La Mesa Patch Week in Review Oct. 17-22

Monday, Oct. 17

• Helix Water District General Manager Mark Weston at the end of the year with an annual pension of $110,000, which amounts to more than half of his current annual salary.
• After nine years as Grossmont High School’s principal, Theresa Kemper is promoted to for educational services in the Grossmont Union High School District under Superintendent Ralf Swenson.
• Former Rolando Elementary mom Dawn Rucker for the years she spent creating and sustaining the school’s garden.

Tuesday, Oct. 18

• West Hills High School in Santee hosts the first of three on possible school attendance changes within the Grossmont Union High School District.
• Grossmont High School’s Naval Junior ROTC from Viejas Enterprises, which will go toward buying all 50 state flags.

Wednesday, Oct. 19

• After regarding the feasibility of a downtown parking garage, members of the La Mesa Community Parking Commission learn the demand doesn’t exist yet to justify the structure.
• : Grossmont High School beats host Helix Charter High 14-10 in boys water polo.
• Jon Hayman, a fifth-grade teacher at Rolando Elementary, the 17-by-8-foot Peace Builders mural (based on a Picasso) that overlooks the school’s garden.

Thursday, Oct. 20

• The office of Rep. Duncan D. Hunter, a supporter of the initial intervention in Libya, of Muammar Gadhafi's death.
• One of Councilman Ernie Ewin’s four grown children for violating probation after being released from prison where he was serving a sentence for attempted murder in the first degree.

Friday, Oct. 21

• Assemblyman Brian Jones says illegal immigrants make up almost 20 percent of the current prison population and suggests for those inmates in their home countries.
• Grossmont High School and Helix Charter High continue the 60-year-old tradition of the Musket Game. Historian James Newland offers a look .

Saturday, Oct. 22

• : Helix Charter High beats Grossmont High School 42-0 on the 60th anniversary of the first Musket Game contest between the two schools.
• La Mesa’s is once again the lowest in East County, reported at 8.2 percent in September according to state figures.
• Dozens of volunteers hit La Mesa’s parks to clean, prune and paint for .

Top Blog Posts, Columns and Letters to the Editor

• Mom’s Council : Does dinnertime serve as family time in your home?
• : The Veterans of Foreign Wars provides a series of scholarships and awards opportunities each year worth a total of $40,000 in prizes.   
• : The Junior Duck Stamp Competition is looking for young artists throughout the country; the national finalist wins $5,000.
• : Despite the passage failure of the Fair Trade Town resolution, Fair Trade San Diego board secretary Deana Gullo invites the conversation to continue in La Mesa.
• : La Mesa resident Scott Kidwell discusses taxpayer-funded travel by elected officials.
• : Village merchant Deena While addresses the apparent lack of interest in what the La Mesa Village Parking Commission will do with money raised from parking meters and other sources.
• : La Mesa resident John Garrod offers up questions for consideration by presidential hopefuls.

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