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<\/a>Windmill Farms and Matt Mann provided the turkeys; Home Depot provided the boxes; Nancy Losek collected food at Pizazz Salon and Spa; Pat and Chuck McGregor provided the roasting pans; and Jack and Candy Kirchner donated their garage to assemble the boxes.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is only possible because of the wonderful generosity and caring of Del Cerro residents and friends,\u201d Kassy said. \u201cAgain, thank you for your participation and philanthropy.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Salvation Army selected the recipient families and then picked up the large boxes of food on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving, in time to distribute to the selected families. The Salvation Army reported that this is the only drive of its kind in San Diego where food is provided for the entire dinner.<\/p>\n Other than billionaires, who doesn\u2019t want to be a millionaire?<\/p>\n For Patrick Henry graduate and current Grossmont College student Megan Carolin, that question was recently put to the test, literally, when she appeared on Fox\u2019s \u201cWho Wants to be a Millionaire\u201d game show. The trivia contest gives contestants a chance to take home cash prizes for answering a series of increasingly difficult questions.<\/p>\n Carolin, who currently works in child care, didn\u2019t quite make it to millionaire status, but did take home $20,000. The episode aired on Dec. 5 and Carolin and friends and family celebrated with a viewing party at her home.<\/p>\n The Riverdale Shopping Center has new owners.<\/p>\n On Dec. 4, partners Peckham Properties, Inc., Commercial Sites Limited and Wells Fargo Bank sold the Mission Gorge property, which includes a CVS and Armstrong Garden Center, to Becker Properties, LLC for $10.1 million.<\/p>\n \u201cThe shopping center is an infill property and 50 percent of the tenants have been on the property for more than 20 years,\u201d said Brad Becker, principal of Becker Properties, in a press release. \u201cThe sales volume for the tenants are excellent, the rents are well below market and there is an opportunity to refresh the appearance and tenant mix in the near future. This completes Becker Properties\u2019 fourth acquisition in San Diego County and seventh overall in Southern California in the past 24 months.\u201d<\/p>\n Built in 1980, Riverdale Shopping Center is a wholly owned 66,416-square-foot shopping center on 10.22 acres of leased-fee and fee-simple land and located at 10320-10370 Friars Road. The single-level CVS-anchored retail center was 100 percent leased at the time of sale and includes a mix of service, retail and food businesses, including Black Angus.<\/p>\n Registration for the Crusaders Soccer Club (CSC) spring season for recreational soccer which begins March 4 is now available on the CSC website \u2013 sandiegocrusaders.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n All games are played on Sundays beginning at 11 a.m., and all games are played on the new artificial turf fields at Pershing Middle School. The eight game season schedule will run through April 29 with no games on Easter Sunday.<\/p>\n For the players born between Jan. 1, 2014 and Dec. 31, 2015 the cost for the spring season is $115 and for players born Dec. 31, 2013 and before, the cost is $130. Registration includes a uniform (shorts, shirts and socks) and insurance. Register a child by Dec. 31, 2017 and receive a $25 early registration discount. Registration will end on Jan. 31, 2018.<\/p>\n Because of new state laws, all registrations must be made online. Your credit card will not be charged until the registration has been accepted by the CSC Registrar of Players, at which time you will be notified. Coaches will receive an additional $40 discount for one of their own children playing on the team they coach.<\/p>\n Director of coaching Rene Miramontes will be conducting two free coaching clinics; one each in January and February. CSC will also be holding a free clinic for referees focusing on the basics of the game.<\/p>\n During the week between Christmas and New Year\u2019s, CSC is offering soccer recreation and competitive player camps for girls and boys on the artificial turf field at Pershing Middle School The camps are from 9 to 11 a.m.; for recreation players ages 10 to 13, the cost is $95, on Dec. 26,27 and 28; and the cost for competitive players, born 2005 to 2008, is $130 on Dec. 29, 30 and 31. Both camps will be taught by Miramontes and his CSC professional coaching staff. Register at sandiegocrusaders.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n A player with the San Diego Gulls hockey team has announced a scholarship for young students that he is launching with his wife. Jordan Samuels-Thomas, a left wing with the local American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, made the announcement Nov. 24 at Valley View Casino (formerly known as the San Diego Sports Arena) during a game with the Bakersfield Condors.<\/p>\n Called the Samuels-Thomas Scholars Academic Excellence Program, it will honor students on a monthly basis for academic performance, classroom participation and leadership skills. The program\u2019s goal is to make a positive impact with youth in local elementary schools and motivate students in the classroom to accomplish their educational goals. The program will also recognize special education students at the middle school level.<\/p>\n Each student recognized will receive a backpack filled with school supplies, tickets for the honoree and his\/her family to a Gulls game, and a meet-and-greet with Samuels-Thomas and other players after the game.<\/p>\n \u201cMy wife and I are thrilled to create the Samuels-Thomas Scholars program,\u201d Samuels-Thomas said in a press release. \u201cEducation has and always will be important to our family. San Diego\u2019s vibrant and diverse community has blessed us with the opportunity to work with kids from all walks of life and reward them for their academic efforts and achievements. Our efforts are focused to encourage kids to keep working hard no matter what adversity they face.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/a>Patrick Henry grad wins on TV<\/h3>\n
Mission Gorge shopping center sold<\/h3>\n
<\/a>Crusader Soccer Club\u00a0winter soccer camps and spring registration<\/h3>\n
Gulls player launches student scholar program<\/h3>\n
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