on hand at the Eternal HIlls expansion meeting to give a report:
A small group of residents, primarily those who live on Fire Mountain
Drive, attended the meeting. Mayor Wood was also present as were representatives of Eternal Hillsand Tait Consulting (the Civil Engineers) and Clarke and Green Associates (the Landscape architects) A rendering depicting the initial area to be graded was on display… Continue reading
Eternal Hills is preparing to commence grading the first phase of the planned expansion. A neighborhood information meeting will be held Wednesday, October 29, 2008 at 6pm in the Eternal HIlls offices at 1999 El Camino Real in Oceanside.
Attached is a bit more info and their notification of property owners within 300 feet of their project.
(Click on the image below to see the full document)
North County San Diego residents who already have a 760 area code will be able to keep that number and new phone numbers will use a 442 overlay. Yay!
A big round of applause goes out to Scott Chatfield, who organized opposition to the area code split on the Web site www.keep760.org.
After a public outcry from North County San Diego, Judge Maribeth Bushey supported a graphic overlay plan instead of changing the 760 area code to 442.
For the full story check out the Story in the Union Tribune
For even more detailed info, check out the Keep760.org site
In the latest issue of Oceanside Magazine it was reported that Oceanside was rated #27 best places to live by Best Life Magazine.
Of course we think Fire Mountain is the best spot in Oceanside, but we’ll keep that our little secret.
The national conventions are finally behind us which serves as a reminder that November 4th is only eight weeks away. We’ll be bombarded by news of the national candidates and their political ads even though most of us have probably made up our minds who to vote for already. But what about the local candidates? Our local leaders make important decisions that have immediate impact on our daily lives. They make major and minor decisions that affect all of us and ultimately shape the communities in which we live. It’s time to do your homework and learn about our local candidates’ positions so you can be an informed voter on both the national and local levels.
Your neighborhood associations have gotten together to arrange for you to meet the candidates and ask questions so that you can become an informed voter. Please reserve Tuesday evening, September 16th for this important event. You’ll have the chance to meet and question eight candidates for City Council and Mayoral races. Please plan to arrive at 6:30 to allow time to submit your questions to the candidates. Refreshments will be available. The 2008 Candidates’ Forum will begin at 7:00PM.
WHEN: Tuesday, September 16, 2008
WHERE: St. Mary’s School Auditorium
515 Wisconsin Avenue, Oceanside
WHO: Come hear all candidates for City Council and Mayoral positions present their platforms
AGENDA: 6:30 p.m. Welcome, sign-in
Snacks and Refreshments
Question submission*
7:00 p.m. City Council Candidates (8)
8:30 p.m. Mayoral Candidates (2)
9:00 p.m. Adjournment
* Index cards will be available for the audience to submit written questions for all candidates beginning at 6:30 p.m. Please arrive early so we can begin the Forum as scheduled and allow maximum time for your questions.
Friends of Fire Mountain invite you to meet the artists in our neighborhood!
Come see paintings, carvings, jewelry, silk scarves, ceramic art tiles, handmade cards, and more!
One dollar raffle tickets can buy you the chance to win a one-of-a-kind piece of art. Drawing is at 4pm.
Adult refreshments will be served.
Where: 2305 Fire Mountain Dr. (between Laurel and Avocado)
When: November 8, 2008 9am- 5pm
UNION-TRIBUNE May 26, 2008
I first met Lionel Van Deerlin in 1960 on the roof of the U.S. Grant hotel.
My father and I had climbed up to better see John F. Kennedy delivering a stump speech in the Plaza below. On the roof ahead of us, reporting for broadcast, was Van Deerlin, my dad’s city editor at the San Diego Daily Journal during the late 1940s.
Now that he’s made his last deadline, Van Deerlin is being fondly remembered as emeritus journalist, congressman, teacher.
Though I read all his columns as if he were talking into my ear, I savored like rarebits the occasions when, to enliven some contemporary point, he would drift back to Oceanside.
In those Sherwood Anderson-style interludes, he would evoke small-town America and let readers imagine how it had influenced a blithe boy upon whom nothing of the human comedy was lost.
What follows is a sampler of passages from Van Deerlin’s columns stretching back to 1983. I’ve condensed here and there, but every word is his.
Here’s the latest information on the Fire Mountain Reservoir Reserve (which we used to call the Fire Mountain Water Tower Park).
On May 13th, several Friends of Fire Mountain met with City Staff and Councilman Chavez to report the results of our survey. Of the 400 surveys distributed, we received 97 responses and of these, 89% were positive (and two of the negatives wanted ONLY a dog park, no people park). In order of popularity, here are the most-wanted features:
Friends of Fire Mountain 