Last workshop Nov. 12 on Rosecrans traffic study The Peninsula community has one last chance to provide input into the Rosecrans Corridor Mobility Study in a formal workshop setting. The third and final public workshop connected with the study will be held Thursday, Nov. 12. During the workshop, the city will present a recommended alternative for mobility improvements in the car-clogged corridor. The alternative incorporates a variety of proposed improvements along Rosecrans Street. Representatives from the city and the consultant team will be in attendance to get public input and to answer questions. The two previous workshops were held in July and September. The mobility study is a nine-month project that aims to identify transportation improvement on Rosecrans Street from Interstate 5 to Kellogg Street, with the goal of creating alternative transportation methods along the corridor. The workshop will be held Nov. 12 at the NTC Promenade Event Center at 2875 Dewey Road from 6 to 8 p.m. For more information, call project manager Oscar Valdivieso at (619) 533-3182, or visit www.sandiego.gov/engineering-cip/rosecransstudy/. Veterans Day service set at Mount Soledad The Mount Soledad Memorial Association will honor three-time astronaut and Navy pilot, the late Walter “Wally” Schirra, with a granite plaque at a Veteran’s Day service on Saturday, Nov. 7 at 11 a.m. at the Mt. Soledad Veterans Memorial, 6905 La Jolla Scenic Drive South. Radio talk show host Mark Larsen, a close friend of Schirra’s, will lead the ceremony to honor Schirra, who died in 2007. The commander of the Navy Region Southwest, Rear Admiral William French, will deliver an address. The Navy Band Southwest will perform, and the San Diego Salute T-34 Formation Team will conduct a flyover. Schirra was one of the original seven Mercury astronauts chosen to fly in America’s first space program, becoming the ninth human to ride into space. Schirra went on to fly in the Gemini space program, and then commanded the Apollo 7 space mission in 1968. Thus, he became the only astronaut to have flown in the first three American space programs.    Schirra was born into an aviation family in Hackensack, N.J., in 1923. Schirra’s father was a barnstormer and his mother performed wing stunts. By the age of 15, Schirra was flying his father’s plane. Schirra graduated from the United States Navy Academy in 1945, and served aboard the battle cruiser USS Alaska during the final months of World War II. He then trained as a pilot at NAS Pensacola, and was sent to fly with the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War, wherein he flew 90 combat missions between 1951 and 1952, mostly in F-84s. Schirra was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with an oak leaf cluster for his service in Korea. After his tour in Korea, Schirra became a test pilot, and tested weapons systems such as the Sidewinder missile and the F7U-3 Cutlass jet fighter and the F-4 fighter. Local attorney earns distinguished honor  Michael T. O’Halloran, an attorney and Point Loma resident, recently received the 2009 Pro Bono Attorney of the Year Award from the San Diego Volunteer Lawyer Program (SDVLP), a non-profit organization whose mission is to provide free legal services in civil matters to indigent individuals, families and groups.  In his 15 years as a SDVLP pro bono attorney, O’Halloran has contributed more than 1,000 hours of service for the HIV/AIDS Legal Services Project, Veterans Stand Down and the Women’s Resource Fair. The award was presented Sept. 17 at The Westin Gaslamp Quarter.            In addition to his pro bono work with SDVLP, O’Halloran has also provided pro bono legal counseling for victims of the San Diego wildfires and conducted training classes for other pro bono attorneys on the basics of bankruptcy law. O’Halloran has received numerous awards throughout his 28-year career. His current and past civic involvement includes the San Diego Bankruptcy Forum, the California Bankruptcy Forum, Lawyers Club Student Mentor Program, State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization, , Francis Parker School where he was recently named a Trustee, and the Dana School Foundation.