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November 2007 Newsletter newsletter. MMTC the for postage providing in support The MMTC would like to thank the Mira Mesa Shopping Center, LLC for their continuing continuing their for LLC Center, Shopping Mesa Mira the thank to like would MMTC The November 2007 Mira Mesa Town Council Newsletter Meet Our Neighbors at Marine Corps Air Station - Miramar Officers from Marine Air Station Miramar will be present at our November 5, 2007 Mira Mesa Town Council Meeting to speak to us about activities on base, and issues facing the base and community. There will be plenty of time for questions and answers following their presentation. The Marines were an important part of our 2007 Street Fair with their bomb disposal San Diego, CA 92126 CA Diego, San truck and team, as well as the always popular Ruiz Camino 8 - 10606 canine training unit. Bring your friends and PMB 230 PMB neighbors to find out what events are going on at the base. Mira Mesa Town Council Town Mesa Mira Mail to: Mira Mesa Town Council Mira Mesa Town Council Volunteer Of the Year Nominations Requested PMB 230 Annual Membership Application 10606-8 Camino Ruiz It is time to nominate volunteers for the 2007 Volunteer of the Year award. More information & nomination forms are San Diego, CA 92126 available on the MMTC website or you can pick up a nomination form at the November MMTC meeting. You can also email your nomination (form not required) to [email protected] The deadline for nominations is the December MMTC Primary Member Name meeting on December 3, 2007. New Member Volunteer of the year need not be a MMTC member, but should be someone who has made a significant contribution to MM through volunteer work over years s/he has been involved with the community. Companion Member Name (s) Renewal Address Address Change Inside this issue: Mira Mesa Town Council Meetings 2-3 History of Miramar Station Town council meetings provide a public forum for City State Zip Date community issues relating to civic, cultural, social, October Meeting Minutes 4-5 educational and recreational development and im- provement in the area. Regular meetings are usu- Calendar 6 Home Phone Work Phone Email Address/Website ally held the first Monday of each month at the Mira Community News 7 Mesa Public Library from 7 to 9 p.m., with no meet- Regular Individual ($20) with _____________ Companion Members ($10 each) Elected Officials/Local Numbers 8 ing held in July. Advertisements 9 Agenda for the November 5, 2007 meeting: Senior (Age 60 and over — $10) There will be a $25 charge for all returned checks. Business Members 10 Marine Corps Air Station—Miramar Corporate/Business Member ($50) Proposed Bylaws Changes Mira Mesa Street Fair 11 Check #_______________ Amount: $_________.00 Volunteer of the Year Associate Member (non-voting — $20) Board Nominations Visit us online at www.miramesatowncouncil.org The next MMTC meeting is Monday, Dec. 5. The Mira Mesa Town Council is a nonprofit volunteer organization. Membership dues are used to defray the costs of operation, such as printing and distributing the Newsletter, maintaining the website (www.MiraMesaTownCouncil.org) and other approved council activities. P a g e 11 JUST ANOTHER DAY AT THE FAIR P a g e 2 Mira Mesa Town Council Newsletter Story by Pam Stevens Friends and neighbors, young and old alike, thronged the block of Camino Ruiz between New Salem A History of Miramar Airbase and Mira Mesa Boulevard, finding By Arlette Ballew Adapted from United States Naval Air Stations of World War II and United States Marine Corps Air Stations of World War II by M.L. Shettle, Jr.; Marine Corps Air Station, Miramar by globalsecurity.com; and Marine Corps Air Station, Miramar, by MCAS Miramar Public Affairs, all from the MCAS Miramar website. Over 150 years ago, Don Santiago Anguello, the former Mexican Army Commandante of San Diego’s Presidio, owned an enor- out more about the community through mous ranchero. After the United States declared war on Mexico in 1846, it annexed the territories of California and New Mexico. displays at booths sponsored by local Edward Scripps, a wealthy newspaper publisher, came to San Diego in 1890. He purchased over 2,000 acres of the ranch and businesses and non-profit groups, shop- named it “Miramar,” which means “an area from which there is a view of the sea from every vantage point” in Spanish. The Jes- ping for hand-crafted items, or just en- sop family later purchased the land. A post office, general store, and one-room schoolhouse served the Miramar settlement of cow- joying themselves snacking in the boys and ranchers. food court and watching a variety of entertainment. Children particularly The Naval Air Station liked the climbing structures, giant In 1917, during World War I, the U.S. Army purchased the 2,130-acre Miramar Ranch for an infantry-training center. It named the bounce, and other "Kids Zone" rides. facility Camp Kearny in honor of Brigadier General S. W. Kearny, who was Commander of the Army of the West during the Kids also had a chance to create their Mexican War and a former military governor of California. Construction costs totaled $1.25 million, but few permanent structures were built. Most of the soldiers lived in tents, as more than 65,000 men trooped through on their way to World War I battlefields. own rock art at a craft booth Army aircraft occasionally landed on the camp's parade ground. sponsored by Vulcan, Inc. After the war, the camp was used as a demobilization and convalescent center before closing on October 31, 1920. The U.S. Fifth District San Diego City Public Health Service then used the camp for a time. The government retained the property as an airfield for military and civilian Councilmember Brian Maien- use. The Ryan Company weight tested Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis here in 1927. In 1929 and 1930, the facility was operated as Airtech Field by the San Diego Air Service Corp. schein presented the Mira Mesa Town Council Street Fair Commit- In 1932, a mooring mast, relocated from North Island, was built at the camp for the dirigibles USS Akron and USS tee with a $4,000 donation to Macon. On May 11, 1932, the USS Akron's first mooring attempt ended when a gust of wind carried the airship upward, taking help cover expenses of putting on four ground handlers with it. One jumped to the ground and suffered a broken arm; two other men lost their grips and fell to their the annual celebration of the Mira Mesa community. San Diego MIRA MESA TOWN COUNCIL Want to help your community, Mayor Jerry Sanders presented a proc- BOARD OF DIRECTORS, 2007 lamation honoring the Mira Mesa Town Council for hosting the Street Fair to but don’t know how? PRESIDENT Committee chair Robin Stutsman at the Jeff Stevens, [email protected] Mira Mesa is made up of people just like you who mid-day awards ceremony. are looking for ways to get involved in the community. The Mira Mesa Street Fair is the largest fund raising event for the Mira Mesa FIRST VICE PRESIDENT (PROGRAM CHAIR) Kathy Madsen, [email protected] Whether you are interested in local planning, parks and Town Council, and money raised is recreation, community appearance, family events or used to support activities of the SECOND VICE PRESIDENT (MEMBERSHIP) something completely new, there’s a place for you. Town Council, scholarships, and Ted Brengel, [email protected] Ongoing community groups include: other Mira Mesa community events TREASURER and activities. If you’d like to con- COMMUNITY PLANNING GROUP Alan Philpott, [email protected] tact the Street Fair Committee with COMMUNITY PRIDE COMMITTEE any input on this year’s Street Fair RECORDING SECRETARY MMTC STREET FAIR COMMITTEE Beth Davis, [email protected] or suggestions for next year, call MAINTENANCE ASSESSMENT DISTRICT (858) 566-0288 or email Street- NEWSLETTER EDITOR COMMITTEE [email protected]. Maria G. Pankau, [email protected] RECREATION COUNCIL PARLIAMENTARIAN HEROES John Daley, [email protected] FOURTH OF JULY COMMITTEE RETIRED SENIOR VOLUNTEER PATROL (RSVP) MEMBERS AT LARGE Arlette Ballew, [email protected] Stephen Sluyter, [email protected] Come to a Mira Mesa Town Council general meeting David Tam, [email protected] or contact one of our directors for more information. Courtland Young, [email protected] Also see page 6 for specific meeting times and loca- tions. P a g e 10 BUSINESS MEMBERS Mira Mesa Town Council Newsletter P a g e 3 Susan McCarthy Hometown Buffet Robert Simmons Sandy Trevison Arbonne International 10660 Camino Ruiz Miramar Chiropractic San Diego Miramar College deaths. Within a few years, both dirigibles crashed at sea, and Camp Kearny was quiet again. 11155 Birds View Court San Diego, CA 92126-3239 9484 Black Mtn. Rd. #1 10440 Black Mountain Road World War II began in Europe, and the U.S. military began a precautionary buildup. In December, 1940, the Navy began to San Diego, CA 92126-0000 858-566-9848 San Diego, CA 92126 San Diego, CA 92126 858-689-9708 www.buffet.com 858-566-2446 858-536-7876 improve and expand the airfield. On December 21, the First Marine Air Wing arrived and set up a tent city, remaining until August, www.sdmiramar.edu 1942, when it moved to Guadalcanal. Meanwhile, the Navy began to construct an air station at the camp and commissioned NAAS Tommie Mooney Horizon Hospice Patrick Cain Camp Kearny on February 20, 1943, as an auxiliary of San Diego. The station was also known as Kearny Mesa.
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