Meet the New Helix ED, Crane Operator at GHS, Little League Stars Return

At La Mesa-Mount Helix Patch, we know that in your busy lives there may be some stories that you can't read about the day they happen. With the "Week That Was" column, we'll provide a roundup of the most important stories of the week.

The new executive director of Helix Charter High School sat down with Patch last week in an exlusive interview. Dr. Mike Lewis chatted with Patch on a variety of topics, including school achievement, Tomahawk missiles, and the former executive director. Meet Dr. Lewis here.

In a strange, mysterious story, a San Diego County Sheriff's Deputy was involved in a shooting with a Spring Valley woman. The incident allegedly occurred when the deputy was at the woman's house searching for someone who the woman claimed to have been in her yard.

As we ramp up "Back to School," we have a few more school related stories last week. We meet a crane operator who installed the final steel beam on the new Humanities Building at Grossmont High School; we take a look back at the old Grossmont-Helix football rivalry, with a 50s style fundraiser, and we profile a new charter school that is operating in the city.

After a long campaign of nominating and voting on your favorite retail, business and entertainment listings in the La Mesa (and other parts of East County) area, the winners were announced Friday. Click the story and find out who took home the prize in Best Burger, Best Pizza, Best Craft Beer, and more. And don't forget to patronize all of the nominees.

The Lemon Grove Senior Little League team, which consists of players from local high schools Grossmont, Helix and Mount Miguel, returned home to heroes welcomes, as the city and its residents came out to help the boys celebrate their run in the Senior Little League World Series, where they finished second, losing to a team from Guatemala in the finals.